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J.J. Abrams Explains Why That Lightsaber Shot From the Trailer Isn’t in The Force Awakens

Years of anticipation leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens made several things obvious once the film came out. Chief among them is that several shots in the highly scrutinized trailers were not in the movie. Now, the film’s director has explained the biggest one. Minor spoilers follow. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, J.J. Abrams…

Movies Germain Lussier

The 11 Biggest Differences Between the Book and Movie Versions of The Force Awakens

Many movie novelizations are surprisingly different than the actual movies. The original Star Wars had a book version that was weirdly different and came out months earlier. So it’s probably not surprising that The Force Awakens’ own novel is contains some surprising moments that aren’t in the film. Suffice to say, there will be major…

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There’s One Thing I Totally Hate About The Force Awakens

Let me clarify: I don’t actually hate Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I watched the movie three times in four days, and will surely see at least twice more before it leaves theaters. But even though I love the movie, there is one major aspect of it that distresses me immensely. Major spoilers ahead… Because…

Movies Rob Bricken

Quentin Tarantino Almost Made A Luke Cage Movie And Wants To Create His Own Superhero

Luke Cage is a character whose name got tossed around for years as possibly getting the live action treatment. Movies, TV, The Rock, Terry Crews, so many possibilities were discussed. Now, we have him on Netflix and he’s great but a greater version almost happened. Talking on the Nerdist podcast, none other than Quentin Tarantino…

Movies Germain Lussier

Avengers: Infinity War Directors Say People Should Prepare to be Shocked

Between now and when we finally see what happens in Avengers: Infinity War, we’re going to get six new Marvel movies. That sounds pretty great, but we are still curious about what this two-parter on the horizon holds, and its directors love to tease us. In a new interview, The Russo Brothers—who are currently completing…

Movies Germain Lussier

The 10 Best and 10 Worst Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies of 2015

First, the good news: 2015 was a fantastic year at the movies. There were great original stories, sequels done right, adaptations that match their source material and more. But for every great movie, there’s a ton of bad ones too. Here’s our picks for the best and worst science fiction and fantasy films of 2015.…

Movies Germain Lussier

The First Posters for The Divergent Series: Allegiant Are Here

Much like Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games before it, The Divergent Series is splitting the final book, Allegiant, into two parts. The first part hits theaters in March and its first posters are here. In these posters for The Divergent Series: Allegiant, we see Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) giving each other…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Most Horrifyingly Insane Tarzan Rip-Off of All Time

They’re finally making another Tarzan movie. But Tarzan is just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to people who somehow randomly became rulers of the jungle. And they’ll never make a movie based on the craziest Tarzan knock-off of all time: Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle. Published in 1962 by Dell Comics, the…

Movies Gordon Jackson

Amazing Ash vs Evil Dead Gingerbread House Is the Grooviest Reason for the Season

Huge props to io9 readers Johnny Larocque and Nicole Cooper, who crafted this adorably spooky yet undeniably festive gingerbread house inspired by the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead and the Evil Dead movies. Ash vs Gingerdead? Check out more photos below! Cooper gets the cabin’s porch just right, complete with chocolate wafers serving as…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Please Stop Spreading This Nonsense that Rey From Star Wars Is a “Mary Sue”

Over the weekend, even as most of us were celebrating the fact that a new Star Wars movie did not in any way suck, some portions of the internet got sucked into a pointless, silly debate. Is Rey, the film’s hero, a “Mary Sue”? The answer is no. Next question? Some spoilers for The Force…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

We Now Know the Backstory of Greg Grunberg’s Star Wars Character

In grand Star Wars tradition, Greg Grunberg’s X-Wing pilot has a rich background that can only be found in the tie-in materials. Minor spoilers ahead. In The Force Awakens, Greg Grunberg—good friend of J.J. Abrams and constant presence in his works—shows up as a fairly prominent member of the Resistance’s Starfighter Corps. His name, according…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Matt Damon Explains How Bourne 5 Links to the Previous Movies

It goes without saying that the next Bourne movie will take place after the last ones. At the end of 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne went off the grid with his enemies assuming him dead. In 2016, he’ll be back, and Matt Damon recently talked about what’s happened in between. You’ll find the character…

Movies Germain Lussier

Inside Secrets of Zootopia, the New Film From the Makers of Wreck-It Ralph

Zootopia isn’t just Disney’s latest “talking animal” movie. It’s also co-directed and co-written by Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, the guys behind Wreck-It Ralph. So we were excited to go to Disney Animation Studios and learn all about the making of Zootopia. Movies about talking animals have been a staple of Disney Animation, from Mickey…

Movies Germain Lussier

Oh, So That’s Who Daniel Craig Played in The Force Awakens

One of the least crazy rumors about The Force Awakens was that somehow, James Bond actor Daniel Craig had filmed a cameo. Now we know it’s true, and who he played, so more spoilers for The Force Awakens! Also Daniel Craig, guess. Ready? Hope so. Remember when Kylo Ren imprisons Rey, and leaves her in…

Movies Rob Bricken

The 10 Greatest Personifications of Death in Pop Culture

When tackling something as big as death, it’s sometimes easiest to make it into a single personality. Genre fiction is replete with capital-“D”-Deaths. Some are serious, some are funny, and some are just annoying. Here are ten great representatives from the great beyond. 1. Death, Discworld The Discworld version of Death looks like the stereotype:…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

“War Hammer” Joins the Fray in This New Captain America: Civil War Art—Wait, Who?

A new promo piece for Marvel’s upcoming Captain America: Civil War is here. It features separate groups of the Avengers, led by Steve Rogers’ Cap and Tony Stark’s Iron Man, just civil warring the hell out of each other. But who’s that in the upper-right corner? You may think it’s War Machine, seeing as it…

Movies Rob Bricken

Your Spoiler-Filled The Force Awakens Discussion Zone

Not everyone has been able to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet! If you have, however, chances are you desperately want to talk about it with others. So I’m declaring this comment section a Spoiler FILLED Zone—where we can all talk about TFA to our hearts’ content. Again, if you don’t want to be…

Movies Rob Bricken

These New Ghostbusters Character Posters Are Just Badass

The new Ghostbusters movie is still half a year away, but at least now we’re starting to get teased with some pretty sweet images. Yesterday, we saw our first official cast picture. Now feast your eyes on four posters, one for each of our new heroes. Patty (Leslie Jones): Abby (Melissa McCarthy): Erin (Kristen Wiig):…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Katherine Waterston Will Play the Lead in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott’s latest entry in the Alien series has found its lead: Katherine Waterston, who was in Inherent Vice and Steve Jobs, and will soon star in the J.K. Rowling adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. https://gizmodo.com/return-to-the-wizarding-world-in-the-first-trailer-for-1748081233 As Deadline, which nabbed the casting scoop, reports, Waterston (fun fact: she’s the daughter of Law…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

The 13 Craziest Goddamn Rumors About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

As one of the most anticipated movies of all time, it’s not surprising that The Force Awakens has inspired hundreds of rumors from fans, desperate to know what’s going to happen a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. As it turns out, there are at least a dozen or so of these…

Movies Rob Bricken

J.J. Abrams Explains Why That Lightsaber Shot From the Trailer Isn’t in The Force Awakens

The 11 Biggest Differences Between the Book and Movie Versions of The Force Awakens

There’s One Thing I Totally Hate About The Force Awakens

Quentin Tarantino Almost Made A Luke Cage Movie And Wants To Create His Own Superhero

Avengers: Infinity War Directors Say People Should Prepare to be Shocked

The 10 Best and 10 Worst Science Fiction And Fantasy Movies of 2015

The First Posters for The Divergent Series: Allegiant Are Here

The Most Horrifyingly Insane Tarzan Rip-Off of All Time

Amazing Ash vs Evil Dead Gingerbread House Is the Grooviest Reason for the Season

Please Stop Spreading This Nonsense that Rey From Star Wars Is a “Mary Sue”

We Now Know the Backstory of Greg Grunberg’s Star Wars Character

Matt Damon Explains How Bourne 5 Links to the Previous Movies

Inside Secrets of Zootopia, the New Film From the Makers of Wreck-It Ralph

Oh, So That’s Who Daniel Craig Played in The Force Awakens

The 10 Greatest Personifications of Death in Pop Culture

“War Hammer” Joins the Fray in This New Captain America: Civil War Art—Wait, Who?

Your Spoiler-Filled The Force Awakens Discussion Zone

These New Ghostbusters Character Posters Are Just Badass

Katherine Waterston Will Play the Lead in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant

The 13 Craziest Goddamn Rumors About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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