Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

Unravel The Recurring Mystery Of Duncan Jones’ Next Movie

The details of Moon director Duncan Jones‘ next project have been shrouded in mystery — until now. Two new casting news items reveal that Source Code will be a darker, futuristic Groundhog Day, but with mind-melding. Reuters, broke the news that Up in the Air’s Vera Farmiga and Eagle Eye’s Michelle Monaghan would be joining…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 13 '10

Skynet’s Terminator 2 Symphony Of Abuse

Listen to the sweeping sounds of this Terminator 2 symphony, composed entirely out of T2 sound effects. Who knew the dying whimpers of some metalic punk could be so beautiful?

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 13 '10

Everything That Was Cut From Avatar: Sex, Drugs And Suicide

The Na’vi hair plug sex scene wasn’t the only questionable scene removed from James Cameron’s Avatar. Find out what Quaritch meant by “real legs,” which supporting characters were supposed to be in love, and why Sigourney was so pissed. Fox recently released the entire Avatar script, which has helped us answer a lot of questions,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 13 '10

Feeling Thirsty? True Blood Cranks Back Into Production

It’s finally coming back. Too long have we gone without the dirt sexin’, Yahtzee playing, vampire blood snorting adventures of True Blood. Well wait no more — it’s back into production and bringing us a cute little teaser video.

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 12 '10

Rainn Wilson’s Super Gets A Bona Fide Superhero: Nathan Fillion!

Slither director James Gunn has just added some massive geek-cred to his superhero film, Super. Nathan “Captain Hammer” Fillion, Bubbles from The Wire and many more beloved genre actors have joined Kevin Bacon and Rainn Wilson‘s dark comedy. Super announced that James Gunn, who wrote and is directing this dark superhero comedy, has enlisted a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 12 '10

Better off Ted’s Collection of Corpse-Screwing Dick Holster Outtakes

No one can accuse the witty TV series Better Off Ted of being saccharine or tame. At least not after this compilation of Veridian Dynamics employees calling each other lazy drug addled twats. Creative cursing and NSFW scientist banter ahead…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 12 '10

Tobey Maguire Will Play Spider-Man For Cake And Ice Cream

Did you know that Tobey Maguire does Spider-Man appearances at kids’ parties, just for kicks? But now that his time as big-screen Spidey has ended, will this stop the star from birthday cameos and superpowered balloon-animal crafting? Maguire admitted that he’s pulled on the bright red suit to spread joy at a few children’s birthday…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 12 '10

Could Legion Be Worse Than The Happening?

The latest clip from Legion has our “it’s so bad it’s good” meters spinning. Will Legion make its mark as the best-worst genre film of 2010, Time Cop style, or is it joyless The Happening bad? Watch and decide. This clip, via ShockTillYouDrop, has all the makings of a “bad good” movie. Evil children, heroes…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 12 '10

Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Sink your tiny fish teeth into the leaked Piranha 3-Dtrailer. See Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames — and even Richard Dreyfuss — paddle for their lives from a pack of prehistoric piranha. Plus the flu cure creates zombies. Of course. Elisabeth Shue joins Sliders’ Jerry O’Connell, Eli Roth, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr and tons of other…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '10

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

Willem Dafoe‘s “wild-card” character Elvis has all the film’s best lines. Find out which raunchy lines Dafoe had a hard time saying, and how he handled such an over-the-top charactier. Plus behind-the-scenes clips, and the most inappropriate vampire interview ever. While one could consider Willem Dafoe’s character in Daybreakers, Lionel ‘Elvis’ Cormac, to be a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 8 '10

How Much Of “Dr. Parnassus” Was Changed After Heath Ledger’s Death?

Terry Gilliam‘s new journey into psychedelia, Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, is opening in several more theaters this weekend. We’ve got answers to your most pressing questions from director Gilliam and cast. Dr. Parnassus is a tricky and trippy little film that only someone like Terry Gilliam could make. Characters wander in and out of reality,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 8 '10

Ethan Hawke Explains How To Keep Your Self-Loathing Vampire From Being A Bore

In the bloody vampire film Daybreakers, Ethan Hawke takes on the classic, but often dull, role: the self-hating vampire. Hawke explains how to keep the miserable undead interesting — and how a genre movie is like a punk rock song. While doing Daybreakers roundtable interviews, we got Ethan to open up on the themes of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7 '10

Repo! Opera Director Is “Not Happy” About Universal’s Copycat Repo Men

The release of the organ repossession action flick Repo Men has some crying “copycat.” Including Repo! The Opera director Darren Bousman, who claims the projects are way too similar. https://gizmodo.com/jude-law-is-going-to-rip-that-robo-liver-out-of-your-bo-5433316 Darren Bousman’s addressed the similarities between Repo! and Repo Men on his MySpace blog: Okay, lets get this out – I AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7 '10

Daybreakers Directors Working On A Mysterious 1940s Alt-History

One thing the Daybreakers directors love, and excel at, is world-building. And we’ve got the exclusive update on the new worlds they’re building, including Warner Bros.’ space-pirate reboot of Captain Blood, and another mysterious 1940s alternate-history film. While chatting about the vampire world the Spierig brothers created, they shared updates on their next two in-the-works…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7 '10

Darren Aronofsky Would Rather Kill Robocop Than Make It 3D

Could Darren Aronofsky‘s RoboCop reboot be left to rust? Rumor has it that in the wake of Avatar’s success, the up-for-sale MGM doesn’t want to greenlight Aronofsky’s RoboCop vision unless he’s willing to make it in 3-D. And he’s not. We knew things weren’t looking good for the metal arm of the law when the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7 '10

Watch Jackie Earle Haley’s Freddy Krueger Skewer His First Teen

There’s been a lot of debate over whether or not Jackie Earle Haley’s Krueger will be scary or just sad. Plus, the Nightmare reshoots haven’t helped our optimism. But hope is not lost: This new behind-the-scenes video delivers the horror. https://gizmodo.com/the-inside-scoop-on-doctor-who-lost-jonah-hex-elm-st-5423066 This new clip from the Final Destination DVD takes us behind the scenes on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 7 '10

Willem Dafoe Gears Up To Start Making John Carter, Next Week!

Willem Dafoe revealed to us that next week he’s headed off to London to start filming Disney’s John Carter of Mars. But how do you go about portraying a 10-foot tall, four armed green Martian? We caught up with Dafoe doing press for his next film Daybreakers, and squeezed in a few roundtable questions on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6 '10

Deadpool Movie Gets The Dark Comedy Writers That Wade Deserves

Fans of loopy banter and insane violence rejoice — Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, of Zombieland fame, are writing the Deadpool movie. This means the “Merc with a Mouth” film could actually be clever. Variety announced that Fox has selected Zombieland writers Reese and Wernick to bring Ryan Reynolds‘ Deadpool film to life. While there’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6 '10

Robert Downey Jr. Is Ready To Start Fighting 3D Aliens This Year

We can’t wait to see RDJ don a cowboy hat and shoot up some aliens in his next Jon Favreau flick, Cowboys And Aliens. And it sound like we won’t have to wait much longer: Production starts this summer. The Daily Beast is reporting that Jon Favreau and RDJ will be reuniting in July to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6 '10

Can Luke Goss Fill David Carradine’s Frankenstein Mask?

Before there were Jason Statham and his back abs, David Carradine played the masked driving menace Frankenstein. Now, it’s Luke Goss‘ turn to bring Frank back to life, in the Death Race prequel Frankenstein Lives. But is he Frank material? Movie Hole reports that super quick movie fighter Luke Goss will be staring as Frankenstein…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 6 '10

Meredith Woerner

Unravel The Recurring Mystery Of Duncan Jones’ Next Movie

Skynet’s Terminator 2 Symphony Of Abuse

Everything That Was Cut From Avatar: Sex, Drugs And Suicide

Feeling Thirsty? True Blood Cranks Back Into Production

Rainn Wilson’s Super Gets A Bona Fide Superhero: Nathan Fillion!

Better off Ted’s Collection of Corpse-Screwing Dick Holster Outtakes

Tobey Maguire Will Play Spider-Man For Cake And Ice Cream

Could Legion Be Worse Than The Happening?

Gory Piranha 3D Trailer Is Blood Splattered In All The Right Places

Willem Dafoe Discusses Vampire Barebacking In Daybreakers

How Much Of “Dr. Parnassus” Was Changed After Heath Ledger’s Death?

Ethan Hawke Explains How To Keep Your Self-Loathing Vampire From Being A Bore

Repo! Opera Director Is “Not Happy” About Universal’s Copycat Repo Men

Daybreakers Directors Working On A Mysterious 1940s Alt-History

Darren Aronofsky Would Rather Kill Robocop Than Make It 3D

Watch Jackie Earle Haley’s Freddy Krueger Skewer His First Teen

Willem Dafoe Gears Up To Start Making John Carter, Next Week!

Deadpool Movie Gets The Dark Comedy Writers That Wade Deserves

Robert Downey Jr. Is Ready To Start Fighting 3D Aliens This Year

Can Luke Goss Fill David Carradine’s Frankenstein Mask?

Satoshi Kon’s Manga Deserve Just as Much Love as His Iconic Anime

Meta Settles Lawsuit That Claimed Social Media Addiction Screwed Up Schools

Jeep, Ram, and Dodge Vehicles Could Soon Come Equipped With Wayve’s Self-Driving Tech

Radio Silence Is Making a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Movie

SpaceX Holds More Bitcoin Than Previously Thought

So Those Water Vapors on Europa Might Not Actually Be a Thing

Everything to Know About Disney’s Huge New Millennium Falcon Ride Update

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