A Live-Action Star Wars Show Isn't Happening Any Time Soon
Just before the release of The Force Awakens, Kathleen Kennedy fanned the flames of intrigue when she said that Lucasfilm were actively looking into the plans for Star Wars: Underworld, the...
View ArticleThis Is Your Snow Day Gif Party
It may not be a snow day where you are, but let’s treat it as if you were getting to stay home and do nothing but post gifs in the comments. Contact the author at katharine@io9.com.
View ArticleThe New Allegiant Trailer Is Just What You Need For Your Friday Afternoon Nap
There are trailers that are ridiculous, over-the-top dramatic, and clearly composed of the only good parts of the movie. The third movie in the Divergent series has produced one that we think is...
View ArticleThe Outtakes From Saturday Night Live's Kylo Ren Skit Are Funnier Than the...
Adam Driver hosted Saturday Night Live last week and by far the most talked about skit was the Undercover Boss spoof featuring Driver as his Star Wars character, Kylo Ren. Now, SNL has released the...
View ArticleNext Season Will Be Steven Moffat's Last as Doctor Who's Showrunner
Steven Moffat will be stepping down as Doctor Who’s showrunner after six seasons, reports the Radio Times. The only episode of Doctor Who left for 2016 will be a Christmas Special, with Moffat’s final...
View ArticleKotaku The Great Destiny Malaise Of 2016 | The Concourse Macklemore’s Problem...
Kotaku The Great Destiny Malaise Of 2016 | The Concourse Macklemore’s Problem Is That Macklemore Is Bad | Jezebel The Academy Introduces Major Changes to Increase Oscar Diversity | Gizmodo The New...
View ArticleSundance's VR Films Will Break Your Brain
If this year’s Sundance Film Festival is any indication, virtual reality is about to hit the mainstream. Under a program called New Frontier, the festival is promoting eleven independently produced VR...
View ArticleThis Weekend's Storm Will Be a Bizarre Mix of Floods, Ice, Wind, and Up to...
The great storm is finally here. What can we expect? The latest forecast is out—and it’s both weird and grim. Read it tucked safely indoors, with candles, canned goods, and the last of your frail hopes...
View ArticleBring the AT-AT From Hoth to Your Wall With This Beautiful New Poster
Sure, the Millennium Falcon and X-Wing get most of the headlines, but the AT-AT is right up there in terms of truly iconic Star Wars vehicles. Few will ever forget the first time the imposing walkers...
View ArticleNBC Orders Pilot for Show It Hopes Will Be Its True Blood
Back in October, we heard that NBC was planning to adapt True Blood author Charlaine Harris’ Midnight, Texas trilogy. It must’ve gone well, because the network has put in a pilot order for the...
View ArticleWake of Vultures Will Kick Your Ass Up One Page and Down The Other
There are fast-paced thrill-a-minute novels where the plot twists and wild action just. Keep. Coming. And then there are introspective books about someone searching for their identity and untangling...
View ArticleThey're Rebooting the Classic Fantasy Movie Labyrinth, But Who Can Replace...
Mere days after the sad passing of the film’s star, David Bowie, Hollywood is set to reboot one of his most famous films: Labyrinth. Sony Pictures and the Jim Henson Company will produce the reboot,...
View ArticleHang Onto Your Pea Soup—The Exorcist May Be Coming To TV
More proof that this is the Year of Satan in pop culture. The Exorcist is coming back—but not in the way you’d expect. It’s coming to TV, with a modern twist.Fox has given a pilot order to The...
View ArticleRead This Before the Next Time You Get Sucked into the 'Hard Science Fiction'...
The distinction between “hard science fiction” and “soft science fiction” means many different things to different people—but that doesn’t prevent people from turning it into a status game. Which...
View ArticleRIP Sarah the Cheetah, the Fastest Land Animal on Earth
When you think “fastest land animal,” what do you think of? American Pharaoh? Usain Bolt? Nope, until today that title belonged to Sarah, a cheetah who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. Sarah died today at...
View ArticleBlue Origin Relaunched the Rocket it Landed in November
On Friday, Blue Origin launched their same New Shepard rocket booster that it launched into space two months ago. Looks like the commercial space race for reusable rockets is on—SpaceX is flashier with...
View ArticleSaturday's Best Deals: Garmin Forerunner, Flameless Fried Turkey, and More
Kick off your weekend with a popular GPS watch, a safer method of frying turkey, a more convenient blender, and the rest of today’s best deals. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never...
View ArticleHere's Our First Look At Tom Holland On The Set Of Captain America: Civil War
We’ve been eager to catch our first glimpse of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker before he shows up in Captain America: Civil War, and Marvel co-president Louis D’Esposito gave us our first glimpse.Spoilers...
View ArticleXKCD has always had best takes on astronomy, and took a fun look at the news...
XKCD has always had best takes on astronomy, and took a fun look at the news that we might actually have a 9th planet in our solar system.
View ArticleThis spinning cake recreates Super Mario Bros. perfectly
I think overly decorative cakes are silly—like cool, here’s a cake that looks like the Great Barrier Reef, enjoy your edible starfish—but this Super Mario Bros. cake is wonderful because it recreates...
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