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Jesse Plemons Volunteers as Hunger Games‘ New Old Gamemaker

The Civil War and Black Mirror star will play a young Plutarch Heavensbee in Sunrise on the Reaping.

Movies Justin Carter Apr 26

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10 Great Sci-Fi Tropes (and 5 That Should Be Shot Into Space)

Science fiction is a genre that’s full of storylines, plot devices, and techno-jargon that would be considered ridiculous in the real world. But these tropes are effective, so we keep using them. Over and over again. That might sound like a bad thing—relying on tried-and-true sci-fi tropes instead of creating something new in a genre…

Movies Beth Elderkin Nov 12

John Wick’s Writer Is Bringing Splinter Cell to Netflix

Robert Downey Jr’s Sweet Tooth adaptation nabs an X-Men alum. Could there be two Judges Dredd? Plus, updates on The Hunger Games prequel movie, talking dolls have way too much to do these days, and the Doom Patrol gets ready for a big face-off. Spider-Man 3 Deadline confirms Tony Revolori will return as Flash Thompson…

io9 James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Jul 31

There Could Be More Hunger Games and Twilight Movies in the Future

Karen Gillen talks Nebula’s mysterious new BFF in Infinity War. The Gifted recruits another Marvel mutant. There’s more rumors about the focus of Sony’s first Spidey spinoff, Silver and Black. Plus, new pictures from Inhumans, Seth McFarlane on The Orville’s influences, and a new look at Pennywise in It. Spoilers now! The Hunger Games/Twilight Lionsgate…

io9 James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson Aug 9

The Hunger Games Helped a 12-Year-Old Girl Become a Real-Life Hero

Can YA fiction save lives? Or at least aid a kid suffering from a nasty wound? A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl helped an injured friend over the weekend thanks to quick thinking—and a makeshift tourniquet she whipped up using a technique she read about in The Hunger Games. On Saturday afternoon, Megan Gething and her friend…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jun 12

New McDonald’s Uniforms Promise to Usher in the Logan’s Run Dystopia We’ve All Been Waiting For

Do the new McDonald’s uniforms remind you of anything? If you answered “every dystopian sci-fi movie ever,” you’re correct. To me, they invoke a very Logan’s Run future. But mandatory gray-on-gray with a dash of black is pretty much universally recognized as the standard uniform for bleakest of futures. The new McDonald’s uniforms will start…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 21

Signs You’re Stuck in a Young Adult Dystopia

Having teenagers nearly die through the complicated machinations of adults is a tried and tested storyline. For a while, it felt like every book, movie, and TV show was based on this idea. And you’ve seen and read them all. So the question is: Am I living in a young adult dystopia? We’re here to…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Aug 26

The Divergent Series Is the Ultimate Teen Dystopian Sugar Rush

Divergent and its sequels don’t make a whole lot of sense—but what they do have is a blend of wish-fulfillment, anarchic WTFery and actual social commentary that amounts to the Platonic ideal of “dystopia as cotton candy.” You will be in a sugar coma at the end of this film, but the sacrifice of your…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 18

Lionsgate Thinks Terrorists and Star Wars Stole Its Hunger Games Money

Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, puts Star Wars in the same category as terrorists in terms of screwing its bottom line. Wait, what? Yesterday, Lionsgate had a brutal earnings call. Its third quarter profits were nowhere near what investors expected, and it blamed a disappointing performance from the final (and good!) Hunger Games…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 5

11 Times Science Fiction and Fantasy Gave Us Hope for the Future in 2015

This has been a tough year. Pop culture let us down in many ways, even as our political system and our social institutions revealed a deeper seam of ugliness. But speculative fiction still offers us hope: not just optimism about human ingenuity, but actual reasons to look forward and keep our heads up. Here are…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 29

Lionsgate Really Wants To Make Some Hunger Games Prequels

Looking for more from the world of Panem after Mockingjay came to a conclusion last month? Well, so is Lionsgate. It’s been discussed before repeatedly, but a new comment from Vice Chairman Michael Burns makes it sound like the odds for some Hunger Games prequels are ever in our favor. Speaking at the UBS Global…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 8

Why The Hunger Games Books Will Always Be Better Than the Movies

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 arrived this past weekend, and now it’s official: This outstanding series of dystopian young-adult novels have gotten an equally outstanding movie series. These films aren’t just financial successes like the Twilight series; they’re genuinely good, exciting and emotionally thrilling movies that stand on their own—but still, they’ll never be…

Movies Rob Bricken Nov 24

They Saved The Most Brutal Hunger Games Movie For Last

The Hunger Games book and movie series has always been about resistance, and particularly about using the machinery and iconography of the oppressor to fight back. Katniss Everdeen is a creation of a violent, manipulative system, but she turns all of its symbolism against it. And in the final movie, Mockingjay Part 2, she turns…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 20

Turning Logan’s Run Into The Next Hunger Games Is a Really Silly Idea

The Hunger Games movie franchise is about to make another billion quatloos this weekend, so it’s probably not surprising that the people making the Logan’s Run remake want it to be another Hunger Games. But patterning Logan after Hunger, in any way, is an immensely silly idea. Put simply, Logan’s Run is a book (and…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 18

Watch As These People Struggle to Remember What Happened in The Hunger Games

You’d think that, what with being one of the biggest franchises in the last five years, The Hunger Games would have made it into the minds of most people. And The Hunger Games has. Catching Fire and Mockingjay on the other hand? Better get caught up before Mockingjay Part 2 comes out on Friday. Contact…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 17

May The Queue Times Be Ever In Your Favor At The Hunger Games Theme Park

Look, I’m just spitballing here, but maybe turning a franchise about an enforced violent battle to the death among teenagers isn’t really the best idea for a theme park? Admittedly, that is apparently a problem Lionsgate had when it first began developing the idea for a theme park based on the smash-hit franchise shortly after…

io9 James Whitbrook Nov 3

The New Maze Runner Movie Is Basically Pure Stupid Fun

The second entry in a dystopian series is always a challenge. The first installment usually has a simple hook—we fight in the arena, we deal with being the only person who has complex emotions, etc. And now, in the second outing… there’s more of the same. Or possibly, a whole lot more mythos. Either way,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 18

14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse

The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9 percent of all humans, then how exactly do you explain the survivors? In honor of the new Maze Runner movie, here are the 14 dumbest ways people survive the apocalypse. 1) God swoops in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 17

Seriously, Hunger Games Marketing Department? Seriously?!

So there’s a new The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II trailer out today, and it’s fascinating. It’s fascinating because it’s awful, and it’s awful because—well, well, to explain it would be to spoil a major moment in the movie, but even just watching this trailer could spoil you! So unless you’ve read the books (or…

Trailers Rob Bricken Sep 16

Has Filming A Movie And Its Sequel Back-to-Back Ever Had a Good Result?

James Cameron wants to film three sequels to his mega-hit Avatar, all in one go. This sounds like a hugely ambitious undertaking—but he’s not the first director to try this. There have been some disasters, but also a few triumphs. Here’s our complete history of people directing a movie and its sequel back-to-back. The Three…

io9 Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders Jul 31

hunger games

Jesse Plemons Volunteers as Hunger Games‘ New Old Gamemaker

10 Great Sci-Fi Tropes (and 5 That Should Be Shot Into Space)

John Wick’s Writer Is Bringing Splinter Cell to Netflix

There Could Be More Hunger Games and Twilight Movies in the Future

The Hunger Games Helped a 12-Year-Old Girl Become a Real-Life Hero

New McDonald’s Uniforms Promise to Usher in the Logan’s Run Dystopia We’ve All Been Waiting For

Signs You’re Stuck in a Young Adult Dystopia

The Divergent Series Is the Ultimate Teen Dystopian Sugar Rush

Lionsgate Thinks Terrorists and Star Wars Stole Its Hunger Games Money

11 Times Science Fiction and Fantasy Gave Us Hope for the Future in 2015

Lionsgate Really Wants To Make Some Hunger Games Prequels

Why The Hunger Games Books Will Always Be Better Than the Movies

They Saved The Most Brutal Hunger Games Movie For Last

Turning Logan’s Run Into The Next Hunger Games Is a Really Silly Idea

Watch As These People Struggle to Remember What Happened in The Hunger Games

May The Queue Times Be Ever In Your Favor At The Hunger Games Theme Park

The New Maze Runner Movie Is Basically Pure Stupid Fun

14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse

Seriously, Hunger Games Marketing Department? Seriously?!

Has Filming A Movie And Its Sequel Back-to-Back Ever Had a Good Result?

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