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Take a look at Andy Serkis in the mocap suit he'll be sporting while he plots his domination over all of mankind. Rise of the Apes is the origins story of Caesar, the world's most devious ape.
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Even after six books and an upcoming feature film, there's still a lot we don't know about Scott Pilgrim's mysterious lady love Ramona Flowers. Fortunately, actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead helped us shed some light on Ramona's shadowy past.
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Roughly 375 million years ago, proto-amphibians crawled out of the sea to start living on land. While those ancient trailblazers get the attention, their achievement wouldn't matter much without the reptiles who explored inland - and now we've found them.
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Tim Kring created Heroes, the show that blew our minds for one season, then tried our patience for three more. And now his long-awaited book project Shift is coming out. Here are five reasons you should watch the book trailer.
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Last night's Futurama took us on an incredible tour of Earth's entire history and revealed what the 31st century would look like without Fry around. Equal parts touching, hilarious, thoughtful, and flat-out bonkers, this episode was everything Futurama should be. More »
We're intrigued by the latest news surrounding Carl Tibbett's film The Retreat, about an apparent apocalypse and how it affects a couple on an island getaway. Plus it's just cast our latest obsession, Cillian Murphy.
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Check out this incredibly detailed, starkly rendered artwork from Katsuhiro Otomo's original Akira comic. You can see every beam and window of Neo Tokyo as it's destroyed.
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GDT and James Cameron together — talk about two great tastes that taste great together! The director and producer are rumored to be teaming up for H.P. Lovecraft's Mountains of Madness. Cameron will bring the equipment, GDT the heart. [Deadline]
The villain of Thor explains why you really shouldn't see him as just a villain. Great new pictures from Red, Super, and Never Let Me Go. See the trailers for True Blood, Eureka, and Warehouse 13! Thank goodness it's spoilers!
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Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov took some old photographs from World War II and combined them with new perspective-matching photos. The result are a series of time portals that help us contextualize the war into our current reality.
[Gizmodo]
They're some of the most recognisable faces in modern pop culture. But have you ever wondered just who the men and women are providing the voices behind gaming's biggest characters?
[Kotaku]
The Sucker Punch trailer heaped fantasy upon fantasy. But what does it all mean? We asked director Zack Snyder to explain his mecha attack bunny dream world to us. Plus check out these gorgeous exclusive pieces of Sucker Punch artwork.
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The long-awaited webseries Ark, starring Renee O'Connor (Gabrielle from Xena) is finally online, and we talked to O'Connor about the secret conspiracy behind the mysterious ark in space. And O'Connor also told us about her scifi version of Moby Dick.
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Over the weekend, we had a chance to talk to writers, producers, and actors from Supernatural (yes, we met Sam and Dean), and now we know the monstery score. Season 6 will take the Winchesters on a new path. SPOILERS! More »
It's 2013, and China's the only country to have survived an economic meltdown. The Chinese own Starbucks, which now serves longan dragon well lattes. So why can't anybody remember an entire month? That's the premise of a new dystopian novel. More »
Remember that torrent yesterday that contained the personal information off of 100 million scraped Facebook profiles? I thought it was strange that the guy didn't sell this information, since many companies would be interested. Turns out they are interested.
[Gizmodo]
Not only did Last night's Psych name-check Decepticons, Comic Con, BSG and Star Trek, but the entire episode wrapped around an alleged alien invasion. But the best part was easily this closeted nerd's secret lair.
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The very bright star at the center of this image is WR 22. It's a rare example of a super massive star blasting its atmosphere apart and speeding towards death millions of times faster than our Sun.
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For some reason, the Buenos Aires branch of elite ad company Young & Rubicam figured that the best way to advertise condoms . . . is with images of a burning apocalypse? We've got the full (mildly NSFW) ad below.
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty may have just come out but it's never too soon to think about what's next. There isn't a lot of information on StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, but we do know some things.
[Kotaku]
Minnie Driver stars in the BBC's The Deep, a five-episode miniseries about a submarine searching the depths of the Arctic Ocean for organisms that could produce biofuels, replacing our dependence on dwindling fossil fuels. But everything goes awry.
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After five years of drilling through 1.6 miles of solid ice, scientists finally hit Greenland's bedrock last week. The buried rock holds secrets to how Earth's climate changed 100,000 years ago, and what it means for today's climate upheaval.
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Damon Lindelof might be penciling in a bit of Lost-like weirdness into Ridley Scott's first Alien prequel. Lindelof is rumored to be rewriting Scott's backstory-explaining outing. But what will this alien-buff add to the classic H.R. Giger imagery? [a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/is-losts-damon-lindelof-boarding-alien">Deadline]
Normally direct-to-DVD sequels are a bit of disappointment. But the new 30 Days of Night 2 trailer has us thinking this might be a whole lot of bloody fun. Check out what happens after the 30-day Alaskan human flesh buffet.
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Every week, we round up the best tips that you post in io9's tips forum. This week, we've got a mash-up tours in Klingon, wacky posters, even wackier Kafka, sexbots, science, and much more!
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When we were eleven, my summer-camp crush and I nerd-flirted by attempting a Vulcan mind-meld. As it turns out, this may be (sort of) possible — and all you need is love.
[Jezebel]
The latest Superman rumor will have you breaking out the early morning Scotch and cigarettes in celebration. See Green Lantern's star-crossed lovers, and hear what Deadpool will have to say. David Fincher tells us what's cool about Jules Verne. Spoilerage!
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Anyone under 30 who is dating knows that flirtation, romance, and even breakups take place via SMS, IM, and social networks like Facebook. A fascinating new study looks at how people act when they break up online.
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There must have been some strange reality-reversal artifact working behind the scenes at Warehouse 13 when last night's episodes was made. All of a sudden, Myka's brilliant and awesome, and Claudia's kind of a twerp. How did that happen?
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