Fairies

The Most Brilliant Fairy Tale Novel We’ve Read in Years

What if a girl really vanished for 20 years — and then reappeared, looking no older than she did when she left? What if she said she’d been taken to a fantastical land, akin to fairyland, where time passed much more slowly? How would people react in real life? That’s the great premise of Graham…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 30

Beyoncé is a fairy queen in the first trailer for Epic

The first trailer for the woodland-warring-nymphs movie Epic is out. It looks like a North American Fern Gully. And the fairies ride hummingbirds, which is pretty adorable. The animated movie stars Peeta, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell, Johnny Knoxville, Steven Tyler, Beyonce (as a fairy queen), and Aziz Ansari as a slug. How completely random: EPIC…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Jun 26

Do you dare to open the secret door in the virtual Fairyland?

Over at Tor.com, there’s a fantastic story by There and Back Again author Pat Murphy, called “About Fairies.” A woman is working on developing a virtual fairyland for a toy company that sells fairy dolls, but she and the other members of the team start developing their own secret fairylands. It turns into a beautiful…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Get swept away by fantasy princess concept art

Everybody knows that princesses are awesome — they can march off to save the kingdom, or throw a totally sensational party. And magical princesses are the best, because they have special powers, and they often hang out with huge animals and other uncanny creatures. It’s Friday, which is the perfect time to celebrate with a…

io9 Ninja Crunch Nov 18

A stunning mutant short film so lovely, it could be Splice 2

Stop whatever it is you’re doing right now and plug into this amazing new short film The Gate. The CG creatures are horrifying, mesmerizing, and should really be the high water mark for all computer-animated beasties. Plus, fairy genocide! The Gate Quiet Earth has the exclusive look at a gorgeous parade of freaks in The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 13

Ten Freaky Types of Scary Fairies

Fairies are not always adorable, apple-cheeked, butterfly-winged pixies alighting on people’s outstretched fingers. They’re not even mischievous little game-players like Puck. Some of them are outright freaky. Check out the scariest fairies no one wants to meet below. 10. Callicantzaroi the Chicken-Riders These fairies raid houses and farms for provisions. That isn’t so scary on…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 12

First 8 minutes of True Blood rips the face off of these fairy creatures

True Blood is almost here. And just wait until you see what this season has in store for you. Watch as evil orc-faced creatures hurl magic grenades at Sookie! Check out the first eight minutes of the season premiere. Also just released: this brand new commercial for the fourth season (with lots of never before…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 13

Music, Genetics and Fantasy: An Alice Meichi Li Gallery

Welcome to the world of Alice Meichi Li, where fantasy meets the future. Everything you thought you knew about musicians and fairies is all wrong… or is it? How about a different view? We’ve got an incredible gallery of Li’s work that will give you new perspective on the world of fairies. Synth – when…

io9 Ann VanderMeer Mar 4

First footage from Syfy’s 4-hour Peter Pan prequel miniseries Neverland

From the mind of the miniseries master Nick Willing (who directed Syfy’s Tin Man and Alice) comes a Peter Pan prequel, starring Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel and Bob Hoskins (who’s reprising his role as Smee)! Watch the first footage! Here’s the official synopsis: Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter (Rowe) and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6

Clap your hands if you believe: The Best of Faerie Erotica! [NSFW]

Is there anything sexier than faeries? The little wings, the delicate features, the sexy magic… it should surprise nobody that the fae have been starring in their own porn for ages. Here’s the sexiest, most enchanting fairy porn. It’s NSFW! Top Image: My Reflection by AutumnsGoddess at DeviantArt. The exploration of a unique type of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 24

“If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer”: Guillermo del Toro’s words to live by

“I’m going to sit, because I’m fat. I hope you’re drinking stuff,” Guillermo del Toro said as he took the stage at Portland’s Baghdad Theater & Pub. Ostensibly he was there to read from his new book… but he digressed. What really happened was this: del Toro talked about his book for like 10 minutes,…

io9 Erik Henriksen - Portland Mercury Oct 5

Boys Don’t Cry director takes on tale of invisible stalker fairies

A bestselling YA fantasy book series about a girl who can see invisible, dangerous fairies is about to get a big-screen film adaptation from Kimberly Peirce, director of the acclaimed Boys Don’t Cry and the underrated Stop-Loss. Melissa Marr’s Wicked Lovely is being adapted by Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands), and produced by Vince Vaughn’s Wild…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23

Elizabeth Banks to play Disney’s real life Tinkerbell

Elizabeth Banks is set to star in McG’s live-action Tinkerbell movie, Tink. Quick, everyone shout, “There’s No Such Things As Fairies!”, and maybe this pixie movie will die off. No doubt this had something to do with those direct-to-DVD CG animated movies Disney put out, featuring “uncanny valley” versions of Tink and her fairy CG…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 15

Pinup art that kicks you in the teeth

We love cheesecake, but especially when it packs a bit of a kick. Aly Fell’s pinup art includes robots, zombie-slayers, vampires, witches, demons and supervillains. And transdimensional dragon hunters! Check out a few of our favorites. It’s well worth checking out the rest of Aly Fell’s amazing body of work, which pays homage to some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 25

George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

Skywalker Ranch is producing a “top-secret” CG musical starring… fairies! What could it be about? A Ferngully reboot? A new Willow? Tinkerbell’s teen daughter goes to fairy college, or something wholly original? Check our guesswork. Kevin Munroe, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame, is directing the picture, from a screenplay by David Berenbaum, who wrote…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 28

Faeries In The Real World Wear Boxer Shorts

Long before “urban fantasy” became a thriving subgenre, Greek artist Yannis Tsarouchis was painting faeries of the modern world. They may be fey, but they’re also wearing 1960s-style sneakers and boxer shorts. Over at Feuilleton, John Coulthart calls our attention to Tsarouchis, whose paintings span almost the entire twentieth century, from the teens to the…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 20

Disney RC Tinkerbell Ornithopter Redefines the Term “Flying Fairy”

This Disney RC Tinker Bell is one seriously sweet flying fairy. As you see in the video, it’s using WowWee’s FlyTech ornithopter-type vertical flying system to flutter, glide and dive around this Waldorf-Astoria suite. It’ll be out in the fall for $40. [Disney]

Tech News Benny Goldman Jun 17

The Most Brilliant Fairy Tale Novel We’ve Read in Years

Beyoncé is a fairy queen in the first trailer for Epic

Do you dare to open the secret door in the virtual Fairyland?

Get swept away by fantasy princess concept art

A stunning mutant short film so lovely, it could be Splice 2

Ten Freaky Types of Scary Fairies

First 8 minutes of True Blood rips the face off of these fairy creatures

Music, Genetics and Fantasy: An Alice Meichi Li Gallery

First footage from Syfy’s 4-hour Peter Pan prequel miniseries Neverland

Clap your hands if you believe: The Best of Faerie Erotica! [NSFW]

“If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer”: Guillermo del Toro’s words to live by

Boys Don’t Cry director takes on tale of invisible stalker fairies

Elizabeth Banks to play Disney’s real life Tinkerbell

Pinup art that kicks you in the teeth

George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

Faeries In The Real World Wear Boxer Shorts

Disney RC Tinkerbell Ornithopter Redefines the Term “Flying Fairy”

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