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The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander

Click to viewWe’ve waited a year to see viking-alien epic Outlander, which hits U.S. theaters Friday. But for co-creators Howard McCain and Dirk Blackman, it’s been 18 years of struggle. They told us their whole movie-making saga. We were starting to wonder if Outlander would ever open in U.S. theaters, after it had showings around…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Crime Scenes From Watchmen’s Costumed Adventurers

A new viral Watchmen site has popped up, with case files from crimes and clues against Costumed Adventurers that happened inside the pages of Alan Moore’s Watchmen graphic novel. The Frontiersman is a newspaper in Moore’s world, so perhaps this is a secret bundle of notes that just happens to land on an editor’s desk?…

Movies Meredith Woerner

12-Year-Old Makes Zombie Feature: You’re An Underachiever

Emily, the tween director, has crafted an entire zombie feature film, with a documentary crew in tow. Check out the trailer for this adorable tween zombie-making documentary, and feel like a total slacker. Zombie Girl, which is currently at the Slamdance film festival, follows Emily Hagins as she makes her full length horror movie, complete…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Iron Man Dazzles Effects Professionals

The superhero movie of 2008 was The Dark Knight, right? Not if you’re a member of the Visual Effects Society, who this weekend gave five nominations to Iron Man in their annual VES Awards. The Award nominations were announced Saturday, and Iron Man’s five nominations — for best visual effects in a visual effects-driven movie,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Great New Casting For Scott Pilgrim

The cast of Edgar (Shawn Of The Dead) Wright’s adaptation of comic Scott Pilgrim continues to grow, and the most recent additions are worrying pieces of almost-perfect casting. Chris Evans as a lunkhead movie-star? Sold! The movie, Scott Pilgrim Versus The World, adapts the entirity of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s award-winning Scott Pilgrim series of graphic…

Movies Graeme McMillan

City Of Ember Deserves A Better DVD Release

City Of Ember was one of the best science fiction movies of 2008, with terrific performances and incredible production design. So why is it getting such a cruddy DVD? I was super excited to get an advance copy of the Ember DVD. Partly, I was looking forward to reliving the story of two kids living…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

First Look At James Marsters As Outlaw Alien Fighter

Everyone’s favorite vampire has saddled up for the role of outlaw in the new Sci Fi Channel original movie Alien Western. Lucky us — we’ve stumbled upon some set photos of Marsters all dirty-cowboyed up. Cute-as-a-button co-star Sanny van Heteren posted a few pics from the set showing a dirty Marsters ready to kill some…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Martin Luther King In Science Fiction

Today’s the day when we celebrate the life of visionary leader Martin Luther King, Jr. But the civil-rights legend is also an important figure in science fiction… as an influence, and an occasional character. As an influence: Nichelle Nichols decided to quit playing Lt. Uhura at the end of the first season of Star Trek,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Terminator Salvation Will Be Blown Up for IMAX Release

The good news is that Terminator Salvation, a movie that doesn’t look too bad (I swear!) will be released to IMAX theaters. The bad news is that it wasn’t shot on IMAX film originally. https://gizmodo.com/terminator-salvation-set-visit-it-just-might-not-suck-5107101 From a recent interview with the director McG: I wanted to shoot the film with this dead stock [old film…

Movies Mark Wilson

Damon Lindelof Joins Hollywood Brain Trust On Cowboys And Aliens

Gun slinging cowboys take on aliens — with a rumored Robert Downey Jr. leading the calvary. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci fill in the details on how their laser-blasting Western is coming along. In an interview with First Showing this big-time Hollywood duo revealed that Damon Lindelof from Lost has joined in the script-writing process.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Blade Wesley Snipes Wants to “De-Virginize” Himself in Wii Town, If Only He Could Find It

Wesley Snipes, unlike most people at Sundance, is really there to find the Wii Town. “I want to de-virginize myself into the Wii…if I find it.” Wii Town’s vampire and tax-free, I hear. [MTV]

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Get Ready For Gigantic IMAX Terminators

The fearless McG is going to open Terminator: Salvation in a few IMAX theaters. Which means when the massive metal Harvesters attack, the chances of me having a seizure from pure terror and excitement has now doubled. But here’s the important question: how long until it’s released in a package deal (all Terminators shown back-to-back)…

Movies Meredith Woerner

3 New Coraline Videos Explore The Beauty Of Neil Gaiman’s “Other Mother”

Take a peek inside Coraline’s stop motion world, comprised of dancing mice, flowers with child-like voices, and button eyes. Three new trailers give you a way better look at the many wonders in Coraline. This film follows a brave girl as she leaves her depressed little family for a parallel universe that seems too good…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Let Vulcan Have Its Star Trek

While many people may be excited about J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, few are as excited as the residents of the Canadian town Vulcan, who are depending on the movie to improve their tourism prospects. Vulcan — population 1,942 — is already a Trek fan-friendly destination, as their tourism website shows: Make the “Trek” to Vulcan,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Caption This Promo Pic From Reshoot-Happy Wolverine

Wolverine himself took time out of his busy re-shooting schedule to address the online rumors swirling around Fox’s decision to head back to Vancouver for more filming. https://gizmodo.com/wolverine-reshoots-warning-flag-or-victory-banner-5132712 In a personal email to Ain’t It Cool News, Hugh Jackman wanted to reassure the X-Men fans and nip the whole “is X-Men: Origins: Wolverine doomed” rumors…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Fanboys Gets a Date (Pun Intended)

Finally, February 6 is the date for the much-awaited movie about the Star Wars fanboys who break into Skywalker Ranch to torture George Lucas for doing the prequels. OK, it’s not about that. I wish. Fanboys will open in the following cities: • Austin TX • Houston, TX • Chicago, IL • Los Angeles, CA…

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Vengeful Babies, Zombie Romeo And Juliet And The Horde Stills

It’s a good day to be an unholy creature. Be it evil born-again babies or a Shakespeare classic set to the tune of a zombie jamboree, this week is all about the undead. https://gizmodo.com/wall-street-undead-feast-on-new-yorkers-brains-5065757 Grace Paul Solet’s film Grace premiered in Sundance this year (or right now, I should say), and here’s a look at…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is This The Face (Well, Head) Of Our New Robotic Overlord?

Is this photo proof that we’ll see a giant robot made out of seven Decepticons in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, or just that some Transformers fan has a very ugly bedspread? We investigate. These images, which first surfaced on the ACToys Message Board, may be of one of the component parts of Devastator, the…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Gondry Tackles Time at the ‘Tute

Quirky, inventive, Oscar-winning writer/director Michel Gondry is penning a new film about time travel, set at MIT. And the physicists went wild! You might remember Gondry for his mind-bending, surrealist movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; its script won an Academy Award, which Gondry shared with Charlie Kaufman and Pierre Bismuth. Gondry, an artist-in-residence…

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Columbia Finds Its Foundation

Isaac Asimov’s classic trilogy Foundation is headed to the big screen… courtesy of the man behind Independence Day, Godzilla and 2012. Is this cause for celebration or mourning? I’m not quite sure yet. An auction on Thursday evening ended with Columbia Studios owning the rights to Asimov’s Foundation trilogy (Foundation, Foundation And Empire and Second…

Movies Graeme McMillan

The Saga Behind Viking-Alien War Movie Outlander

Crime Scenes From Watchmen’s Costumed Adventurers

12-Year-Old Makes Zombie Feature: You’re An Underachiever

Iron Man Dazzles Effects Professionals

Great New Casting For Scott Pilgrim

City Of Ember Deserves A Better DVD Release

First Look At James Marsters As Outlaw Alien Fighter

Martin Luther King In Science Fiction

Terminator Salvation Will Be Blown Up for IMAX Release

Damon Lindelof Joins Hollywood Brain Trust On Cowboys And Aliens

Blade Wesley Snipes Wants to “De-Virginize” Himself in Wii Town, If Only He Could Find It

Get Ready For Gigantic IMAX Terminators

3 New Coraline Videos Explore The Beauty Of Neil Gaiman’s “Other Mother”

Let Vulcan Have Its Star Trek

Caption This Promo Pic From Reshoot-Happy Wolverine

Fanboys Gets a Date (Pun Intended)

Vengeful Babies, Zombie Romeo And Juliet And The Horde Stills

Is This The Face (Well, Head) Of Our New Robotic Overlord?

Gondry Tackles Time at the ‘Tute

Columbia Finds Its Foundation

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

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