Katharine Trendacosta

Amazon is joining the movie-making business: The company has announced that it will produce and acquire 12 movies a year, staring in 2015. These will be theatrical releases that will then be made available on Amazon Prime four to eight weeks after they premiere. The budgets will be indie-level at $5 million to $25 million.…

After This Star Wars Art Challenge, You’ll See Vader In a Brand New Way

The Facebook group Brainstorm does a new art challenge every month, and this month’s is a great one: Redesign Darth Vader and/or stormtroopers. It’s a shame we’ll never see any of these on the big screen. You can see more from this challenge, which ends January 26th, on the Brainstorm Facebook page. By Andres Parada:…

Here’s the Deleted Oliver/Felicity Kiss From Arrow’s Season 2 Finale

I feel for you on this one, shippers. This show’s so committed to messing with you. Be aware that clicking through will bring you spoilers for the season 2 finale of Arrow. This video popped up online last week when executive producer Marc Guggenheim promised to release the scene if fans got “trollenheim show us…

Which Version Of Green Lantern (If Any) Will We Meet In Justice League?

The new Star Wars may feature another woman in a slightly surprising role. Robert Kirkman explains why the Walking Dead spinoff will feel familiar, but also way different. Big changes are in store for Sleepy Hollow. Plus updates on Jurassic World, Blair Witch 3, iZombie, Orphan Black, 12 Monkeys and Westworld. Spoilers now! Top image:…

Thank God, It Sounds Like the Gremlins Reboot Has Been Shelved

When we last got an update on this project, Warner Bros. was going full-steam ahead with it. Now, writer Seth Grahame-Smith says the whole thing has been shoved back once again. Here’s some good news, at least: Grahame-Smith did say that it wasn’t a remake but more of a sequel/reboot: It was a completely different…

The Librarians Finale: Teamwork! 

That was what the finale brought us: proof that the team, as ragtag as they might appear, is perfect together. And also that Flynn Carson is the most annoying Librarian to ever walk the Earth. That might be just my opinion, though. Spoilers… Like last week, this week we had two episodes, one of which…

Bad News: Frank Darabont’s Off The Huntsman. But Wait, There’s Good News

The massively troubled follow-up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman has been dealt another blow: It’s lost Frank Darabont as a director. But at least they’ve got plans for a new villain that might inject life into this thing once again. The Huntsman, which takes the place of a sequel that didn’t happen and…

Boo: Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Won’t Be In X-Men: Apocalypse

This isn’t a huge surprise, since their appearance in Days of Future Past was dependent on that film’s time travel plot, but we now have the word straight from the man himself: Patrick Stewart. Stewart’ll be on Wednesday’s episode of Larry King Now, but an early clip has Stewart addressing the question about whether he’d…

The One Vital Element The New Ghostbusters Will Keep From The Original

Another Avenger is confirmed to be in Captain America 3. There’s a possible candidate to replace Tom Hardy in Suicide Squad. Warwick Davis shares selfies from the set of The Force Awakens, one of which could reveal a shocking character’s appearance. And what’s Howard Stark’s deal on Agent Carter? Spoilers now! Top image: Captain America:…

Get a Sneak Peek at The Librarians Finale With Actor John Kim

As you can see from this exclusive clip from the first part of Sunday’s two-part finale, The Librarians is already one of the most charming shows on television. In advance of the epic finale, we talked to star John Kim (Ezekiel Jones) about what’s next for the crew, Ezekiel’s superpower, and the ad-libbing prowess of…

At Least the Critics’ Choice Awards Got a Bunch of Things Right

There were a fair number of disappointments in this year’s Oscar nominations, but they were followed by some pretty stellar wins at the Critics’ Choice Awards. Use them to salve your wounds. https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-oscar-snubs-of-2015-1679721226 You can see all the nominations and winners here, but here are the ones that we’re pretty happy with: BEST ACTOR Michael…

Why Star Trek: Voyager Meant The World To Me

Twenty years ago today, Star Trek: Voyager premiered. Of the five live-action Star Trek series, Voyager is not the best. If you were ranking them, Voyager and Enterprise would probably duke it out for last place. But none of that matters, because Star Trek: Voyager meant everything to me as a child. I didn’t actually…

Get a First Look at The Returned, The Other Back-From-the-Dead Show

On March 9th, A&E will premiere The Returned, their entry in the increasingly popular “people return from the dead years later in a small town” genre. Quick question: Does this look a lot like the original French show it’s based on, or is it just me? Seriously, though, the bus, the bathroom scene, the veil……

Michael Keaton’s Advice On Beetlejuice 2, And A New Walking Dead Actor

Help yourself to a giant pile of speculation about Marvel’s Phase 3. James Cameron explains why the Avatar sequels have been pushed back. Gotham adds yet another villain’s origin story to its line-up. And that 21 Jump Street/Men In Black crossover is still a possibility. Spoilers now! Top image: Walking Dead Marvel/Spider-Man As usual, take…

3D Printer, Strobe Light: All You Need to Create Zoetrope Sculptures

Oh, and a Lazy Susan. Designer John Edmark has created a bunch of designs for sculptures which “bloom” when spun and lit by a strobe light or are filmed with a short shutter speed. Gif via Colossal Edmark has a ton of videos of his designs up at both youtube and Vimeo. Here’s one: He’s…

Technology marches on: The Smithsonian is working to digitize proofs used to print money from 1863-1930. What used to take 15 minutes and $10 dollars a sheet now costs less than a dollar per sheet for the 3,5000 sheets they digitize a day. [Smithsonian Magazine]

A Man Tired By Space Exploration Finds an Outlet in This Animated Short

“Planètes après planètes / Planets after planets” by Titouan Bordeau feels so much like a short from childhood that I’m almost convinced I did see it then. Watch as a terminally bored by exploring astronaut has his life shaken up by a pack of ducks. Space ducks. [via Vimeo Staff Picks]

All The Hints And Clues In The Newest Avengers: Age Of Ultron Trailer!

The live action Ghost in the Shell movie already has a release date. Meet the guy playing Robin’s father on Gotham, and a new threat on Orphan Black. Tom Cavanagh is very excited that his Flash character’s big secret is finally out. Plus, looks ahead to the new season of Penny Dreadful. Spoilers now! Top…

Mystical Phenomena Haunt Two Women in the Trailer for H. 

Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia’s H. will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival Sunday, January 25th. They’ve already won a Film Independent Spirit Awards’ “Someone To Watch Award” based on the strenght of H. And it is a doozy of a tale, following two women named Helen and the eerie events that follow them wherever…

George Lucas Once Planned to Release Star Wars Episode VII This May

In a recent interview, George Lucas revealed that, up until he sold the whole kit and caboodle to Disney, he was planning to release Episode VII himself. Oh, what could have been. Speaking to USA Today in advance of Strange Magic, Lucas says that he had started to develop a third trilogy. Which is pretty…