http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/breaking news http://io9.com/tag/breaking news We're in the Futurama panel, where it was just announced that Comedy Central has renewed our favorite future-set comedy show for another two years. And we watched a hilarious anime spoof in which the Futurama team are transformed into the Action Squad! More on this later... More »
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At 5:00 PM Eastern, Fermilab scientists will announce a major discovery. The early word is that this is not the Higgs boson, but instead something completely unexpected. More »
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has picked up what appears to be the youngest black hole we've discovered near our planet. This object could however instead be the youngest documented neutron star. Either way, it's an exciting find. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5690410&view=rss&microfeed=true Today NASA will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. EST concerning the Chandra X-ray Observatory's finding "of an exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood" from NASA Headquarters' TV studio in Washington. They'll be airing the press conference live streaming on NASA TV. More »
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In an interview with the French website TVMag, David Duchovny revealed that a script for a third X-Files movie is being penned, and that it will return to the series' conspiracy roots. More »
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Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures have tapped Zack Snyder to direct the next installment of the Superman franchise. Snyder was chosen after meeting with producers Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas. But will the illegitimate Superbaby make the cut? More »
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The United Nations has appointed Earth's ambassador should aliens touch down in the near future. Their selection? Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman, who heads the UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs. UPDATE: Boo! It was a hoax. More »
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The latest promo for Game of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, aired before the season finale of True Blood. Check out the latest footage from the production in Belfast. More »
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After yesterday's news about Torchwood's new writing team, we've now learned that Starz's ten-episode Torchwood reboot will be titled Torchwood: The New World. Also, Russell T. Davies himself dropped some hints about the series' plot. UPDATE 8/7/10: More details below. More »
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The writers of the next season of Doctor Who's more grown-up spinoff, Torchwood, have been announced... and they're some of our favorite televisual geniuses, including former Buffy, House and Supernatural writers. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5606834&view=rss&microfeed=true Nobody thinks a Total Recall remake is a good idea, but it's still happening. And now it's been announced that Underworld director Len Wiseman is in final talks to direct, from a script by Equilibrium/Ultraviolet director Kurt Wimmer. This will be a new "contemporized" adaptation. The press release quotes Wiseman: More »
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We're in the Chuck panel at San Diego Comic Con, and it's just been announced that Linda Hamilton is playing Chuck's mom this year. Does that make Chuck John Connor? Also, Jeffster premiered a Lady Gaga dance video! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5595456&view=rss&microfeed=true Dr. McCoy is the law! We reported a rumor that Star Trek star Karl Urban would play the futuristic, fascistic lawman in the new Judge Dredd movie the other day. Asked about it at Comic Con, Urban said the rumor is "lookin' good." And he told another news outlet that director Pete Travis had actually offered him the role, "and we're in the process of making it happen." More »
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While chatting with Michel Gondry about all things Green Hornet we asked him when he was doing a space movie. Gondry said he'd love to, but his next movie takes place on Earth - in the future. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5595225&view=rss&microfeed=true We didn't get into the Joss Whedon panel at Comic Con just now, but reports are coming out that Whedon confirmed that Captain Hammer himself, Nathan Fillion, will be playing Ant-Man in his Avengers movie. And he also said he's still developing his Wastelanders webseries project with Warren Ellis. More details when we get them! [Mega Comic News] More »
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Just seconds after telling us that he makes disaster movies because he hates sequels, director Roland Emmerich spilled all about his new ABC TV series 2013, that picks up after the waves part. It sounds epic. Spoiler warning. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5398037&view=rss&microfeed=true Wonderful news! Falcon Heene has been found alive and at home. He was never in the balloon. We are overjoyed. But urge everyone with experimental science projects PLEASE — safety first. [MSNBC] More »
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While authorities still search for Colorado's Falcon Heene, and we dearly hope he turns up unharmed, we wondered why the Heenes constructed this contraption in the first place — and uncovered Mr. Heene's attempt to prove there's life on Mars. More »
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Tim Burton has confirmed that his next project will be remaking ABC's vampire soap Dark Shadows, whose rights are rumored to belong to Johnny Depp. This could mean we'll finally see our Johnny Depp vampire dreams come true. More »
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Sounds like James Bond could be getting even moodier than his last brooding outing in Solace: The latest writer on Bond 23 is known for his heavy dramatic work, but we're hoping he ushers in the return of Brioni days. More »
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The Spider-Man Musical auditions are underway and still no word about who our singing Peter Parker will be until now. We've got wind of one casting rumor for our dear U2-warbling webslinger. More »
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After Orson Scott Card claimed he was "not interested" in the Ender's Game film adaptation, it seemed as if this classic novel would never be made into a film. Not so, the producers tell io9. More »
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While talking to the mighty Hercules, Kevin Sorbo, about his upcoming Illuminati movie and comic, we couldn't help asking if he'd ever make another guest appearance as frozen-in-time 1969 secret agent, Guy Goddard, on our favorite superhero comedy The Middleman. Sorbo dropped not one but two giant bombs about our beloved show: he'd been in talks for a Goddard spin-off at one point, and the Middleman may be no more. We went straight to the source, Executive Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach to find out if Hercules' oracle spoke the truth. More »
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Good news for Warren Ellis fans — Hollywood producer David Friendly has taken a shine to Ellis' dark comic Desolation Jones, and hopes to give it the major motion picture treatment. Who doesn't want to see the powder-skinned Michael Jones undergo government testing that turns him into an albino madman who feels no remorse? We caught up with Friendly (My Girl, Little Miss Sunshine) at the premiere of his new movie Soul Men, and got him to talk about why Jones would make an awesome movie. Update: Warren Ellis comments on the possible movie. More »
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Sam Rockwell's lonely job as a space miner finally gets some robotic company, in the shape of Kevin Spacey. Rockwell, the star of new movie Choke, told io9 that Spacey will be lending his voice to the robot in Duncan Jones' new scifi picture Moon, and he spilled some more details about the space madness he faces during his long lunar sojourn. Spoilers ahead. More »
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The Pentagon plans to fire a missile at a rogue U.S. spy satellite that threatens to crash to Earth in March. But don't panic: even without a missile strike, the chances of a huge chunk of spy-gear crashing on your head are fairly low, General James Cartwright just told CNN. Also, "the blogs" are wrong about the danger of classified info surviving the heat of reentry. The main reason a Navy ship will knock the thing outta the sky in the next week or so? The satellite's hydrazine fuel, which the military doesn't want coming back to Earth. Plus, target practice. More »
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