What's Jor-El thinking during Man of Steel's Kryptonian Civil War?

Now you can find out. We've got an exclusive excerpt from the new novelization of The Man of Steel, by veteran media tie-in author Greg Cox. Get a look inside Jor-El's head as he outwits General Zod's goons and prepares to send his only son to another planet.

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Learn how booze could save your life in the poster for Grabbers

Possibly the best monster weakness ever created: drunkenness. In the new movie Grabbers, the only defense against monsters is to drink booze. Get drunk, stay safe. At last, a monster movie that speaks to us. Check out our exclusive reveal of the movie's poster!

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This low-budget space opera has everything we've been missing lately

There's no more space opera on television, and even when we get space movies they have a distinct lack of over-the-top insanity. There's not enough spaceship smackdowns and shit blowing up in vacuum. Luckily, there's this trailer.

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An exclusive look inside the 12-year war that leads to Pacific Rim

Before Pacific Rim was shot, screenwriter Travis Beacham created an entire history of his Kaiju-filled Earth. The 12 years leading up to the movie have been illustrated and mapped out in the graphic novel Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero. We got a few exclusive pages that reveal the history behind this monster war —…

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A Strong Candidate for Greatest Science Fiction Dance Sequence Ever

Science fiction is full of great dance sequences and supervillain musical numbers. But this scene from The History of Future Folk is still a strong contender to be the best of the bunch. There's a cop-and-criminal tango, interspersed with a balletic alien kickpunching fight. Awesome.

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Futurama's John DiMaggio explains why Adventure Time baffled him

John DiMaggio might be the greatest voice actor of our generation. He's Bender on Futurama, Jake on Adventure Time, Aquaman on Batman: Brave and the Bold, and many others. We were lucky enough to have an exclusive interview with him today, and he told us that if you don't like cartoons, "there's something wrong with…

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Gender-swapping superhero's creator responds to right-wing backlash

In SheZow, a 12-year-old boy accidentally puts on a magic ring that turns him into a female superhero, known as SheZow. It's an excuse for lots of fish-out-of-water comedy and some personal growth. Or, if you're Breitbart News, it's a left-wing conspiracy. We talked to SheZow's creator about the controversy.

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Angry Birds goes classic Star Wars in this SDCC exclusive reveal

We're exclusively revealing Hasbro's San Diego Comic-Con special edition item — the Angry Birds Star Wars Special Edition Set, featuring the Angry Birds re-dressed in the classic Star Wars Kenner toy packaging. Adorable.

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How the Runaways Movie That Never Happened Helped to Fuel Iron Man 3

Before Drew Pearce co-wrote Iron Man 3, he was working on a screenplay of Brian K. Vaughan's amazing comic The Runaways. And before that, he created the superhero sitcom No Heroics. He talked to io9 about how those projects helped lead to Iron Man 3, and also addresses Iron Man 3's most controversial twists. Maximum…

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Karl Urban reveals the softie inside Star Trek's Bones

Karl Urban is back as Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the curmudgeonly doctor with a heart of gold and a crap-load of sass, in Star Trek Into Darkness. How does one man spout so many outlandish metaphors without getting kicked off the deck of the Enterprise? We asked Karl Urban, and he told us about delivering a classic "Dammit, …

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