Warning: 12 Monkeys Season 2 Is Dangerously Addictive
I’m mad at Syfy. They gave me the first eight episodes of 12 Monkeys season two several weeks ago. And since I watched…
Here's a Much Closer Look at Syfy's New Alien Terrorist Show, Hunters
Syfy’s been on a roll lately with the book adaptations—especially The Expanse. Next month, the cable channel is rolling…
The Complete Guide To Every Single Terminator, From T-1 To T-3000
Most of us just know a few of Skynet’s most famous killer cyborgs. The T-800, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The…
15 TV Shows That Reinvented Science Fiction In The Past Decade
The conventional wisdom says that the past 10 years have been a bad time for science fiction on television. Fantasy has…
Maybe The Matrix Ruined Science Fiction Movies
The Matrix was a hugely influential film, which helped launch a million black-clad wuxia-fueled adventures. But maybe…
From Metropolis To Ex Machina: Why Are So Many Robots Female?
The new movie Ex Machina has been pushing people’s buttons. It features a seemingly vulnerable robot named Ava, who’s…
What The 12 Monkeys Showrunner Learned From Writing For Terminator: SCC
Creating a TV show based on 12 Monkeys is a daunting prospect. There's the closed-ended movie storyline, plus all that…
Summer Glau Tells io9 About Her New Robot Best Friend, Jeff 1000
Summer Glau played one of our favorite robots in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Now she's starring in a new…
Who's The Toughest Mother In All Of Science Fiction And Fantasy?
Everybody says there's nothing more dangerous than a mother protecting her young — but some moms go way above and…
Does It Matter That The TV Version Of Constantine Is Straight?
This fall is seeing a huge crop of comic-book TV shows, and one of the most promising is Constantine. The…
Which Network TV Show Is As Smart As Any Cable Show?
Everybody obsesses about the dark, character-focused intensity of shows like The Walking Dead and True Detective — but…
What movie or TV show did you dread, only to wind up loving it?
Sometimes you can see a trainwreck coming from a mile off... only to have it arrive and turn out to be a wonderful…
Rumors: Thor writers joining Star Trek 3, Abrams leaving Star Wars
There's turmoil in two galaxies, if rumors are to be believed. First of all, rumor has it that Ashley Edward Miller and…
11 Books That Every Aspiring Television Writer MUST Read
Tomorrow, an army of geeks descends on San Diego — and many of them would kill to write for television. Comic-Con…
Continuum turns its time-traveling cop into... a superhero?
Season two of Continuum launched last night on Syfy, with a modest sort of scene-setting episode. A new status quo is…
12 Iconic TV and Movie Roles That Were Recast Successfully
By Charlie Jane Anders and Katharine Trendacosta. It's an unfortunate fact of life: roles get recast all the time.…
Are there going to be multiple "robot crime" shows on television soon?
Last we heard, Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) was still hard at work on the pilot of the…
Locke & Key, the canned TV pilot, resurrects as a movie?
Our hearts were crushed when the television adaptation of the comic Locke & Key (which was penned by the amazing Josh…
Atlas Shrugged 2: The Wrath of Keynes!
The second installment of the Atlas Shrugged movie trilogy is out today, just a few weeks before the presidential…
A New Android Cop Show, From the Makers of Fringe
Could there be dueling police dramas about robots a year from now? Just a few weeks ago, NBC picked up a show about…