Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

Avengers’ Screenwriter Optimistic But Nervous Over Script

Despite being burnt by experiences writing the last two X-Men movies, screenwriter Zak Penn told an audience at the Los Angeles Film Festival that he’s excited to be writing the upcoming Avengers movie. The big difference? Guest-stars and co-operation, apparently. Penn told the audience at the Graphic Explosion panel that he had originally wanted to…

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Transformers Breaks Some, But Not All, Records

Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen‘s Wednesday midnight opening broke box office records by $16 million with its first screenings, becoming the largest Wednesday midnight opening ever… and the third biggest midnight opening of all time. The two films lying ahead of Michael Bay‘s giant robot sequel are 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The…

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The End of Wolverine?

Marvel Comics have released a very Terminator-esque image of Wolverine with his half of his face missing and the words “The End” scrawled along the top, without any further information. But the end of what, exactly…? Marvel has already published three different series chronicling the future of Wolverine: the currently ongoing Wolverine: Old Man Logan,…

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Journalists See Cameron’s Avatar, Lose Their Minds

24 minutes of James Cameron’s much-anticipated 3D comeback Avatar have been screened at this year’s Cinema Expo, and according to those who saw them, the movie is as good as you’ve been hoping, and then some. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the 24 minutes shown were a mixture of scenes from the opening of the…

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Now Smallville Has A New Villain To Kneel Before

Clark Kent has found a new nemesis for the ninth season of Smallville, and it’s someone we’ve been expecting for years. Producers have announced that British actor Callum Blue will be joining the series to play General Zod. Blue, who has previously starred in Showtime’s The Tudors and Billie Piper-starring Secret Diary of a Call…

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Don’t Expect To See Sigourney Weaver Return To Her Greatest Science Fiction Roles

Despite all the excitement over the potential third Ghostbusters or new Alien movies, there’s one element of both that’ll be missing even if both end up happening: Sigourney Weaver has said that she won’t be appearing in either. Talking to Sci-Fi Squad, Weaver said that the chances of her appearing in a new Ghostbusters movie…

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Know Your Transformer Generations

Considering that Transformers have been in almost continuous production as toys, cartoon characters and comic book stars since their creation 25 years ago, it’s not surprising that they’ve undergone numerous relaunches and changes in appearance. If you can’t tell your G2 from your Beast Machine, or you’re wondering which version of Optimus Prime turned into…

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Transformer Origins

The history of Transformers is something that proves, in an odd way, how interconnected the toy world used to be. Or, to put it in simpler terms: Blame everything on G.I. Joe. That always works. Launched in 1980 by Japanese toy company Takara Toys, the Diaclone line was made up of robots that transformed into…

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Those Transformer Questions You Were Afraid To Ask

Where Do They Come From? In every version of the franchise, our favorite Robots In Disguise come from a metallic planet called Cyberton. Cybertron’s origins, however, change with the needs of each incarnation – It is either the former home planet of the Transformers’ alien creators, the former body of the Transformer god Primus or…

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Transformers

With Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen hitting screens tomorrow – unless you live in the U.K. or Japan, in which case we’re jealous – it’s time to brush up on your basic Cybertronian history with our easy refresher course. Wonder what the Transformers origin has to do with G.I. Joe and the tallest, most hated…

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Why We Shouldn’t Be Too Surprised By Fuller’s Heroes Departure

While Bryan Fuller‘s latest farewell to NBC’s troubled Heroes seemed like a shock when the news broke yesterday, later developments suggested that maybe everything’s going just as it was originally intended to by Fuller and NBC… but what about Heroes? From the time that Fuller’s return to the NBC show was originally announced, it was…

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Something For Everyone In This Week’s Comics

Hope you’ve been saving up your pennies recently, because this week’s comics are full of new treats for you to savor, whether they’re Gotham Girls, deadly alien Predators, or Barack Obama in a loincloth. Okay, maybe not that last one. Admittedly, fans of beefcake may find the amusingly titled Milo Ventimiglia Presents Berserker #1 –…

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SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over

With the SciFi Channel‘s rebranding as SyFy just two weeks away, the network is preparing to convince everyone that the name isn’t that bad… even if they have to bribe New York City to do it. As part of the promotions for the new name for the channel, SyFy will be providing free wireless internet…

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Marvel’s Zombies Get Literate With New Return

With zombies shuffling over media boundaries, it was only a matter of time before their creators followed suit… leading to Marvel Comics‘ announcement that three well-known novelists of the undead will be contributing to the new series of Marvel Zombies. The three novelists are blog novel Monster Island writer David Wellington, Patient Zero creator Jonathan…

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Blastosaurus May Be Our Sci-Fi Future

New comic book publisher/movie producer American Original announced its first projects at this weekend’s WizardWorld Philly convention, and amongst them was one science fiction project that sounded right up our alley… if a little worryingly SciFi Original Movie-esuqe: Blastosaurus. The series – which started life as a self-published minicomic – was created by New Zealander…

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Shia May Be Our Last Man After All

It’s a case of good news, bad news for the Y: The Last Man movie. On the plus side, a new script for the movie is currently being co-written by creator Brian K. Vaughan. On the minus, Shia’s still involved. Talking during a press appearance for Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen, Shia LeBeouf said that…

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Marvel Resurrects The X-Babies

As if three different versions of Marvel’s X-Men wasn’t confusing enough for casual readers, this weekend saw the announcement of yet another take on the mutant franchise. But at least this one has a gimmick: They’re a bunch of babies. Marvel have announced that they’re bringing back one-time joke characters the X-Babies for a new…

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Transformers Leaves Giant Metallic Footprint On World Box Office

Surprising no-one, Michael Bay’s second Transformers movie dominated the international box office this weekend, despite only opening in two countries. Have we finally met this year’s Dark Knight? To give an idea of just how successful Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen was in the UK and Japan this week, consider this: It made $1.6 million…

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Blink And You’ll Miss First Last Airbender Clip

The first footage from M. Night Shyamalan’s movie version of The Last Airbender is online – but it’s only ten seconds of candles and people in hoods. Will the internet erupt in outrage nonetheless? The clip comes in a trailer for tomorrow’s Entertainment Tonight, leading Ain’t It Cool to assume that the first trailer for…

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Your iTunes For Comics? Here It Is (Maybe).

While publishers like IDW and Dark Horse have had luck releasing digital versions of their comics for the iPhone recently, many publishers have wondered whether a one-stop digital comic store would ever be created. And then Longbox was announced. Longbox, which will be made available as a free download later this year by Quicksilver Software,…

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Avengers’ Screenwriter Optimistic But Nervous Over Script

Transformers Breaks Some, But Not All, Records

The End of Wolverine?

Journalists See Cameron’s Avatar, Lose Their Minds

Now Smallville Has A New Villain To Kneel Before

Don’t Expect To See Sigourney Weaver Return To Her Greatest Science Fiction Roles

Know Your Transformer Generations

Transformer Origins

Those Transformer Questions You Were Afraid To Ask

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Transformers

Why We Shouldn’t Be Too Surprised By Fuller’s Heroes Departure

Something For Everyone In This Week’s Comics

SyFy Prepares To Win Us Over

Marvel’s Zombies Get Literate With New Return

Blastosaurus May Be Our Sci-Fi Future

Shia May Be Our Last Man After All

Marvel Resurrects The X-Babies

Transformers Leaves Giant Metallic Footprint On World Box Office

Blink And You’ll Miss First Last Airbender Clip

Your iTunes For Comics? Here It Is (Maybe).

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