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Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 Script Hatred Pushes Film Back Further

Rumors are circulating that Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 won’t make it’s May 2011 release date because the director allegedly hates the script. What – did it not have enough omelette dancing and snappy web fingers? Deadline Hollywood followed up on the previous Spider-Man disaster stories, detailing Raimi’s campaign to put the Vulture in as the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar Offers The New Path To Salvation

Kudos to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for managing to tie together Tiger Woods’ infidelity with James Cameron’s Avatar in a way that worryingly paves the way for a brand new cult that you just know will actually come true. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Best F**king…

Movies Graeme McMillan

5 Theories That Explain Why Avatar Was Such A Huge Hit

Now that Avatar is on track to be the second biggest film of all time, pundits are starting to wonder if there’s more to its success than Art Nouveau pterodactyls in 3-D. Here are five explanations they’ve come up with. It’s the Great Recession, and we need escapism. This is the same argument we’ve been…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

India’s Most Anticipated (And Expensive) Superhero Movie Will Film In Miami

We’ve been curious about Shah Rukh Khan’s superhero film, India’s most expensive movie ever, for ages. And now it seems if you live in Miami, you can get an early look at what the fuss is all about. Now it turns out the movie, titled Ra.One, will be filming in Miami in February. We’ve heard…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Twisted S&M Wizard Of Oz Is Traded For A Feel Good PG Sequel

Remember Todd McFarlane’s deranged

Movies Meredith Woerner

Greatest Epic Of All Time: Robot Centaurs, Golden Bustiers And Rock-Throwing Interplanetary Travel

Could 1983’s Hercules be the perfect movie? Consider the evidence: It stars Lou “Incredible Hulk” Ferrigno. He fights robot centaurs, travels to other planets by throwing a big rock tied to a chariot, and grapples with a bear. Did the clip above not win you over? Here’s Herc battling robot centaurs: Thanks to reader Dan…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Dune Remake Gets A Hotshot New Director

We thought the epic undertaking of a Dune remake was all but finished, when Hancock director Peter Berg left to go make his alien-focused Battleship film. But the remake lives on, with a new director who might actually be better. https://gizmodo.com/epic-alien-battleship-movie-leaks-the-details-on-the-ne-5416779 Entertainment Weekly is reporting Paramount has finally found a replacement for Peter Berg. Director…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar Has A Lock On Best Picture Nomination? Really?

Yeah, according to leading Oscar soothsayers and prognosticators, James Cameron’s Avatar has slid into the pole position. Is it worthy? Worthier than these three other genre flicks that should get the nod instead? It’s clear, by this point, that James Cameron’s bid at winning America’s hearts, eyeballs, and disposable income has been successful: His revisionist…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Gets An Undead Prequel

Quirk Books is making a prequel to their instant-classic zombie mash-up: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Dreadfuls being the term used for the undeadlies. Will Natalie Portman star is this movie adaptation as well? [ShockTillYouDrop] https://gizmodo.com/pride-prejudice-zombies-and-portman-5424233 [Picture via Flick News]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Surely The First Avenger Will Be Better Than This?

Why wait for 2011 for a Captain America movie when Hulu has one available for you right now? Ease back into your work routine by taking time out to click through and watch the (thankfully) little-seen 1990 Cap movie. [Hulu] (Via)

Movies Graeme McMillan

Deleted Avatar Sex Scene Opens Up Some Serious Bestiality Issues

James Cameron’s megahit Avatar never explains how the Na’vi people go about getting it on. But apparently, the DVD will give a full run-down on the topic… and it may raise some potentially squicky issues. In the film, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) “mates” with Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) under the magic tree. The two share deep…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Thing’s Prequel Lurches Towards Production

Sounds like The Thing prequel is moving out of development purgatory, and into actual production. Filming will begin this March. But with Ronald D. Moore script thrown out, is this something we want? According to Production Weekly’s Twitter feed “Universal’s prequel to John Carpenter’s classic thriller “The Thing,” is due to begin filming March and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

War Machine Costume…Errr, We THINK It’s a Costume

Either one guy has spent hundreds of hours meticulously handcrafting his own War Machine armor, or some boom mic operator has busted off the Paramount set and he’s terrorizing the club scene with style. While the suit is still a work in progress, it’s currently constructed out of high impact urethane covered in a brushed…

Movies Mark Wilson

Avatar Cast Goes On A World Tour

It’s hard work promoting the most successful CGI alien movie ever, but luckily Avatar’s cast and director were up to the grueling transcontinental media marathon. Life magazine followed them on the promo tour to create this photo gallery. [Life]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Avatar Makes $1 Billion in 17 Days

Apparently, the $300-$500 million budget paid off. Right now, with over $1 billion in worldwide sales, Avatar is the third highest grossing movie of all time. It could even take down Titanic’s $1.8 billion record. [Inquirer via Techie via boingboing] https://gizmodo.com/avatar-james-camerons-500-million-folly-in-three-dim-5400332

Movies Mark Wilson

Meet The Most Successful Film Of 2010 Already

James Cameron’s Avatar has grossed $1 billion worldwide after having the most successful third weekend of release ever, becoming the fourth most successful movie of all time. Apparently, the world really likes those War Smurfs.

Movies Graeme McMillan

10 Things We’re Worried About In 2010

A new year always gives us optimism for what lies ahead over the next 12 months, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no potential for disaster in there. Here’re ten things we’re crossing our fingers don’t actually happen. Heroes Gets Renewed For Another Season What? We’re just saying. Lost Turns Into Battlestar Galactica We don’t…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Is This The Year Of Darth Vader Vs. Batman?

An offhand comment from comic site Bleeding Cool has us all excited about the possibility of a crossover between Star Wars and the DC Universe. But are we reading too much into a vague, unsubstantiated rumor? Rich Johnston’s Five For 2010 included this interesting last line for the “Intercompany Crossovers” entry: Of course much bigger…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Sam Worthington Sorts Out Those Flash Gordon Rumors

Excited about the prospect of seeing Avatar’s Sam Worthington take on Ming The Merciless in a new cinematic take on Flash Gordon, as recently rumored? Don’t be: Worthington himself seems to know nothing about it. Ain’t It Cool News asked the Terminator Salvation and Clash of The Titans star about the rumors, and he replied…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Live-Action Star Blazers Trailer Gives Us Goosebumps

We were ambivalent about the trailers for the animated Space Battleship Yamato movie, but we’re full-on excited for live-action space battleship fun. Something about the crusty old captain with and the ship firing all batteries just gets us going. https://gizmodo.com/new-star-blazers-trailer-long-on-sense-of-wonder-sho-5283375 http://io9.com/5350661/after-seeing-this-new-star-blazers-trailer-were-definitely-off-to-outer-space Space Battleship Yamato, known in the U.S. as Star Blazers, was a total classic…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 Script Hatred Pushes Film Back Further

Avatar Offers The New Path To Salvation

5 Theories That Explain Why Avatar Was Such A Huge Hit

India’s Most Anticipated (And Expensive) Superhero Movie Will Film In Miami

The Twisted S&M Wizard Of Oz Is Traded For A Feel Good PG Sequel

Greatest Epic Of All Time: Robot Centaurs, Golden Bustiers And Rock-Throwing Interplanetary Travel

Dune Remake Gets A Hotshot New Director

Avatar Has A Lock On Best Picture Nomination? Really?

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Gets An Undead Prequel

Surely The First Avenger Will Be Better Than This?

Deleted Avatar Sex Scene Opens Up Some Serious Bestiality Issues

The Thing’s Prequel Lurches Towards Production

War Machine Costume…Errr, We THINK It’s a Costume

Avatar Cast Goes On A World Tour

Avatar Makes $1 Billion in 17 Days

Meet The Most Successful Film Of 2010 Already

10 Things We’re Worried About In 2010

Is This The Year Of Darth Vader Vs. Batman?

Sam Worthington Sorts Out Those Flash Gordon Rumors

Live-Action Star Blazers Trailer Gives Us Goosebumps

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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