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‘Better Drugs, Better Health’: A Human Genome Pioneer Talks About the Future of Genetics

20 years after the Human Genome Project, Richard Gibbs shares his thoughts on Gattaca , tech breakthroughs, and more.

Health Ed Cara Apr 11

Bruce Campbell Won’t Say No to an Evil Dead Comeback–If Sam Raimi Joins Him

Plus, the new Silent Hill movie has found its James and Mary.

io9 Gordon Jackson Mar 17

10 Nerdy Things to Watch on CBS All Access (Besides Star Trek)

We love Star Trek. And Star Trek is clearly the number one reason to get a CBS All Access account, especially with the 60-day free promotion the streamer has going on at the moment. But what else does CBS’s online hub have, besides Picard and other Treks, and, like, NCIS spin-offs? We did some digging for you.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Apr 7

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

Years before he visited a galaxy far, far away, scruffy University of Southern California grad George Lucas made his directorial debut with 1971 dystopian tale THX 1138. In honor of that movie’s release 49 years ago this month, we’ve gathered up a list of 20 other first-time director efforts that have since become sci-fi classics.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 19

The 15 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Noir Films

Putting the tantalizing mixture of scifi and fantasy with stylish, gritty crime and intrigue on movie screens is nothing new. In fact, it’s been a tradition practically since film noir came into fashion, and the combination has resulted in some truly great films. Here are our favorites. 15) The Thirteenth Floor An amazing new virtual…

Movies Cheryl Eddy May 16

Why We Should All Be Worried About Congress Eroding Protections Against Genetic Discrimination

In the sci-fi thriller Gattaca, Ethan Hawke struggles to compete in life and work as a biologically inferior human born without the aid of genetic selection. In Gattaca’s vision of the future, selectively breeding desirable traits into humans is common. And while genetic discrimination is technically illegal, genetic profiling is still used for things like…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown Mar 16

Syfy’s Incorporated Finally Steps Out of Gattaca‘s Shadow With a Great New Trailer

A lot of people have been comparing Incorporated to the 1997 scifi thriller Gattaca, and on the surface it makes sense. It’s about a sleek corporate future where one guy disguises himself as another guy to get inside. But the latest look proves that’s really where the comparisons end. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 13

Hooray! Gattaca‘s Andrew Niccol Is Making Another Dystopian Thriller

At this point, Andrew Niccol has become synonymous with weird dystopias. Gattaca, Truman Show, In Time, Lord of War… even The Host, based on a Stephenie Meyer novel. Now he’s making a dystopia about our surveillance state, with his In Time co-star, Amanda Seyfried. Anon, his next dystopia, comes on the heels of Good Kill,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8

Self/Less Proves That The “Posthuman Thriller” Is A Thing Now

Self/Less, the new movie starring Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds, clearly wants to remind you of Limitless, the hit movie from 2011. There’s the similar title, but also another story of human enhancement with a dark side. And Self/Less proves that “posthuman thrillers” are becoming a genre. Spoilers ahead… Not that Self/Less has the exact…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 8

Ethan Hawke Is A Tortured Drone Pilot In The Dystopian Good Kill

Director Andrew Niccol is best known for creating futuristic dystopias, like Gattaca or In Time. But he’s often at his best when he creates a dystopia that’s set in a darker version of the “now,” like Lord of War. Check out the trailer for Good Kill, where Niccol is holding up a dark mirror to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 7

Is this 1950s-era car the most futuristic vehicle ever?

Move over, Delorean. Only one car was futuristic enough to have traveled the streets of Back to the Future, Gattaca, and Battlestar Galactica, and that car was the Citroën DS, circa 1955. First manufactured in France in 1955, Citroën continued to make the DS though the mid-70s. Those 20 years were plenty for film-makers, who…

io9 Ria Misra Dec 27

7 Dystopian Technologies That Would Never Exist in Real Life

Everybody loves dystopias nowadays — especially dystopias where the evil overlords have crazy unstoppable gear. But a shockingly high number of dystopian futures feature technology that makes no sense, that no engineer would ever design that way. Here are 7 dystopian technologies that could never actually happen. 7. Replicants that look exactly like humans I…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 9

First footage from The Host is a dystopian thrill ride — with one huge problem

After the Twilight panel at San Diego Comic Con, there was a huge surprise — the first footage from The Host, the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s alien-invasion novel directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, Now). And the good news is, The Host looks like a beautifully shot movie with some lovely action sequences. There’s just one…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 12

Real and fictional technologies that aim to find your perfect mate

If a computer could pair you up with a perfect mate, would you want its advice? If an artificial intelligence could train you to woo the partner of your dreams, would you seek its wisdom? What if technologies were better at finding and attracting the object of your ideal romance than you were? What if…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 1

First Trailer for The Host: Could a Stephenie Meyer movie be… good?

Here it is: the first teaser trailer for The Host, the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s non-Twilight novel. It’s very much a teaser, which doesn’t really contain any proper footage from the movie, but I like the creepy voiceover a lot. This movie is being directed by Andrew “Gattaca” Niccol, the master of creepy dystopias…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 22

10 Great American Dystopias

In a country whose ideal of success is often called “the American dream,” there are plenty of nightmares too. The United States has its own particular brand of dystopia, full of religious thuggery, class warfare, and the spectre of slavery. Here are ten of the greatest dystopian stories ever created about America. Image via Hunger…

Movies Annalee Newitz Nov 24

Which science fiction films have the best and worst science, according to NASA?

Roland Emmerich’s 2012 has the worst science in a science fiction film, according to NASA’s experts — followed by Armageddon, Volcano, The Sixth Day and Chain Reaction. So what were the films with the best science, according to NASA? The science fiction movie with the absolute best science appears to be Gattaca, followed by Jurassic…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 3

The latest dystopian movie from Gattaca’s Andrew Niccol — What’s it really about?

Andrew Niccol is the master of dystopia — he wrote The Truman Show and directed Gattaca. His latest dystopian film, Now, stars Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake. We’ve read a huge chunk of the juicy, twisty script. Spoilers ahead. Just like with the screenplay for Rian Johnson’s Looper last week, we got hold of some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 23

What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

Hulu’s scifi and horror pages are chock full of worthwhile movies, even if the selection skews towards the ridiculous and low-budget. Here’s the cream of the crop. Apologies to our international readers! – Krull: It inspired some weird weddings! – Real Genius: A futurist classic! – Ultraviolet: Dystopian sexy vampires! – Short Circuit: 1980s robots…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 4

Gattaca’s Creator Heads Into Post-Apocalyptic World Of Immortals

Andrew Niccol — the writer behind Gattaca and The Truman Show — will journey into tomorrow with I’m.mortal, a Logan’s Run-esque “social sci-fi” adventure. Niccol is preparing to direct I’m.mortal, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog: is set in the not-too-distant future where the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 13

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‘Better Drugs, Better Health’: A Human Genome Pioneer Talks About the Future of Genetics

Bruce Campbell Won’t Say No to an Evil Dead Comeback–If Sam Raimi Joins Him

10 Nerdy Things to Watch on CBS All Access (Besides Star Trek)

20 Sci-Fi Directorial Debuts That Became Genre Classics

The 15 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Noir Films

Why We Should All Be Worried About Congress Eroding Protections Against Genetic Discrimination

Syfy’s Incorporated Finally Steps Out of Gattaca‘s Shadow With a Great New Trailer

Hooray! Gattaca‘s Andrew Niccol Is Making Another Dystopian Thriller

Self/Less Proves That The “Posthuman Thriller” Is A Thing Now

Ethan Hawke Is A Tortured Drone Pilot In The Dystopian Good Kill

Is this 1950s-era car the most futuristic vehicle ever?

7 Dystopian Technologies That Would Never Exist in Real Life

First footage from The Host is a dystopian thrill ride — with one huge problem

Real and fictional technologies that aim to find your perfect mate

First Trailer for The Host: Could a Stephenie Meyer movie be… good?

10 Great American Dystopias

Which science fiction films have the best and worst science, according to NASA?

The latest dystopian movie from Gattaca’s Andrew Niccol — What’s it really about?

What science fiction and horror flicks are on Hulu these days?

Gattaca’s Creator Heads Into Post-Apocalyptic World Of Immortals

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