Sci-Fi

Science Fiction Nightmares Abound in Anthology Film Galaxy of Horrors

The genre fiends behind Toronto’s Little Terrors are at it again, adding another anthology film to a series that kicked off with the horror-centric Minutes Past Midnight. The new collection is called Galaxy of Horrors, and there’s a strong science fiction element in all of the shorts. Check out the trailer below. The participating filmmakers…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

RIP Richard Hatch, the Original Apollo and a Tireless Battlestar Galactica Advocate

Richard Hatch, who managed to star in two Battlestar Galacticas, has passed away. He was 71. The news broke on Bleeding Cool and was confirmed by TMZ. Hatch began his television career in the 1970s, first appearing as Philip Brent in All My Children and following it up with roles in Hawaii Five-O, The Streets…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Humankind’s Last Hope Rocks an Amazing Mullet in This Tech Noir Short

Of course, once the hero of Metaman (by Yoann Durand, Yannick Sroussi, and Julien Lenoury) suits up in his robo-armor, you can’t see the mullet at all. What you can see, however, is a superhero of sorts whose fighting skills are only enhanced by neon lights and 1980s synth noodling. Sweet car, too. Who is…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

An Office Worker’s Amazing Discovery Promptly Backfires in This Funny Scifi Short

In The Black Hole, a bored pencil-pusher makes an incredibly discovery one night when he’s toiling alone in the office. But it doesn’t take long (the whole short is under three minutes) for everything to go from “OMG!” to “Noooo… you idiot!” It’s a simple idea, but it’s executed very well by filmmakers Phil and…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

The Screenwriter of Arrival Is Working on a New Scifi Film

One of the many marvelous things about Arrival is the way Eric Heisserer adapted Ted Chiang’s short story, “Story of Your Life,” into a script that stayed true to Chiang’s work while adding new, cinematic elements to the story. Now the Oscar-nominated Heisserer is taking on another film in the scifi genre. It’s called Extinction,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Two Astronauts Grow to Hate the Shit Out of Each Other in Beyond the Edge

The close confines of an extended space mission would be enough to test the patience of most people—especially when it’s a crew of just two: a marine biologist (Firefly’s Sean Maher) and a military pilot (Starship Troopers’ Casper van Dien). But in the new movie Beyond the Edge, when their relationship starts to break down,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

A Heartbreaking Short Film About a Monkey Who Dreams of Space

A blend of stop-motion and 3D animation, as well as live action, Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson’s Monkey Love Experiments shares the tale of Gandhi, a lab monkey who catches a TV report on the space race and begins dreaming of his own moon visit. But how will he be able to leave his beloved…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

A Quick Reminder That The Expanse Has Some of the Most Badass Female Characters on TV

The Expanse is returning next week, and Syfy is ramping up the hype with its promos—including one simply titled “Why Fans Love The Expanse,” and a recap of season one performed by cats. Most recently, “The Powerful Women of The Expanse” offers a reminder of how badass the show’s female characters really are. Of particular…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

The Kid From Room Is the Latest and Weirdest Addition to the Predator Cast

Just when you thought Shane Black’s The Predator couldn’t jam any more actors into its ensemble, here comes another casting announcement. Jacob Tremblay, who earned raves for his turn in Room, will play the son of The Predator’s lead character, played by Boyd Holbrook. And he won’t just be some kid in peril. According to…

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Ridiculous Rat-Grown Mouse Organ Transplant Cures Diabetic Mice

It’s a beautiful tale of graciousness and sacrifice. Hopeless, drug-addled mice, suddenly stricken with diabetes, are offered a cure at the mercy of their all-knowing scientist overlords. Their rat-tailed comrades miraculously grew functioning mouse pancreases and the higher power, blessed be, healed the mice with the bounty. Amen! Or at least, that’s how a bunch…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Gorgeous Planetary Vistas Are Real Models, Not CGI Magic

This isn’t some neat CGI wallpaper or a bit of deep space photography. It’s a gorgeously detailed picture of a practical model, hand-made and then intricately shot to a make it look just as good as any scifi vista you’ll see in on screen. As part of a new series, photographer Adam Makarenko uses his…

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The Predator Just Added an Expanse Star to Its Ever-Growing Cast

The Expanse is one of our favorite shows on TV. And while we wait for its February 1 return, we have some gleeful news: Thomas Jane, who plays the Syfy show’s oddly-coiffed but deeply-determined detective, Miller, has joined the cast of The Predator, Shane Black’s franchise reboot. This is ideal, and awesome. There’s no word…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Travelers Reminds Us to Never Trust Anybody Who Shows Up from the Future

When something gets invented that can make people’s lives better, it will also be used to make people’s lives worse. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and time travel only helps you get there quicker. Travelers is a fun series airing on Netflix, focused on people from the future who come back…

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A Lone Astronaut Reaches Out to Earth’s Last Refugees in Space

Artist James Lewis works in the Creative Studio of the UK’s National Space Centre museum—a setting that’s clearly informed a lot of his concept work. Of the above piece, inspired by a recent course he took with acclaimed concept artist Andrée Wallin (Rogue One, The Force Awakens, Oblivion, Godzilla), Lewis writes, “After Earth is reclaimed…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

These Stunning New Covers for SciFi Classics Will Make You Want to Re-Read Them All

Science fiction and fantasy specialist Del Rey Books is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and to celebrate, the imprint is reissuing paperbacks of classic titles featuring smashing new cover art. We’re pleased to debut the first three right here on io9. Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—due for a big resurgence…

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James Cameron Making Docu-Series About Evolution of Science Fiction

AMC has approved a six-episode documentary series from James Cameron about how the science fiction genre has changed over time, as well as how it’s changed us. The show, called James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction, will debut in 2018. Each episode will feature Cameron diving into one of the “big questions” that humanity has…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Kindred Graphic Novel Should Be Everyone’s Introduction to Octavia Butler

I first read Octavia Butler’s Kindred in high school, but, looking back, I don’t really know that I was ready to process the novel for what it truly was: a dark reflection on how a person’s power and agency are inexorably linked to their race and gender. A new graphic novel version delivers the genius…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Netflix’s Travelers Has the Most Ethically Messed-Up Time Travel I’ve Ever Seen

Travelers features an icky, insidiously clever form of going undercover: agents from 100 years in the future take up residence in people living in the present’s bodies. It makes things morally complicated. Like when a heroin junkie watches a man die from a heart attack and tearfully tells him that he knew it was coming.…

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20 So-Bad-They’re-Great Movies You Can Use to Fight the Winter Blues

This time of year, the weather sucks so much that leaving the house is even more of a chore than it normally is. That’s when your best course of action is stay on the couch and watch movies—but sometimes you’ve seen all the good ones. What then? I’ll tell you what then—then you watch the…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

A Child Discovers Her Reality Is Not What it Seems in Suspenseful Short Reset

In chilling Swedish short Reset, a little girl lives in rural isolation with her doting mother. Every month, they receive a new letter from the girl’s equally doting father, who’s toiling in some faraway land. The title offers a bit of a hint, but nothing is what it seems at first in this spooky scifi…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Science Fiction Nightmares Abound in Anthology Film Galaxy of Horrors

RIP Richard Hatch, the Original Apollo and a Tireless Battlestar Galactica Advocate

Humankind’s Last Hope Rocks an Amazing Mullet in This Tech Noir Short

An Office Worker’s Amazing Discovery Promptly Backfires in This Funny Scifi Short

The Screenwriter of Arrival Is Working on a New Scifi Film

Two Astronauts Grow to Hate the Shit Out of Each Other in Beyond the Edge

A Heartbreaking Short Film About a Monkey Who Dreams of Space

A Quick Reminder That The Expanse Has Some of the Most Badass Female Characters on TV

The Kid From Room Is the Latest and Weirdest Addition to the Predator Cast

Ridiculous Rat-Grown Mouse Organ Transplant Cures Diabetic Mice

These Gorgeous Planetary Vistas Are Real Models, Not CGI Magic

The Predator Just Added an Expanse Star to Its Ever-Growing Cast

Travelers Reminds Us to Never Trust Anybody Who Shows Up from the Future

A Lone Astronaut Reaches Out to Earth’s Last Refugees in Space

These Stunning New Covers for SciFi Classics Will Make You Want to Re-Read Them All

James Cameron Making Docu-Series About Evolution of Science Fiction

The Kindred Graphic Novel Should Be Everyone’s Introduction to Octavia Butler

Netflix’s Travelers Has the Most Ethically Messed-Up Time Travel I’ve Ever Seen

20 So-Bad-They’re-Great Movies You Can Use to Fight the Winter Blues

A Child Discovers Her Reality Is Not What it Seems in Suspenseful Short Reset

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

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Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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