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Alan Tudyk is obviously deeply attached to the character of Firefly's late, great Hoban "Wash" Washburne. He spent a lot of time coming up with his own Wash story ideas — including the big reveal that Wash has tons of tattoos from the Alliance's toughest prisons. In a terrific new interview with SFX, Tudyk talks about how much of himself Joss Whedon put into Wash, and how much Tudyk wanted to tell the stories of what Wash did in the war, and other stuff. More »
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Now that Klaus has managed to unleash the evil version of Stefan on The Vampire Diaries, is he going to wind up regretting it? Can he handle the full power of Evil Stefan? More »
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You could easily interpret the new Planet of the Apes movie as being an anti-science diatribe — since it's about foolish humans meddling with biology, causing a new race of super-intelligent apes to emerge. More »
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Is Captain Jack Harkness the secret villain of Torchwood? The formerly immortal time hustler certainly seems to have a nearly limitless dark past. But actor John Barrowman insists that Captain Jack always aims to do the right thing. More »
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Doctor Who shook up its entire universe by revealing the truth about River Song — and then left us hanging all summer. How will River Song shape the Doctor's future? We asked Matt Smith. More »
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Guillermo del Toro isn't just one of the great directors of horror and fantasy — he's also an uncompromising visionary, who calls it likes he sees it. We've been blown away by del Toro's words of wisdom before. More »
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Bill Condon is one of the greatest living directors, on the strength of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Dreamgirls. So why on Earth would he choose to film the ultra-weird conclusion to Stephenie Meyer's paranormal soap opera Twilight? More »
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This year Comic-Con buried the fans under a mountain of new footage! Walking Dead, True Blood, Supernatural, Knights Of Badassdom — everyone released some amazing footage to the masses! More »
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San Diego Comic Con is a mosh pit of tastemakers. A good showing at Comic Con can generate unstoppable buzz for a project, that can last for months. A weak showing can deal a devastating setback to a creator's dreams. More »
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Sam and Dean Winchester have caught a lot of lucky breaks over the years on Supernatural, including an angel on their side and the FBI off their case. But that's all ending in season seven, according to the show's producers and stars. More »
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Here's a "sizzle reel" for the second half of Doctor Who season six that we just watched at San Diego Comic Con. Including our first look at Adolf Hitler! And the Cybermen having a spot of bother. More »
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We're sitting in Hall H waiting for the Doctor Who panel to begin, but the first big news about the show has already come out — Karen Gillan told Zap2It that she's coming back for season seven. More »
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There are only five episodes remaining to Futurama's sixth season, and we managed to see a lot of them at the show's Comic-Con panel. Including the entirety of an insanely funny anime segment! More »
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When Colin Farrell comes to your house and wants to talk to you about your girlfriend, it's never a good thing. At least, not when Farrell's an evil psychotic vampire. More »
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Yesterday, Comic-Con saw the first two clips from the ThunderCats reboot — including the young Lion-O brandishing his sword and getting powered up with lightning and red-eyed glory. Here's your first real look at ThunderCats in action! More »
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Steven Spielberg announced a fourth Jurassic Park movie yesterday — but he already has a huge dinosaur epic in the works. Terra Nova is a hugely ambitious time-traveling dinosaur TV show — and we've seen the first episode! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5824128&view=rss&microfeed=true 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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Chuck came back to Comic-Con in a big way — with a specially shot comedy skit in which the cast tries to cope with the huge curveball the show threw at the end of the previous season. More »
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One of the most exciting announcements at Comic-Con today? Steven Spielberg said that a fourth chapter of his famous dinosaur epic Jurassic Park is finally in the works. More »
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One of the biggest reveals at Comic-Con today wasn't in Hall H or Ballroom 20 — it came from Marvel, which released this amazing shot of Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye. And is that the Helicarrier in the background? More »
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In case you worried that Torchwood: Miracle Day has used up its supply of shocks and big action scenes, the new trailer we just watched at San Diego Comic-Con proves otherwise. Torchwood's supply of crazy is as inexhaustible as human life. More »
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Matt Smith wants Captain Jack to appear in Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special. And at the Torchwood panel here at San Diego Comic-Con, John Barrowman just said that he'd like to return to the show that made him famous. More »
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We just watched a condensed, thirty-minute version of the pilot for NBC's Awake, in which Harry Potter's Jason Isaacs plays a cop jumping between two parallel universes after a horrific car crash...which killed a different family member in each reality. More »
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How do you remake Logan's Run? What do you do with Box? Critically adored director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) explained to us how he'll have to alter the original novel for modern day audiences. More »
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Everybody who went to the Star Wars Fan Movie Awards last night got a special surprise: a short "sizzle reel" showcasing the deleted scenes from the original trilogy that'll be on this fall's Blu-ray release. And here it is! More »
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Friday morning at Comic-Con, the pilot episode of the supernatural horror show Locke and Key — which was not picked up by Fox for the fall season — will be screened to the public for the first time. On the eve of its unveiling, io9 caught up with series writer Joe Hill and illustrator Gabriel Rodriguez about all the keynote issues. More »
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Robert Rodriguez is going back to his pulp roots more than he ever has before, judging from the slew of new projects he announced at San Diego Comic-Con. If even half the projects he just announced happen, pop culture will go totally batshit. More »
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This October, IDW and DC Comics will team up for Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes a six-issue miniseries penned by Chris Roberson and illustrated by art by Jeffrey and Philip Moy. Sadly, it doesn't look like Matter-Eater Lad will eat his way through a Tribble invasion. More »
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We just got the first good look at Men in Black III's villainous alien biker Boris, played by Flight of the Conchords's Jemaine Clement. Plus makeup master Rick Baker explains why these aliens are unlike all previous MIB aliens. More »
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We got to see three new scenes from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 — including naked Bella and Edward! And Jacob crossing the one line you never expected him to cross. More »
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Our sister site Kotaku has a fantastic guide to surviving at San Diego Comic-Con, including what to wear, where to eat, how to get around, and how to get to see the coolest stuff. We're writing down the restaurant recommendations right now. [Kotaku] More »
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Don't get lost in a sea of marketing at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. We've scanned the schedule and pulled out the can't miss presentations and screenings you should make your top priority. Here's our must-hit list for Comic-Con 2011! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5820838&view=rss&microfeed=true The crowds at San Diego Comic-Con are getting bigger and more insane every year — so you're going to see more and more creative ways of dealing with them. Case in point: if you want an autograph from the stars of True Blood, Fringe, Game of Thrones or Batman: Year One, you'll have to go to a separate drawing for a place in the autograph line. More »
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It's getting REAL down in San Diego. From Avatar, to Tron Legacy, we've watched the banners heralding Comic-Con in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter come and go. This year, it's all about fighting robots. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5819083&view=rss&microfeed=true The (Thursday) schedule for this year's Comic-Con has been released! Best event so far? The Game of Thrones panel with Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Jason Momoa (and more) moderated by George R.R. Martin. And the io9 panel on scifi that will change your life, of course. View the whole schedule at the Comic-Con website. More »
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When Doctor Who descended on San Diego Comic-Con in 2009, the British time-travelling juggernaut brought along megastar David Tennant and producer Russell T. Davies. But Comic-Con still stuck the Doctor in Ballroom 20, the smaller hall where television shows go. More »
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Only a few more precious weeks until San Diego Comic-Con! And even though Batman and Superman are skipping out this year, there's still plenty to be excited about. More »
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Now it's official: Marvel Studios won't be promoting The Avengers, or any other forthcoming movies, at Comic-Con. With this news, Marvel joins parent company Disney, plus Warner Bros. and the Weinstein Co., in sitting out SDCC 2011. More »
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Most television shows come to the San Diego Comic-Con to hype upcoming seasons, but in the case of the nixed Fox pilot for Locke and Key, it's coming to bandy about its mere existence. More »
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Tickets for the 2011 San Diego Comic Con were on sale. But the high volume of interested buyers crashed the website. Registration has now been pushed back to 11/8, when officials announce more details. Sorry everyone. [ SDCC] More »
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