io9
Today's Best Deals: Futurama, DEWALT Tools, Tiny Anker Speaker, and More
The complete Futurama box set, a popular DEWALT combo kit, and Anker’s smallest Bluetooth speaker lead off Thursday’s best deals.
Categories: SF Topics
Sony Will Bring The Wheel of Time to TV
Is the long, weird saga of Wheel of Time’s journey to television is seemingly over? After that bizarro pilot that lead to legal troubles and the final but very vague announcement the legendary fantasy series would come to TV properly after all, we now know it’ll be Sony who will be responsible for bringing Robert…
Categories: SF Topics
Dictator Superman and Terrorist Batman Reluctantly Join Forces to Fight an Even Bigger Threat in Injustice 2
In the Injustice universe, Kal-El wanted to rule the Earth in an ostensibly benevolent dictatorship, but a lot of people ended up dying at the Man of Steel’s hands. Brainiac? He’s coming to Injustice 2 to in an attempt to top Superman’s “achievement” by destroying the whole planet.
Categories: SF Topics
Beam Down to the Beach in These Red Star Trek Swimsuits at Your Own Risk
Despite a mathematician claiming otherwise, it’s widely believed that if you find yourself in the Star Trek universe wearing a red uniform, your days are numbered. So given all the things in the ocean that want to eat you, why would you ever head to the beach wearing a red Star Trek swimsuit?
Categories: SF Topics
Avengers: Infinity War Set Photos Tease Romance Among Earth's Mightiest Heroes
James Gunn no longer wants to do a ROM movie. New reports hint a touching scene between Luke and some old friends in The Last Jedi. Joss Whedon discusses casting Batgirl. Plus, more clips from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, promos for American Gods, and Ashley Eckstein on Ahsoka’s Rebels return. Spoilers, assemble!
Categories: SF Topics
Shut Up and Take My Money! The Complete Futurama Box Set Is Cheaper Than Ever.
Unfortunately, it isn’t a Blu-ray, but the complete Futurama box set has never been this cheap before. It’s a Gold Box deal though, so grab it quick before it sells out.
Categories: SF Topics
All the Reasons Why John Carpenter's Cult Classic They Live Is as Timely as Ever
In 2015, John Carpenter called They Live “a documentary.” Though his cult classic is nearly 30 years old, its themes of surveillance, income inequality, and the sinking suspicion that the people in charge are way more sinister than we ever realized still feel very potent. A new short doc examines why.
Categories: SF Topics
US Viewers Can Finally See the Legendary, Pants-Wettingly Scary British Mockumentary Ghostwatch
On Halloween 1992, the BBC aired Ghostwatch, a 90-minute special presented as a live, scientific investigation of a haunted house. It was, of course, strictly a faux doc—but it still managed to confuse more than a few viewers who believed they were watching real terrors caught on tape.
Categories: SF Topics
A New Comic Will Explore the Teenage Lives of the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Boom Studios already has an excellent Power Rangers comic—but now it’s getting a companion series that is set in the earliest days of the teens with attitudes’ ranger careers. And while there’ll still be some action, it’s mainly focused on their lives outside of all that color-coordinated spandex.
Categories: SF Topics
HBO Is Making a Fahrenheit 451 Movie Starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
Ray Bradbury’s famous 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 is getting a feature-length update. HBO is set to make a new movie adaptation of the book, directed by Ramin Bahrani and co-starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon.
Categories: SF Topics
Some Maniacs Have Decided to Remake Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory But With Tom and Jerry
But it’s not what you think. Tom is not Willy Wonka and Jerry is not Charlie. This is straight-up the original Willy Wonka movie, totally remade—just with Tom and Jerry HANGING AROUND TOO.
Categories: SF Topics
You've Only Got Six Months to Build This Wearable K-2SO Puppet For Halloween
If you’re planning to build your own lightsaber, droid, or time-traveling DeLorean replica, the first place you need to visit is the Replica Prop Forum. It’s the online hangout for builders to share tips and photos of their creations. It’s also where you’ll find Darren Moser detailing his build of a life-size K-2SO…
Categories: SF Topics
The Trailer for Freeform's Siren Brings Us a Seriously Terrifying Mermaid
Even though Siren isn’t set to premiere until next summer, Freeform has released a trailer for its mermaid show. A show in which the title character is out. For. Blood.
Categories: SF Topics
Rian Johnson Changed Kylo Ren's Scar in Last Jedi Because He Thought It Looked Goofy
Pat yourself on the back. You were right! Kylo Ren’s scar in The Force Awakens does not match the scar in The Last Jedi. Writer-director Rian Johnson has just admitted it, and explained why he broke all of Star Wars’ renown verisimilitude for this small but ultimately fatal change.
Categories: SF Topics
The First Trailer for Marvel's Cloak & Dagger Goes All-In on the Teen Drama
Our first look at Marvel’s foray into young adult drama is here, and it’s heavy on the angst. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to remember this is superhero show for most of the trailer, and that’s actually quite intriguing.
Categories: SF Topics
Thankfully, Telltale Games' Guardians of the Galaxy Doesn't Try to Be OMG EPIC
Despite the bitchin’ soundtrack, Telltale Games’ latest collaboration, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, can’t be called a thrilling, rock-fueled space opera. It’s more like easy listening. The first episode’s biggest event happens in the first few minutes, and everything else is characters sitting around and…
Categories: SF Topics
Report: Disney's Trying to Get Will Smith to Play the Genie in the Live-Action Aladdin Movie
“Now this is a story all about how/My life got flipped turned upside down.” Or at least it could be. The House of Mouse wants the man who played Deadshot in Suicide Squad to grant wishes.
Categories: SF Topics
There's Finally an Update on the Movie Version of Mark Millar's Time-Traveling Comic Chrononauts
Before Mark Millar’s Chrononauts was even released in 2015, the comic had already been tapped for a movie adaptation. However, as is so often the case these days, the updates stopped there. Fast-forward to today and there is finally some movement on the project.
Categories: SF Topics
The Newest Little Golden Books Give Kids a Crash Course in Everything Star Wars
The Star Wars saga is as much a fairy tale as The Three Little Pigs or The Princess and the Pea—just with way cooler spaceships and characters. So the iconic Little Golden Books have a few more Star Wars titles en route that will help kids obsess and pore over every last detail from the films.
Categories: SF Topics
This Week's Batman Holds the Next Big Clue About DC's Rebirth and the Watchmen
Ever since DC began its Rebirth initiative, one giant mystery has hung over its comics: just how the hell do the Watchmen play into the new DC universe? Today’s Batman is the first issue in the saga that promises to reveal this mystery. It’s light on revelations, but it already has us asking even more questions.
Categories: SF Topics