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io9HBO Will Make Asimov’s Foundation With Interstellar‘s Jonathan Nolan
It looks like HBO is teaming up with Interstellar writer and Person Of Interest showrunner Jonathan Nolan to adapt the highly revered and beloved Foundation books into a TV series. Wow. The Wrap is reporting that Jonathan Nolan will be working with HBO for yet another series. The Interstellar writer is currently working on a … Continued
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Bruce Campbell Will Star In Evil Dead Sequel TV Series. Hell. Yes.
Evil Dead is coming back in a big, big way, people. Original creators Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are joining forces to bring the gruesome horror franchise to Starz. And yes, this does mean that Bruce Campbell will return as the one and only Ash Williams. Varietyis reporting that the Evil Dead series is a … Continued
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When Satan’s Voice Is Recorded On Vinyl, Music Kills On Constantine
Constantine is settling a bit more into its mystical problem-of-the-week format, and it’s a bit more brutal than what we saw in last week’s somewhat ho-hum episode. When a record is discovered with the Devil’s voice on it, everyone wants it—including one of John Constantine’s familiar foes. John apparently tried to ditch Zed again, but … Continued
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io9This Week’s TV: An All-Girls School Performs Supernatural: The Musical
That’s right, Supernatural is celebrating its 200th episode with a musical, and teenage girls are playing the roles of Sam and Dean. Atlantis returns for another season of mashed-up Greek mythology; Gravity Falls heads to time jail; and Z Nation has to deal with glowing, radioactive zombies. Get all the details below! Tonight Gotham (8 … Continued
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The Terrible Secret Of Eugene’s Mullet Revealed On The Walking Dead
It’s practically impossible to discuss anything about this week’s episode without it being a spoiler, but suffice to say we got the most major revelation since we learned Terminus is A Bad Place. And we also got a crappier, less interesting revelation: Abraham is a crazy asshole. “Self-Help” is the title of tonight’s episode, which … Continued
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io9TelevisionJohn Oliver Somehow Improves the Already Awesome Salmon Cannon
Remember the salmon cannon? That supremely overenthusiastic answer to the problem of fish migration being blocked by dams? Well, John Oliver found that single use to be lacking something more… Pythonesque. This video is hilarious in a way that’ll make you feel kind of bad for loving it. It was amusing when Jon Stewart got … Continued
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All Of Doctor Who‘s Big Thematic Arcs Pay Off, With Clara’s Final Test
This season of Doctor Who has been pretty tightly structured around a few big themes, and all of them were tied up in the season finale. A lot of them, not surprisingly, had to do with Clara Oswald — and we finally found out why she was chosen as the Doctor’s companion. Spoilers! So all … Continued
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Legend Of Korra Gives Us The Korra-Kuvira Duel We’ve Been Waiting For
We’ve known ever since the Book 4 trailer was released that we’d see some sort of showdown between Kuvira and Korra. But while the Avatar tries to figure out whether she really can solve the problem of the Earth Empire by fighting, it’s Varrick of all people who strikes a real blow for freedom. So … Continued
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Agent Carter Adds Whiplash’s Dad, Because Why The @#$% Not
Hey, remember in Iron Man 2, when Whiplash was all super-pissed at Tony Stark because Tony’s dad Howard screwed over his dad? And you didn’t care because you were much more confused about why Whiplash had a parrot? Agent Carter will reveal the story behind the dad (but not the parrot, alas). Australian actor Costa … Continued
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io9TelevisionOrphan Black Season Three Teaser Is Astoundingly Clever
Here is the first-ever teaser trailer for the third season of beloved clone drama Orphan Black. Sadly, there’s no footage, but unsurprisingly, they still managed to make a pretty clever teaser. Anyone catch that the strands of DNA on the “H” are both blue and pink? FORESHADOWING, PEOPLE. At least, we hope. There’s no limit … Continued
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io9Mark Wahlberg Is Your Six Billion Dollar Man
The long-in-development movie remake of the classic TV series The Six Million Dollar Man has officially hired Mark Wahlberg as a man who is given incredibly advanced bionics after suffering a catastrophic accident, except now it’s 100 times more expensive. Please insert Obamacare joke here. Given that Mark Wahlberg almost always ends up as a … Continued
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io9American Horror Story Offers Something Even Scarier Than A Killer Clown
American Horror Story: Freak Show returns from its epic two-part Halloween story and brings us an episode that is absolutely all over the place. But it still managed to deliver dark horror. This episode had one of my very favorite plotline tangents thus far. Denis O’Hare’s character, Stanley, is under the tent at the freak … Continued
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io9Take a Peek at What Shaw Finds “Sexy” on Next Week’s Person of Interest
In this exclusive clip from next week’s episode of Person of Interest, we get a rare glimpse of Shaw’s new life as a thief … and a slightly terrifying look at her sex life. On the tail of a number who is one of the best thieves in the world, Shaw finds herself getting seduced. … Continued
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The 100 Tries To Establish Civilization With An Old-Fashioned Whipping
Yeah, so the adults on The 100 are no better at that “establishing a stable society on Earth” business than their kids are. But while they’re trying to figure out the basics of crime and punishment, the kids are starting to piece together the details of a threat much larger than the Grounders. Crime and … Continued
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io9TelevisionBehold The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Couch Gag
Here it is, the very first look at The Simpsons/Futurama crossover episode. Watch how a visit from the Planet Express crew will change The Simpsons opening couch gag. Spoiler alert: Hedonismbot makes things sexy. And there’s yet ANOTHER clip over at Entertainment Weekly that is sadly not embeddable, but you can head over there to … Continued
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Why Is OLED Different and What Makes It So Great?
I have seen the future of high definition displays and lo, it is glorious. Not to mention rollable, foldable, and clearly superior to LCD/LED—really every other panel technology available today. What is OLED and how does it work? OLED, or Organic Light Emitting Diodes, are an offshoot of existing conventional LED technology. LEDs are semiconducting … Continued
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Game Of Thrones Season 5 Definitely Won’t Have Bran, And Here’s Why
We’ve heard the rumors from Hodor himself that Bran Stark, having finally reached the Three-Eyed Raven last year, would be absent in the next season of Game of Thrones. But now showrunner David Benioff has not only confirmed we’re going Hodor-less, but explains why. Here’s what Benioff told Entertainment Weekly: “The fact is, even though … Continued
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Netflix Is Adapting A Series Of Unfortunate Events As A TV Series
Unfortunate things are coming to Netflix—miserabile, vile, carnivorous things. Lemony Snicket’s dark and droll A Series of Unfortunate Events is coming to the screen again, this time as a series from Netflix. Image from the series’ Facebook page. Deadline has the rather amusing press release announcing that Netflix will be adapting the trials and tribulations … Continued
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