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MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who’s Buying?

Never mind the Terminator franchise – the entire MGM studio and back catalog is up for sale, meaning that anyone with a few billion dollars can finally make that Capricorn One remake they’ve been dreaming of. Actually, the MGM library is pretty impressive, including such sci-fi classics as Forbidden Planet, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Soylent…

Movies Graeme McMillan

California Falls From Start To Finish

The end of the (known) world doesn’t come easily, even when Roland Emmerich is involved. 2012 required 1300 effects shots, and Popular Mechanics followed the fifteen-shot process in making just minutes of disaster happen smoothly. It’s a sad state of affairs that, even with all the work effects company Uncharted Territory put into the three-minute…

Movies Graeme McMillan

What Comes After 2012? 2011!

With this weekend’s release of 2012, we remembered 1984’s 2010: The Year They Make Contact and wondered, “How did we get from Roy Scheider and aliens to the end of the world?” Then we realized: The answer is Nic Cage. If 2012 is as successful as those Hollywood Insiders expect it to be – and…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Dwight Shows Off His Lack Of Shooting Superpower In Super Tease

In preparation for the upcoming superhero comedy Super, The Office’s Rainn Wilson learns how to shoot a gun. And, just to win our hearts a little more, quotes The Matrix in doing so. Click through for bad aim! https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-wrench-wielding-superhero-we-want-dwight-i-5357069 Super will see a distinctly non-superpowered Wilson try to become a real-life superhero (Shades of Kick-Ass?)…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Does Superman Returns Really Deserve A Director’s Cut?

Fans online are planning to lobby Warner Bros into releasing a re-edited, special features-laden version of Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns, thinking that it could uncover the hidden masterpiece in the released version. But… is there a masterpiece hidden in there? I’ll admit to liking the failed 2006 relaunch of the Superman franchise more than most…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Davies: No Doctor Who Movie From Me

In a new interview, outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies finally kills those movie rumors once and for all (Or does he?) and also talks about spoilers from the show getting released ahead of time. Should we be worried? Talking to ShortList, Davies says that “there’s not enough money” for the much-rumored Who movie,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Avatar Awards: Too Soon?

Avatar is a month away from opening, but James Cameron is already winning awards for it. The Visual Effects Society has announced that he’ll get 2010’s VES Lifetime Achievement Award for the as-yet unseen movie. Hope it’s good. [Hollywood Reporter]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Marvel Studios Gets New Co-President

Meet the New Boss, same as the Old Boss… Well, kind of. Marvel yesterday named Louis D’Esposito as the new “Co-President” of Marvel Studios, meaning that he’ll share current prez Kevin Feige’s role as head honcho at the soon-to-be-Disney-fied studio. Although his name may be unfamiliar to many, D’Esposito has been “President of Physical Production”…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Behind the Scenes of Avatar

For a “behind the scenes,” this clip doesn’t reveal much in terms of the technical wizardry behind Avatar. But it does offer a handful of CGI I don’t think any trailer has revealed yet. [Wired]

Movies Mark Wilson

Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most

Sure, disaster movies are just empty calories of mass destruction — but even when you don’t take them seriously, there are always some scenes that you just can’t excuse. We’ve collected the most infuriating moments from the biggest disaster movies. Disaster: Volcano Our Breaking Point: The Subway Scene How long do you think the people…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels

Apparently one movie isn’t enough to contain all the ideas Roland Emmerich has for his follow-up to Independence Day. The director is planning to make two sequel films, and he already has a punny title in mind. Emmerich told MTV that he’s planning a two-film arc following the events of Independence Day. He doesn’t have…

Movies Lauren Davis

The Star Wars Rap Gives Yoda The Threesome He Deserves

Yoda is a pimp, Luke gives a rap tribute to a crispy Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen, and the Emperor struggles to keep up with Lando Calrissian’s flow. Yes it’s another Star Wars rap video. ALL NEW! Star Wars Gangsta Rap: Chronicles Atom.com: Funny Videos | Atom Originals | Star Wars Gangsta Rap

Movies Meredith Woerner

Documentary Evidence That 2012 Disaster Could Really Happen (Sort Of)

With the year 2012 coming soon, Roland Emmerich isn’t the only filmmaker trying to cash in with an apocalypse movie tie-in. Documentary-makers are doing it too. Here is a sampling of the weirdest 2012 “non fiction” flicks. Some of the hallmarks of a 2012 documentary – or any documentary about “ancient prophesies,” really – are…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The Gattaca Police Procedural Show: Bringing Valids And Invalids Together

The new Gattaca TV series sounds like a blending of all our favorite themes: It’s a police procedural, dealing with the futuristic genetic civil liberty crimes, sprinkled with an odd-couple element based on making a Valid and Invalid partners. MTV spoke with NCIS producer Gil Grant on his plans for the new Gattaca TV series,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!

Click to viewBoy have zombies made a comeback lately, right along with teenage vampires. Regardless, indie zombie flick Dead Season is the self-proclaimed first film shooting on the $1700 Canon 7D. (Warning, gore ahead.) https://gizmodo.com/canon-7d-review-5400595 The camera quality is sort of a mixed bag for the bloody independent film. High resolution coupled with gorgeous depth…

Movies Mark Wilson

Mad Men/Buffy Writer Bringing Back Fright Night

In May we railed against the news that Hollywood would be remaking classic 80s vampire flick Fright Night. But news that Marti Noxon, Mad Men writer and former Buffy showrunner, will pen the script has given us hope. https://gizmodo.com/will-a-fright-night-remake-doom-all-past-vampires-to-de-5253372 THR broke the news of Noxon’s involvement, and also revealed that… The new version will keep…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Airwalk Beams Up New Star Trek Sneaks

Finally a pair of geek sneaks we can afford, and would be proud to wear. These new Airwalk sneakers display the Federation colors, and who doesn’t want Star Trek shoes? These suede beauties are on sale at Payless for only 49.99. Not too shabby considering most movie themed kicks are horribly over priced. These are…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How Important Is Mute’s Futuristic Setting?

Duncan Jones has described Mute as inspired by Blade Runner, but how important is the futuristic setting to the film’s plot. A script reviewer finds Mute was originally set in the modern day, and told a very similar story. Script review site ScriptShadow compared two versions of Mute, which Jones wrote with Mike Johnson. The…

Movies Lauren Davis

Ridley Scott’s Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes

Monopoly the movie will be done weirdly, thanks to director Ridley Scott‘s science fictional plans for the board game adaptation. The good news is that Uncle Pennybags made the cut. The LA Times has the scoop on the Monopoly movie thanks to Frank Beddor, the man who is helping develop the concept behind Scott’s latest…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Wargames 2: The Enlamening

A couple of years ago, somebody thought it would be a great idea to do a sequel to classic flick Wargames by updating it to be about social media and terrorism. Why does Hollywood want to hurt us so? The story is about some hackers who discover this online game called RIPLEY that is actually…

Movies Annalee Newitz

MGM Is Up For Sale, But Who’s Buying?

California Falls From Start To Finish

What Comes After 2012? 2011!

Dwight Shows Off His Lack Of Shooting Superpower In Super Tease

Does Superman Returns Really Deserve A Director’s Cut?

Davies: No Doctor Who Movie From Me

Avatar Awards: Too Soon?

Marvel Studios Gets New Co-President

Behind the Scenes of Avatar

Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most

Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels

The Star Wars Rap Gives Yoda The Threesome He Deserves

Documentary Evidence That 2012 Disaster Could Really Happen (Sort Of)

The Gattaca Police Procedural Show: Bringing Valids And Invalids Together

The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It’s About Zombies, Of Course!

Mad Men/Buffy Writer Bringing Back Fright Night

Airwalk Beams Up New Star Trek Sneaks

How Important Is Mute’s Futuristic Setting?

Ridley Scott’s Monopoly Movie Is About Parallel Universes

Wargames 2: The Enlamening

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