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John Landis Celebrates American Werewolf Blu-ray Release At FrightFest

Twenty-eight years after it was released, John Landis‘s classic An American Werewolf in London is coming to Blu-ray and the director was commemorating this cleaned-up version by showing it at FrightFest in the UK last night. The British horror festival, now in its 10th year, takes over cinemas in London’s West End for five days…

Movies Joel Meadows

Take Five Minutes to Watch 100 Years of Visual Effects

Let’s take a five minute break from Food Week to watch this compilation of some incredible moments in the history of visual effects, from silent films to recent blockbusters. Oh, and pay attention to the background track. The tune’s nice. The movies included in this clip span over 100 years of cinema history: 1900 –…

Movies Rosa Golijan

Neither Lawyers Nor Killer Robots Will Stop Terminator 5, Say Sources

After Terminator Salvation faced judgment day at the box office, the producers sued their financing firm and their holding company declared bankruptcy. But sources familiar with the legal morass tell io9 Terminator 5 will still happen, no matter what. You’ve probably already heard about the lawsuit and the bankruptcy filing — but we’ve read the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Who Doesn’t Want A Floating Vampire Head In Their Shower?

Remember the ridiculous Twilight bandaids? Well we’ve just stumbled across a piece of merchandising fail that completely one-ups those adhesive strips. Meet Edward Cullen, the floating-head shower curtain. [ETSY via Geekologie] https://gizmodo.com/first-look-at-twilight-board-game-and-eclipse-details-5158492

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why Can’t We Let Go Of Our Past?

Looking through a copy of the comic catalog Previews recently, I realized how many canceled TV shows have been spun off into ongoing comic series: Buffy, Farscape, Jericho, even Galactica 1980… Why can’t we say goodbye to things we love? It’s not just the comic continuations of canceled shows (which also include The X-Files, Angel…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Marvel Prez Leaks Avengers Movie Details

It’s still three years away, but that isn’t stopping Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige from dropping hints about who and what to expect from the big superhero mash-up movie The Avengers when it eventually comes out. Talking to Comic Book Resources, Feige admitted that Samuel L. Jackson’s nine movie deal with Marvel is indeed a…

Movies Graeme McMillan

X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?

Gillian Anderson has been talking about appearing in a third X-Files movie, but does that mean that we should expect more of I Want To Believe’s Scully/Mulder love story? Possibly not, if a particular rumor turns out to be true. Bloody Disgusting are reporting that Anderson’s comments to the effect that we can expect a…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Panasonic on Global Avatar Promotional Rampage With Army of Huge 3D Plasmas

James Cameron is clearly laying a lot on the line with ever-more-bizarrely-appealing Avatar. Next up is Panasonic, which is staking its budding 3D brand on the film. Spoiler: The plan involves 103″ 3D HDTVs, on wheels. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-avatar-trailer-is-big-blue-hyperreal-bliss-5341719 That Avatar’s going to be shown in 3D has been one of its selling points since the beginning.…

Movies John Herrman

Geoff Johns Will Have You Shouting “Shazam!”

After John August announced the death of the Captain Marvel movie, things were looking bleak for our hero. But the Shazam! movie has resurrected, with a new screenwriter and some help from DC’s Geoff Johns. August, who had been tapped as the screenwriter on Shazam!, announced in January that the film was dead and buried,…

Movies Lauren Davis

The First Avatar Trailer Is Big, Blue, Hyperreal Bliss

Here’s the very first trailer of James Cameron’s much-hyped 3D film Avatar. And as you can see, it’s a highly aggressive blend of live action and CGI, science fiction and fantasy: Watch the trailer in high rez (links below) and it’s apparent that many of the visual effects (like the mechs in the early shots)…

Movies Mark Wilson

Watch The Real Trailer For Cameron’s Avatar

Forget the sketchy but hilarious Avetar, here’s the real version of the teaser trailer for James Cameron’s much anticipated Avatar. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to become a blue-skinned alien… https://gizmodo.com/james-camerons-avetar-trailer-out-now-5340144 Following a somewhat mangled launch (Dear Apple, if you’re going to have a countdown clock to something, it’s always a good idea to…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Documentary Deploys Spy Tech to Trump Japanese Dolphin Killers

If you haven’t at least seen the trailer for The Cove, a documentary about Japan’s dolphin slaughter ring, it’s worth a watch if only to witness some of the most poised documentary footage since Winged Migration. How’d they shoot it? This second clip examines the filmmakers’ arsenal of high def toys, including fake rocks developed…

Movies Mark Wilson

I’m Enrolling in Starf Leet Clown College

Here are altered clips from four of the year’s biggest movies, made infinitely better by the insane geniuses at Fatal Farm. Oh how I wish all of these movies were all like this. Fatal Farm made these for the MTV Movie Awards, but they were apparently a bit too insane for their tastes. I guess…

Movies Adam Frucci

Outland Gets a Remake — And an Entirely New Plot

Warner Bros. has announced its plans to remake Outland, the space western that starred Sean Connery as a federal marshal investigating the mysterious deaths of miners on Io. But this so-called remake plans to change most elements of the original. The announcement from Warner is upfront about the changes between the original film and the…

Movies Lauren Davis

When The Moon Rises In Rebellion, Who Will You Root For?

Are you ready for the solar system smackdown? The satellite blitz? The long-awaited movie Earth Vs. Moon is finally cranking up, and Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick explain how they pit the Moon’s civilians against Earth’s. https://gizmodo.com/our-greatest-space-enemy-could-be-right-overhead-377942 First Showing snagged an interview with these two writers, and after explaining that they want Will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Spider-Man 5 And 6 Screenplays Already Being Written?

Spider-Man 4 isn’t even close to filming until next year, and already Sony is getting ready to crank out the fifth and a sixth films. James Vanderbilt, who wrote the first draft of the Spider-Man 4 screenplay, has been asked to pen Spider-Man 5 and 6 by Sony. According to the trades, many of the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Behind the Scenes of District 9

At least from audience response I’ve spotted on Twitter, District 9 may be the saving grace of mostly lousy summer science fiction. Here’s a look behind the scenes compliments of Wired. Click to viewDirector Neill Blomkamp shares his thoughts on his casual presentation of special effects while WETA Workshop designer Greg Broadmore talks about designing…

Movies Mark Wilson

Robo Geisha Dance Off Plus New Snow Beasts To Scare You Cold

This week in Cult: Find out what’s lying beneath the ice, and see two more clips from the buzz-saw face robot killer Robo Geisha. Hypothermia Ever since The Thing, we’ve been in love with snowy monster tales. Larry Fesenden’s latest flick seems like a B-horror-film delight on ice. He explained the premise to Fangoria as…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Big Baddass Lego Spock’s Ship

Jason—and myself and every fanboy and fangirl—will love this, even while he hates Lego: A giant model of Spock’s Ship from JJ Abrams Star Trek. Especially when every other Lego model is about Star Wars. Check the gallery. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-lego-star-wars-minifigs-in-history-5239431 Pretty sweet. [Flickr via Brothers Brick]

Movies Jesus Diaz

Battlestar Galactica Movie Is Official

Just a quick bit out of Hollywood: Universal confirmed that a Battlestar Galactica movie is on the way and will be Produced and Directed by Valkyrie chief Bryan Singer. The movie will not pick up where the SyFy TV Show left off, but rather fall in line more with the original series from the 1970s.…

Movies Adrian Covert

John Landis Celebrates American Werewolf Blu-ray Release At FrightFest

Take Five Minutes to Watch 100 Years of Visual Effects

Neither Lawyers Nor Killer Robots Will Stop Terminator 5, Say Sources

Who Doesn’t Want A Floating Vampire Head In Their Shower?

Why Can’t We Let Go Of Our Past?

Marvel Prez Leaks Avengers Movie Details

X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?

Panasonic on Global Avatar Promotional Rampage With Army of Huge 3D Plasmas

Geoff Johns Will Have You Shouting “Shazam!”

The First Avatar Trailer Is Big, Blue, Hyperreal Bliss

Watch The Real Trailer For Cameron’s Avatar

Documentary Deploys Spy Tech to Trump Japanese Dolphin Killers

I’m Enrolling in Starf Leet Clown College

Outland Gets a Remake — And an Entirely New Plot

When The Moon Rises In Rebellion, Who Will You Root For?

Spider-Man 5 And 6 Screenplays Already Being Written?

Behind the Scenes of District 9

Robo Geisha Dance Off Plus New Snow Beasts To Scare You Cold

Big Baddass Lego Spock’s Ship

Battlestar Galactica Movie Is Official

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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