Quarantine

Stop Shaking My Movies Like A Polaroid Picture

The shaky cam is so common these days it’s cliche. In order to curb this trend we’ve categorized the good, the bad, and the ugly of the candid cam takes. Not all shaky cams are created equal. The shaky cam, which finds its origins relatively recently, has become synonymous with mockumentaries and “realistic” approaches to…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz Sep 6

Wash that Quarantine YAZPM Experience Out of Your Brain

Here’s the thing with Quarantine, the new zombie outbreak flick that hit theaters this weekend: It’s YAZPM. You know: Yet Another Zombie Plague Movie. How does this YAZPM distinguish itself from its predecessors in the genre? Not by much. The outbreak is contained to a creepy apartment building, which I hope will spawn a round…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 13

America Can’t Help But Fall For Zombies

The box office hit of the weekend is definitely Quarantine, which took the top spot on its first day of release with a $5,350,000 haul, despite showing on fewer screens than its closest competition (Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua; Quarantine earned $2174 on average per screen, against $1398 per screen for the little dog movie). Don’t…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 12

Captain America’s Origin And A Bond Girl’s “Sticky Fate”

Welcome back! This morning’s spoilers include a new synopsis of the Captain America movie — and some shocking photos from the James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace. Two new reports on the filming of Lost put together more pieces of the season five puzzle. We have more crazy Doctor Who rumors. There’s our first look…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 6

3 Quarantine Clips Lock You In With The Infected

Get behind the sealed off doors of Quarantine, where the sick zombified residents are doing such disgusting acts that it makes even horror veteran Jay Hernandez quake in his sexy firemen boots. Old ladies will rip your face off and throw your body of the edge of a three story building and infected residents will…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 4

Can You Meet The io9 Spoiler Photo Caption Challenge?

A bit of a light spoiler day today, but there are still some pretty awesome bits of news. The director of the movie adaptation of Jose Saramago’s classic novel Blindness talks a bit about the movie’s themes, and there are new pics from Quarantine. Plus some new hints about Lost, and a telltale set pic…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 1

An Alarming Development For Lost’s Desmond And Penny

Today’s spoilers include a new Transformers 2 set pic that fans are claiming proves certain cars are really Autobots. Also, someone has leaked a detailed plot breakdown of a crucial Lost episode that could mark a huge turning point for Desmond and Penny. There are more details about the fourth episode of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 26

Almost Every Cylon Mystery — Explained! Also, Secrets Of Transformers’ Corvette!

Okay, so maybe yesterday’s Battlestar Galactica spoiler from John Hodgman wasn’t as major as we’d hoped. But today, Battlestar’s leakiest actor, Aaron Douglas, basically explains exactly what the deal was with that mysterious scene at the end of the last episode televised. In detail. Also, toy companies clear up some major Transformers 2 controversies. And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 25

New Quarantine Pics Show Day Glo Slumber Party From Hell

New stills from the plague-zombie movie Quarantine show it’s not really an infected undead virus party without black lights and themed dancers. Don’t they look like zombie strippers? I can just picture it: “We got a call about an undead noise complaint – you guys aren’t making enough noise!” Then they rip off their tear-away…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 17

Quarantine Attraction Locks Tourists In With The Infected

Knott’s Berry Farm wants to lock you in an apartment with a bunch of quarantined zombies this Halloween. The zombie shaky-cam horror movie Quarantine is getting its own maze at the the amusement park in Buena Park, California. It’s a brand new spooky attraction that I’m sure will have scarily dressed people jumping out from…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 27

Is the Earth Quarantined???

Click to view Why haven’t we met aliens yet? And why aren’t we sending rockets all over the solar system? There is only one plausible explanation. Earth is being quarantined! A combination of higher alien civilizations and our own Earth-based military forces are working together to keep the Earth contained and neutralized. The reasons why…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 22

Get Inside Quarantine’s Sick Building Syndrome

The new website for Quarantine is up and running. Once inside, you can explore the Quarantined apartment complex for yourself in a computer game, complete with angry zombies that will take run at you if you’re not prepared with your gun. [Contain The Truth]

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 19

Zombie Slaughter Is The Man’s Fault, In Redband Quarantine Trailer

A new redband trailer for plague-ridden building film Quarantine premiered at Comic-Con, and IGN has posted it online. It shows more crazy zombie action, including a fairly shocking transformation. But it also gives a really clear sense of the movie’s anti-establishment spin, where the government not only traps people in a zombie building, but also…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 27

Cloverfield + 28 Days Later = Quarantine

New shaky handy-cam-style footage from the quarantined camera crew locked in an LA apartment building with bloodthirsty plague-ridden tenants shows what happens when the government steps in to control a vampire-ish epidemic. Watch the happy faced reporter get dragged kicking and screaming through a government quarantined apartment building infested with infected, blood thirsty tenants plus…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 10

Vampirism is a Virus

In the flick Quarantine, a U.S. remake of a Spanish horror movie hitting theaters in October, vampirism is a disease. A disease that a Homeland Security-style group is bent on containing at all costs. And hey, if a few journalists are killed along the way, that’s all the better. There’s the premise of the movie…

Movies Annalee Newitz Apr 11

First Details About Jonny Quest And The Flash

Morning spoilers is your rude awakening to the TV and movie news of tomorrow. Every morning, we collect plot and casting secrets, plus the occasional crazy rumor. Click through to find out which version of the world’s fastest superhero, The Flash, appears in his solo movie. Also, details of Jonny Quest and another new superhero…

io9 Charliejane Jan 3

First Glimpse Of Indiana Jones Aliens — In Lego!

Those rumors about aliens in the new Indiana Jones movie? Appear to be true, judging from new images of the Lego playset. Click through for a picture of skeletons in alien helmets, plus Terminator TV and movie spoilers. It’s all part of Morning Spoilers, where we reveal the plot twists of tomorrow. The Cloverfield monster…

Television Charliejane Dec 31

Ultimate Spoilers For Hulk, Jumper and Babylon

Since today is Boxing Day, it makes all kinds of sense to give some deep-down dirt on upcoming action movies. Click through for forbidden knowledge on Jumper, Incredible Hulk and Babylon A.D. February’s Jumper is a Heroes-y movie from Doug Liman (Bourne Identity). Teenager David Rice tries to flee his abusive father — and then…

Television Charliejane Dec 26

Stop Shaking My Movies Like A Polaroid Picture

Wash that Quarantine YAZPM Experience Out of Your Brain

America Can’t Help But Fall For Zombies

Captain America’s Origin And A Bond Girl’s “Sticky Fate”

3 Quarantine Clips Lock You In With The Infected

Can You Meet The io9 Spoiler Photo Caption Challenge?

An Alarming Development For Lost’s Desmond And Penny

Almost Every Cylon Mystery — Explained! Also, Secrets Of Transformers’ Corvette!

New Quarantine Pics Show Day Glo Slumber Party From Hell

Quarantine Attraction Locks Tourists In With The Infected

Is the Earth Quarantined???

Get Inside Quarantine’s Sick Building Syndrome

Zombie Slaughter Is The Man’s Fault, In Redband Quarantine Trailer

Cloverfield + 28 Days Later = Quarantine

Vampirism is a Virus

First Details About Jonny Quest And The Flash

First Glimpse Of Indiana Jones Aliens — In Lego!

Ultimate Spoilers For Hulk, Jumper and Babylon

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