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10 Sexiest Assassins

Murder for hire doesn’t have to be sexy, but it’s just more fun that way. And the best assassins are almost always sexy, using their sexual allure to confuse their prey and delight everyone else. Here’s our list of the 10 sexiest assassins from science fiction, fantasy and comics. Note: We tried to confine this…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 17

Megan Ellison Wins the Terminator Movie Rights!

Indie film producer Megan Ellison has just bought the rights to the Terminator franchise. Annapurna Pictures (Ellison’s company) will team up with director Justin Lin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rumor has it they can make “at least two more” Terminator films, wrapping up the saga of Skynet, before the rights revert to James Cameron. [Deadline] https://gizmodo.com/can-indie-film-financier-megan-ellison-save-the-termina-5801274

io9 Meredith Woerner May 13

Can indie film financier Megan Ellison save the Terminator franchise?

Indie film financier Megan Ellison has started an all-out bidding war for the Terminator movie rights against Lionsgate. Which means the new Terminator movie could actually be made a studio that isn’t merely out to sell licensing rights to Slurpee. Ellison has been building up plenty of buzz funding broke but brilliant productions (such as…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 12

Fresh off Thor and X-Men: First Class, Hollywood’s next big writing duo is about to explode

Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz have written two of the summer’s biggest movies, Thor and X-Men: First Class. They’re fast becoming the go-to writers for revitalizing beloved science-fiction characters. We talked to them about what they’ve learned so far. Miller and Stentz made their bones writing for Andromeda and Twilight Zone, then went on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 3

Watch a horrifying car ad that shows our robot-dominated future

When robots control our entire existence, life will be bleak and joyless, according to this recent Dodge ad, crafted by Carl Erik Rinsch, director of the hot science fiction short The Gift and the upcoming 47 Ronin. The message of the spot: Humans may allow robots to control our diets, our clothing and our personal…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 2

Will Sarah Connor and the gang return for Terminator 5?

Now that Arnold Schwarzenegger is coming back for Justin Lin’s Terminator 5, could the rest of the cast be far behind? According to one of the Latino Review’s sources, Arnold’s quarry may be in tow as well: https://gizmodo.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-will-be-back-in-terminator-5-5796109 Or should I say “Terminator 2012” which is the title the pitch is going under right now.…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 1

William Shakespeare brings you . . . Terminator the Second

Nothing could be better than a reboot of Terminator 2, written in the Elizabethan English that Shakespeare spoke. You know you want to see it. This summer, with your help, a theater company will stage Terminator the Second. The project is the brainchild of Husky Jackal, a theater company in Nashville, Tennessee, full of people…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 27

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back in Terminator 5

More proof that a real Terminator is hard to kill! Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed on to be in the fifth Terminator flick being directed by Fast Five’s Justin Lin. Can this new film wipe Terminator Salvation from our memories forever? Deadline is reporting that Schwarzenegger has selected his big comeback film, and it’s Terminator 5.…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 27

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gets cancelled… again

Syfy announced with great fanfare in late February that it was buying the complete run of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles to run starting April 7. Fans were excited to rediscover this series… but it didn’t exactly last. After just a couple weeks of T:SCC, Syfy pulled the plug. The network is replacing the show…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

Happy Birthday, Skynet!

Today’s the day when Skynet achieves sentience, according to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The nuclear armageddon happens in a couple days. To greet our new robot overlords, here’s some of our favorite Terminator and killer-robot-themed stories. Terminator 2: Judgment Day concept art via Terminator Files. 7 bizarre robots in the Pentagon’s defense budget https://gizmodo.com/7-bizarre-robots-in-the-pentagons-defense-budget-5793714…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 19

Drone weapons systems risk leading us to “a Terminator-like reality,” warns a British government study

The U.S. government isn’t the only one using more robotic weapons in places like Iraq and Afghanistan — the British government is doing it too. But a new study from Britain’s Ministry of Defence warns we could be creating Skynet. The Guardian got a look at the MoD’s report, called “The UK Approach to Unmanned…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 18

This Terminator 2 Cake Is Perfect For Almost No Occasions

When you first espy the amazingly molten Terminator 2 cake, you’re stunned at the fine balance of technical prowess and artistry that went into its creation. And then you start to think: what exactly would a cake like this commemorate? Birthday, wedding, bat mitzvah—doesn’t seem quite right. But the next time you’re having a “Happy…

Movies Brian Barrett Apr 14

Give $1 to Stop Terminators. Seriously.

There’s nothing you can do to prevent another Terminator movie. But if you have a buck, you can do something to stop real Terminators…or at least ensure that they’ll like us when they show up. The Singularity Institute is a research organization that’s as forward-thinking as most Gizmodo readers (read: sci-fi nerds). Give $1 They…

Artificial Intelligence Mark Wilson Mar 31

Awesome Monster-Killing Clip of the Day: Sarah Connor and Jin Versus an Army of Cloverfields

Sometimes you just need to end the day with some explosions and some people killing weird mega-bats. Here’s an awesome sequence from the movie The Cave, in which a bunch of humans take out a nest of hybrid Orc/Cloverfield Monsters. Spoilers below… The Cave is a reasonably entertaining slice of B-movie cheese. In the Carpathian…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 24

10 Coolest Time Machines in the Space-Time Continuum

Screw a spaceship, we want a time machine! Time machines rule, because they crack open the mysteries of the past and future. And each time machine has its own weird personality. And if you visited another planet, you’d probably suffocate. Here are the ten awesomest time machines of all time. If it turns out we…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 15

What If the Kinect Was Hacked to Be Self-Aware Like Terminator?

Click to viewPeople have done some awesome things with Microsoft’s Kinect but this guy went above and beyond. He turned the Kinect self-aware and watched it destroy the Earth. Oopsies! [College Humor]

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 14

Why science fiction action movies need a little comic relief

The Marines vs. aliens war story that is Battle: Los Angeles may not be a modern classic, but it does do one thing that’s unusual (even admirable) for action movies, particularly scifi action movies: it takes its premise absolutely seriously. Now, make no mistake: Battle: Los Angeles is not a great movie. But the movie’s…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins Mar 13

Terminator Dog: he has come from the future to melt our hearts

You helped Voldermort Cat find a good home — now it’s Terminator Dog’s turn. Hachi, the Chow Chow (mix) was severely burned, leaving him looking like a Terminator. Some folks are calling these marks “unsightly,” but we beg to differ. According to Pet Finder here is Hachi’s tragic back story: County fire fighters brought Hachi…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 10

Arnold Schwarzenegger considering Terminator, Predator and Running Man remakes

Over a month ago Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was ready to start acting again. And now Hollywood has come a calling with a remake, reboot or some sort of spin-off of every great action movie he’s ever been in. At the “Arnold Classic” (a bodybuilding seminar) Schwarzenegger told the website Arnold Fans exactly what…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 7

Having your body shattered like a frozen liquid Terminator is good for the Earth

There are a lot of ways to deal with a person’s body after he or she is done using it. Their last remains can be buried, burned, put in trees, or donated to science. But one Swedish company has a different approach to sending people off to their final rewards. Freeze drying. Just like the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 7

10 Sexiest Assassins

Megan Ellison Wins the Terminator Movie Rights!

Can indie film financier Megan Ellison save the Terminator franchise?

Fresh off Thor and X-Men: First Class, Hollywood’s next big writing duo is about to explode

Watch a horrifying car ad that shows our robot-dominated future

Will Sarah Connor and the gang return for Terminator 5?

William Shakespeare brings you . . . Terminator the Second

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back in Terminator 5

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles gets cancelled… again

Happy Birthday, Skynet!

Drone weapons systems risk leading us to “a Terminator-like reality,” warns a British government study

This Terminator 2 Cake Is Perfect For Almost No Occasions

Give $1 to Stop Terminators. Seriously.

Awesome Monster-Killing Clip of the Day: Sarah Connor and Jin Versus an Army of Cloverfields

10 Coolest Time Machines in the Space-Time Continuum

What If the Kinect Was Hacked to Be Self-Aware Like Terminator?

Why science fiction action movies need a little comic relief

Terminator Dog: he has come from the future to melt our hearts

Arnold Schwarzenegger considering Terminator, Predator and Running Man remakes

Having your body shattered like a frozen liquid Terminator is good for the Earth

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