Is that the sound of midnight margaritas you hear? Or is that a recently-deceased (for the second time) evil ex-boyfriend creaking in the garden? It could be both: HBO Max has ordered a pilot for a potential series that would be a prequel to the dark and dreamy 1998 witch-family saga Practical Magic. As Halloween … Continued
Game of Thrones is over, and every network and streaming service is currently trying to replicate the success of HBO’s hit by finding their own epic fantasy breakout. Showtime, which already has Kingkiller Chronicle in development, is doubling down with another genre title: Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy. As previously reported, and as Variety reminds us … Continued
Not even two weeks ago, Joss Whedon’s HBO series about a gaggle of Victorian-era ladies with superpowers announced the addition of a dozen actors, to go along with previously announced series star Laura Donnelly. That’s a rather huge ensemble, but The Nevers wasn’t done yet! Today, the show added six more names that’ll co-star with … Continued
Stranger Things season three, which riffed on The Thing and The Blob (among others), was the latest testament to the enduring power of sci-fi horror—until we heard that Amazon was circling a series adaptation of Event Horizon. While the iron is hot, here are four more sci-fi horror titles perfect for TV translation. Pitch Black … Continued
The official trailer is here for Bong Joon-ho’s Palme d’Or winner, Parasite, and while it may not be as genre-leaning as many of his earlier films (The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja), it’s definitely pitch-black comedy with at least a small side of horror, so we can’t resist sharing it here. The official description is as follows: … Continued
The exciting news is that Amazon’s much-anticipated Wheel of Time series just cast a ton of actors! The not-as-exciting news is that the characters they’re playing are more famous than the actors—at least for now. Most of those Game of Thrones people were unknowns back in 2011, right? According to a press release, the newly-cast … Continued
Back in June, we got a gander at the first trailer for Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette’s ensemble horror-comedy Ready or Not, about a bride (Samara Weaving) who realizes soon after the ceremony that she’s married into a very sick and twisted family—and that she may not survive her wedding night. The film’s release is … Continued
I haven’t had a chance to see The Banana Splits Movie yet but I still have to salute its game plan, which is roughly: Nostalgia, but make it horror. Why aren’t more reboots and remakes taking this approach? Ahead of the film’s digital and home video release, io9 has an ominous-as-hell clip to share. First, … Continued
With the full force of producer and monster fanboy Guillermo del Toro behind it, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is, undeniably, a lovingly crafted adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s beloved series for younger readers. But unlike those spooky books, this perfectly fine big-screen version isn’t destined for classic status. That’s not to say it’s … Continued
Not all of the women in these new sci-fi and fantasy shorts—be they astronauts, fighter pilots, ambitious office workers, criminals, or just regular folks dealing with complicated emotions and surreal situations—are heroes. But isn’t life more interesting that way? 1) Rendezvous With Mars Divya More and Mayukh Goswami created this animated film (shared online by … Continued
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is out this Friday, and like many Guillermo del Toro-affiliated projects, it contains monsters galore. But will the fact that it’s rated PG-13 affect its fright factor? We’ll have our review up soon, but in the meantime, here’s some solid evidence that you don’t always need an R … Continued
I have often proclaimed my love for Paul W.S. Anderson’s 1997 sci-fi horror film Event Horizon, about a deep-space vessel that goes to a very bad dimension and returns with mind-warping powers, and features Laurence Fishburne barking the immortal line “Fuck this ship!” A TV series might happen, you say? Fuck YES! Amazon and Paramount … Continued
It’s hard to believe The Matrix is 20 years old—aside from some late-1990s stylistic choices and its reliance on the ready availability of landlines, it somehow still feels futuristic. Soon, you’ll be able to revisit it on the big screen when the Wachowskis’ visually inventive cyber-thriller returns to theaters. Aside from the fact that The … Continued
Archer’s season 10 finale aired this week, and—though we’d been led to believe otherwise—as we learned at the recent San Diego Comic-Con, it was not the series finale after all. There were some hints in the penultimate episode, but in this week’s “Robert De Niro,” the FXX show finally did the damn thing. https://gizmodo.com/archer-isnt-just-coming-back-for-season-11-its-bringin-1836558043 Do … Continued
CBS All Access has made its name pumping out Star Trek content, but the streaming service has another sci-fi series in the pipeline: an adaptation of Walter Tevis’ sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, which was previously made into a 1976 film by Nicolas Roeg, memorably starring David Bowie. That doesn’t mean the … Continued
This month’s crop of brand-new sci-fi and fantasy horror books include space battles with hostile aliens, multiple mages, a pet crow who’s got a front-row seat to the zombie apocalypse, ghosts, dragons, salty heroes, and even a few tales of tech gone wild. Dig in! https://gizmodo.com/there-are-so-many-new-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-coming-o-1835733426 Forgotten Bones by Vivian Barz When the murder of … Continued
The marketing for AMC’s NOS4A2 pegs it as “a different kind of vampire story”—and indeed, its Christmas-obsessed villain survives not by drinking blood, but by kidnapping children into his very special Rolls-Royce Wraith and draining their souls. But the story has another distinction that sets it apart: unusually complex female characters. NOS4A2 is based on … Continued
The last we heard about “Joss Whedon’s HBO show about Victorian ladies with superpowers,” also known as The Nevers, was a few months back, when Outlander’s Laura Donnelly snagged the lead. Until today, that is, with this robust list of character descriptions and the actors who’ve been cast. Whedon is executive producer, showrunner, writer, and … Continued
Futureworld came out in August 1976. The sequel to Michael Crichton’s Westworld—which tweaks the original’s cautionary tale of technology run wild—hasn’t aged entirely well, especially when compared to the sleek HBO series. But if retro goofiness is what you seek, step right up. Crichton wasn’t involved in Futureworld; it’s directed by Richard T. Heffron, and … Continued
