Waterworld

A Waterworld TV Show Is in the Works

It's set 20 years after the Kevin Costner film, and 10 Cloverfield Lane 's Dan Trachtenberg is attached to direct.

Television Germain Lussier Jul 29

All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Funko Pops We Want, But Don’t Exist (Yet)

We’re about to say something that’ll blow your mind. Something that may not seem true, but trust us—it is. Are you ready? Not every franchise or film has had a Funko Pop made of it. Shocking, we know! It certainly seems like the not-so-little-anymore company from Everett, Washington, has its mitts on every property there…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Jun 11

Waterworld Is Both More Impressive and Problematic Than You Remember

Say the phrase “Waterworld” and chances are you’ll think about one of two things: 1) it being a box office disaster; or 2) how Kevin Costner’s hero drank his own pee. The most expensive film ever made upon its release in 1995, it famously cost almost $180 million but grossed only $80 million domestically, making…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 2

Miami’s Already Drowning Due to Sea Level Rise

At the Art Basel spectacle in Miami last week, heavy rains swamped the parties, forcing fairgoers to prance through the streets in soggy stilettos. It wasn’t a freak occurrence. It was a peek at the future. In a frightening New Yorker article, Elizabeth Kolbert tours the city with Hal Wanless, a geologist at the University…

Climate Change Alissa Walker Dec 15

The 8 Best Movies About Apocalyptic Climate Change

Climate change is a notoriously unclickable topic, yet it undeniably captures our imagination, given how often it shows up as a central plot point in films. From Waterworld to the charming animated feature Ice Age, it just keeps coming back. Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is a growing genre of films where changing climate drives the…

io9 Mika McKinnon Dec 10

The Plan to Defrost Walt Disney and Save Capitalism With Sea Cities

Remember that time back in the 1990s when Walt Disney was awakened from his cryogenic sleep, started building artificial islands off the coast of Massachusetts, and then privatized the U.S. military to protect his new capitalist paradise from an evil, one-world government? Yeah, neither do I. But that was the techno-libertartian fever dream of one…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 24

Astronomers say this Super Earth could have oceans of water

At just 40 light years from Earth, Gliese 1214b is one of the nearest Super-Earths we’ve discovered in our search for planets beyond the solar system. Now, a team of Japanese researchers say it could well be an “ocean world,” abundant in good old H2O. Above: An artist’s depiction of GJ 1214b in transit Via…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 5

If sea levels are rising, let the floods come

Paul Kirshen, co-author of an exhaustive new report on what sea-level rise could mean for Boston, talks to The Atlantic about the city’s watery future. The study was released yesterday by The Boston Harbor Association, in conjunction with a series of storm readiness initiatives from the office of Boston mayor Thomas Menino. The proposals are…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 6

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Happy Earth Day, you disgusting mass of consumers! What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of the worst eco-friendly, lecturing movies? We also include a few “green” films that won’t make you feel bludgeoned by a tree. Worst Earth Day Messages In Movies, Ever The Day After Tomorrow Movie Message: Your polluting lifestyle…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Astronomers Discover a Planet Made Of Water

Zachory Berta says that “GJ1214b is like no planet we know of.” Like Berta, part of a team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics lead by David Charbonneau, his colleagues were surprised when they discovered that this planet is made mostly of water. Larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus, GJ1214b has a lot more…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Feb 21

Astronomers discover a brand-new class of exoplanet — the boiling Waterworld

NASA’s Kepler mission has been spoiling us with planetary discoveries left and right as of late. Now, researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an entirely new class of planet — they call it a “waterworld,” and it might be covered in broiling-hot ice. https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-galaxys-26-newest-planets-5879976 Illustration via ESA – AOES Medialab In our own…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 21

Great Trainwrecks of Science Fiction: Movies Where the Director Was Fired in the Middle

Everybody knows that the movies can be a messy business — oftentimes, what reaches the big screen is the result of a process akin to sticking your fingers in a Cuisinart. And sometimes the original director of a project gets dropped just before filming starts — as happened with The Wolfman. Or sometimes the director…

Movies MaryKate Jasper and Charlie Jane Anders Dec 16

The aquatic apocalypse of Waterworld was my sexual awakening

Human sexuality is a weird thing, so it makes sense that I learned the laws of attraction from a disgusting, herring-scented merman. And no, I’m not talking about Skeletor’s sidekick. First things first, the title of this piece is a bit of a prevarication. My first official sexual awakening occurred while watching another maritime themed…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 16

They’re still doing a Waterworld show at Universal Studios – and it actually looks amazing!

Did you know they’re still doing a Waterworld show at Universal Studios Hollywood? We didn’t, until we read it might get phased out. Despite being based on a totally forgettable movie, the show looks pretty amazing. Check out some photos. According to the L.A. Times, a 20-year plan for revamping Universal Studios is underway, including…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 24

French designer had plans for Waterworld…in the 1930s

In a 1931 issue of Mechanics Illustrated, designer Leon Feoquinos presented plans for this floating pleasure city smack dab in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This artificial island contained not one, but four recreations of the Eiffel Tower. Feoquinos built the city for the sad day when the continents “become overcrowded.” Also note that…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 17

20 careers that will make the future less dystopian

The future is a beautiful place – and you can help make it that way, while picking up a paycheck at the same time. Here are 20 jobs that will help the human race avoid dystopia! We all want to make a difference in the world, and it would be awesome to be able to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Kelly Faircloth Jun 30

Waterworld star Kevin Costner will clean up the BP oil spill

Kevin Costner once boasted that he could have cleaned up the Exxon Valdez spill in a week. Now he’ll get a chance to show what he can do — BP is buying his oil/water separation machines. [Inhabitat and WWL]

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 11

The science fiction roles of Dennis Hopper

The great Dennis Hopper died today in Venice, California after battling cancer. Hopper was incredibly prolific and starred in numerous scifi films. Even if a film was flawed, Hopper’s mere presence made it memorable. Here are Hopper’s forays into scifi. http://gawker.com/5550872/actor-dennis-hopper-dead-at-74 As neo-Nazi Peter Vollmer in The Twilight Zone (1963, “He’s Alive”). As sailor Johnny…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 29

Monday’s Commentary Twack: Choose Your Poison

We’re back, taking it to the tweets and tearing an unsuspecting Netflix-able movie a new one. But the twist is, this week, you guys decide which film gets to feel our collective wrath. Just like we did two weeks ago (when Conan the Destroyer got the nod) I’ve picked five likely subjects – all of…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 21

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Happy Earth Day, you disgusting mass of consumers! What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of the worst eco-friendly, lecturing movies? We also include a few “green” films that won’t make you feel bludgeoned by a tree. Worst Earth Day Messages In Movies, Ever The Day After Tomorrow Movie Message: Your polluting lifestyle…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 22

Waterworld

A Waterworld TV Show Is in the Works

All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Funko Pops We Want, But Don’t Exist (Yet)

Waterworld Is Both More Impressive and Problematic Than You Remember

Miami’s Already Drowning Due to Sea Level Rise

The 8 Best Movies About Apocalyptic Climate Change

The Plan to Defrost Walt Disney and Save Capitalism With Sea Cities

Astronomers say this Super Earth could have oceans of water

If sea levels are rising, let the floods come

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Astronomers Discover a Planet Made Of Water

Astronomers discover a brand-new class of exoplanet — the boiling Waterworld

Great Trainwrecks of Science Fiction: Movies Where the Director Was Fired in the Middle

The aquatic apocalypse of Waterworld was my sexual awakening

They’re still doing a Waterworld show at Universal Studios – and it actually looks amazing!

French designer had plans for Waterworld…in the 1930s

20 careers that will make the future less dystopian

Waterworld star Kevin Costner will clean up the BP oil spill

The science fiction roles of Dennis Hopper

Monday’s Commentary Twack: Choose Your Poison

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

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