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Don Cheadle Didn’t Know the Plot of Avengers: Infinity War While He Filmed It, and He’s Totally Fine With That

How far does Marvel go to keep the secrets for a film like Avengers: Infinity War? Most of the actors never get to read the entire script. Obviously, they see the scenes they’re in, but otherwise, directors Anthony and Joe Russo—along with the writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely—tell the actors the general story and…

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Last Action Hero and Ready Player One Screenwriter Shocked to Find Last Action Hero Reference in Ready Player One

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is bursting with so many winks, nods, and references to all areas of pop culture that sometimes, even the people who created those things aren’t aware they’re in the film. Case in point, Ready Player One co-writer Zak Penn. Penn, best known for writing many of the early X-Men movies,…

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Here’s Your First Full Look at George Miller’s Scrapped Justice League Team… Just About

We’ve heard a lot over the years about Justice League Mortal, George Miller’s scrapped attempt to bring DC’s finest heroes to the big screen, but we’ve barely seen anything from it. A piece of concept art here, a costume there. But now we actually have our look at the League that could’ve been, suited up.…

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Meet Emily Carmichael, the Next Big Name in Scifi and Fantasy Filmmaking

After ten years making short films and working the festival circuit, this weekend will be the first time writer-director Emily Carmichael has a feature film released in theaters. It will not be the last. Carmichael is the co-writer of Pacific Rim Uprising, which opens tomorrow, March 23. She’s already written a remake of The Black…

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Chris Evans Is Hinting He’s Done Playing Captain America Again

Just as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is gearing up to welcome one new Captain, Chris Evans says that its current one is preparing to lay down his shield for good. Speaking to the New York Times about his career and his upcoming Broadway debut, Evans reiterated something he’s long hinted at in the years leading…

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Here’s the Concept Art for Some of The Last Jedi‘s Biggest Spoilers

When it comes to protecting secrets, Disney and Lucasfilm are always extra careful. For example, concept art of Han Solo’s death wasn’t included in The Force Awakens Art Of book. It was included two years later in The Last Jedi Art Of book. So, if we go by that, what you see below may just…

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RIP Henry Cavill’s Mustache, 2017—2018

A moment of silence, please. The world has lost a titan today: the most contentious piece of facial hair in moviemaking history. The mustache that caused Justice League to turn Henry Cavill’s face into a CG-shaved, one-way ticket to the uncanniest of valleys, is no more. Cavill marked the shaving of his mustache—known for its…

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A Highly Scientific and Totally Serious Ranking of the Giant Robot Names in Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim has giant robots in it. The Jaegers are great, but a large part of their greatness is because they all have utterly fantastic names. We’ve crunched the data and have thus developed an objective and completely unassailable ranking of Jaeger names from across the Pacific Rim universe—from the movies as well as the…

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Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth Are Reuniting for the Men in Black Spinoff

The Thor: Ragnarok gang’s getting back together! Tessa Thompson will star in the Men in Black spinoff, joining Chris Hemsworth to basically create the greatest film of all time. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thompson and Hemsworth will take on new characters created for the spinoff, meaning this won’t be a hard reboot where they…

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Here’s Why the Avengers Are Thanos’ Supporting Characters In Infinity War

In a cinematic universe often criticized for its lack of strong villains, a strong villain is the star of their biggest movie yet. “In many ways, it’s Thanos’ movie,” said Stephen McFeely, one of the co-writers of Avengers: Infinity War. He and Christopher Markus, who wrote Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil…

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Weirdly, the Rampage Director’s Problem With the Game’s Story Wasn’t That It Barely Existed

Video game movie adaptations have had a rocky history—whether or not they adhere to the fiction of the games their inspired by, or do something totally different and just slap the source material’s name on it. But apparently, Rampage director Brad Peyton refused to even sign on if the movie even considered going with the…

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Watch One of Coco’s Most Delightful Scenes Side-by-Side With Its Storyboards

Long before Pixar pays thousands of people millions of dollars to animate their incredible films, the people responsible for the story make the movie again and again. There’s the script, of course, but the film is also laid out, shot by shot, with storyboards. By doing this, the film’s director and everyone down the line…

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The New Marvel Section of the Disneyland Resort Will Open in 2020

A year after Star Wars makes its home at Disneyland, Marvel is moving in right across the street. Marvel Studios has just announced several updates to how their heroes will be integrated into Disney theme parks in the coming years. New themed areas and attractions are coming in Hong Kong, Paris and, of course, Anaheim,…

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The Nerd’s Watch: All the TV and Movies Streaming in April That You Actually Care About

In this day and age, knowing everything that’s coming to the popular streaming services is incredibly useful, bu tit can be hard to find the geeky things you’ll really want to watch. io9 is here to help—as your humble stewards, we’ve whittled down the new-addition lists to just the cool, nerdy, genre stuff coming to…

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Somehow, Pacific Rim Uprising Is More and Less Epic Than the Original

The crux of Pacific Rim Uprising is how it handles the idea that sequels always need to be bigger. Being a sequel, the expectation is that it should include more robots, larger monsters, and more expansive set pieces. Those are certainly all in there, but at the same time, the movie is so focused on…

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This New Bill and Ted Poster Is Truly Excellent

No one knows if we’ll ever see “Bill” S. Preston Esq and “Ted” Theodore Logan together on the big screen again, but you can see them every day with this gorgeous new poster. On Wednesday, March 21, artist Matt Ryan Tobin will finally release his poster for Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. I say “finally”…

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Justice League Is Officially the Lowest-Grossing DC Universe Movie

Last week, Justice League quietly ended its domestic box office run with a total gross of a little over $229 million, making it the lowest-grossing film in the new DC Universe. It’s a hugely surprising fact considering the Zack Snyder-directed film featuring Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg was set up to be…

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For John Boyega, Producing Pacific Rim Uprising Sometimes Meant Playing With Toys

Not only is John Boyega the star of Pacific Rim Uprising, he’s also a producer. And when io9 spoke to the film’s director, Steven S. DeKnight, he explained there was one arena in particular where Boyega really got his hands dirty in terms of producing. “He [isn’t] a guy that wants to get his fingers…

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6 Times Satan Was Actually the Good Guy

Usually, movies and TV shows paint the Devil with rather broad strokes. He might be charming, but make no mistake: He’s invariably there to cause pain, snatch souls, impregnate housewives, challenge violinists and guitarists to musical duels, etc. But every once in awhile… Satan can be a pretty awesome guy. 1) South Park: Bigger, Longer…

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A New Star Wars Short Answers a Lingering Return of the Jedi Question

The second season of the Star Wars animated series Forces of Destiny is now online—and one of the eight episodes answers a seemingly unimportant, but nevertheless interesting, question from Return of the Jedi. That question is: Where did Leia get the Boushh disguise she wore to Jabba’s palace? Well, the Forces of Destiny short Bounty Hunted…

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Don Cheadle Didn’t Know the Plot of Avengers: Infinity War While He Filmed It, and He’s Totally Fine With That

Last Action Hero and Ready Player One Screenwriter Shocked to Find Last Action Hero Reference in Ready Player One

Here’s Your First Full Look at George Miller’s Scrapped Justice League Team… Just About

Meet Emily Carmichael, the Next Big Name in Scifi and Fantasy Filmmaking

Chris Evans Is Hinting He’s Done Playing Captain America Again

Here’s the Concept Art for Some of The Last Jedi‘s Biggest Spoilers

RIP Henry Cavill’s Mustache, 2017—2018

A Highly Scientific and Totally Serious Ranking of the Giant Robot Names in Pacific Rim

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth Are Reuniting for the Men in Black Spinoff

Here’s Why the Avengers Are Thanos’ Supporting Characters In Infinity War

Weirdly, the Rampage Director’s Problem With the Game’s Story Wasn’t That It Barely Existed

Watch One of Coco’s Most Delightful Scenes Side-by-Side With Its Storyboards

The New Marvel Section of the Disneyland Resort Will Open in 2020

The Nerd’s Watch: All the TV and Movies Streaming in April That You Actually Care About

Somehow, Pacific Rim Uprising Is More and Less Epic Than the Original

This New Bill and Ted Poster Is Truly Excellent

Justice League Is Officially the Lowest-Grossing DC Universe Movie

For John Boyega, Producing Pacific Rim Uprising Sometimes Meant Playing With Toys

6 Times Satan Was Actually the Good Guy

A New Star Wars Short Answers a Lingering Return of the Jedi Question

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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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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