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Midnight Special Could Be the Steven Spielberg-Influenced Sci-Fi Film We’ve Been Waiting For

Starman, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They’re all films that director Jeff Nichols cites as influences for his upcoming sci-fi film Midnight Special. And you can see that Eighties/Steven Spielberg influence both in the first image and poster released from the film. Midnight Special stars Michael Shannon and Kirsten Dunst as the parents…

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The Odd Saga of BB-8’s Gender Identity Continues

Should Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ beloved little droid BB-8 be referred to as a “he” or a “she”? It’s not a question with an answer you’d expect to change, but it has—several times . The droid has been referred to as both male and female these past few months, and now things have gotten…

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Go Behind the Scenes of the Gory and Gorgeous Crimson Peak Titles

Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak isn’t the movie most people expected. It’s not a scary, haunted house movie. It’s a saturated, world-building gothic romance that just happens to have supernatural elements. To compliment such a beautiful, rich looking film, the teams at IAMSTATIC and Topix created an equally evocative title sequence. Built entirely in a…

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6 Ways to Make SciFi and Fantasy Weapons More Believable

Ever read a fantasy book or watched a science fiction movie and struggled to suspend your disbelief due to the total lack of reality in some make believe weapons? Here’s advice for people writing this stuff on how to get guns and lasers and bow and wands right. When it comes to real-world weapons in…

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The Upcoming Toho Godzilla Movie Will Feature The Biggest Godzilla Ever

Godzilla fans know that, eventually, they’re going to see him fight King Kong in a few big budget American movies. But those are several years out. Before that, Godzilla’s creators Toho have a new movie coming out and several details have just been revealed. For international audiences, the title is Godzilla Resurgence. In Japan though,…

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Everyone’s Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

The Gambit movie may finally be in place. After one director left the project, another one is about to sign on. And it’s someone with not only geek cred, but plenty of blockbuster experience. It’s Doug Liman, the director of Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity and Swingers. The Hollywood Reporter officially broke the news.…

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Finn Attacks A Stormtrooper In Brand New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Footage

ABC just dropped a brand new teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Some of the footage we’ve seen, but a good chunk is new—including Finn attacking a Stormtrooper with a lightsaber, and some very familiar profiles. You can watch the footage above, and we’ll update if a better version hits. But in there you…

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The Writer Of Chronicle and American Ultra Is Taking An Astronaut In the Opposite Direction

The goal of any astronaut is to go into space. The further out, the better. Mars is next, but Saturn, Jupiter, out of the Milky Way, that’s the stuff of dreams. Except in a Max Landis script. In a Max Landis script, the opposite happens. An astronaut is going into the Earth. Phantom Four, a…

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What Did the Ancient Egyptians Do to Deserve These Gods of Egypt Posters?

With these posters, a movie that I’d barely paid attention to gets the highest compliment I can give: This is so ridiculous, I might have to see it. Okay. Let’s break this shit down. Gods of Egypt is directed by Alex Proyas (I, Robot, The Crow) and is about the epic battle between Horus and…

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Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Doesn’t Really Get What It Means To Be A Star Wars Movie

When the eighth word of the first Star Wars movie is “taxation,” you know there’s going to be a problem. Welcome to our Star Wars movie rewatch! George Lucas’s 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace has long been a lightning rod for hatred, and for plenty of good reasons. However, revisiting the…

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10 Villain Origins That Actually Make Sense

Pop culture is full of weak villains with nonsense origins. And the latest James Bond film, Spectre, was Exhibit A for “villains ruined by ridiculous new backstories.” But it doesn’t have to be this way. Here are 10 villains who actually have origins that make them better and more monstrous. Spoilers ahead, obviously. 1. Loki,…

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Why You Will Never Be Safe from Spoilers on the Internet

A couple years ago, I wanted to find out the name of the actor who played my favorite character on House of Cards, so I googled the character. Big mistake. The very first Google search result was the character’s House of Cards Wikia page—including date of death. I didn’t even have to click on the…

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See How Ant-Man Got So Small In This Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Clip

The producers and director of Marvel’s Ant-Man had a difficult problem. You have a character who has to shrink, so how do you do that with modern technology? Do you go the Honey I Shrunk the Kids route and build huge sets? Or is there another way? In the below clip, you’ll hear what they…

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The Hunger Games Director Explains Why Mockingjay Absolutely Needed To Be Two Movies

There are at least $2 billion reasons why the decision was made to split the third The Hunger Games book, Mockingjay, into two movies. Money aside, though, the decision gave the filmmakers a ton of freedom, and allowed them to craft a more satisfying arc. The kind of freedom not even Katniss Everdeen could win.…

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Brand New Terminator Concept Art Shows How Skynet Will Destroy Your City

It’s long been a recognized fact of existence that the best Terminator concept art is the Judgment Day concept art, or else art showing the war against Skynet in the future. So these brand new art pieces, showing Judgment Day in action, are pure apocalyptic gold. To promote the Terminator Genisys DVD/Blu-ray, Paramount commissioned four…

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These Alternate Designs For Marvel’s Ant-Man Costume Are Super Cool

I think most people were happy with the look of Ant-Man in this year’s film. But of course, that wasn’t the initial look. Just as he did with the Wasp, concept artist and Marvel Studios designer Andy Park has posted some alternate looks at the costume. He prefers the original one, but I think I…

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The Star Wars Universe Doesn’t Call Leia “Princess” Anymore And Other New Force Awakens Reveals

By now, hopefully you’ve read this article about some of the crazy Star Wars rumors floated over the past few years. It’s perfect timing too because some new facts about The Force Awakens were also revealed today, bringing balance to the Force. Entertainment Weekly posted a ton of content Wednesday, and are teasing Luke, Snoke…

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Spectre‘s John Logan Is Rewriting Prometheus 2 Because One Overly-Complicated Turn Deserves Another

What do you do when you’re working on a sequel to a movie that was visually stunning but made heads explode to think about? You hire someone to rewrite it who has just finished doing that. Brace yourselves for John Logan’s version of Alien: Paradise Lost. In a fairly long profile of Ridley Scott, Variety…

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With Alien 5 Delayed, Neill Blomkamp Moves Onto A “Time Travel Procedural”

The director of District 9, Elysium and Chappie just can’t get away from sci-fi. After working on a fifth Alien movie for a few months (before it was put on hold waiting for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel), Neill Blomkamp is about to do yet another sci-fi film. Deadline reports 20th Century Fox has just purchased…

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Maze Runner Writer James Dashner Is Ending His New Saga—And We’ve Got An Exclusive Look

The Maze Runner by James Dashner has become a huge publishing sensation, and now it’s making waves at the movies. But Dashner has already moved on to his next series, the Mortality Doctrine trilogy. Here’s an exclusive excerpt from the final novel, The Game of Lives. In The Game of Lives, the virtual reality VirtNet…

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Midnight Special Could Be the Steven Spielberg-Influenced Sci-Fi Film We’ve Been Waiting For

The Odd Saga of BB-8’s Gender Identity Continues

Go Behind the Scenes of the Gory and Gorgeous Crimson Peak Titles

6 Ways to Make SciFi and Fantasy Weapons More Believable

The Upcoming Toho Godzilla Movie Will Feature The Biggest Godzilla Ever

Everyone’s Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

Finn Attacks A Stormtrooper In Brand New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Footage

The Writer Of Chronicle and American Ultra Is Taking An Astronaut In the Opposite Direction

What Did the Ancient Egyptians Do to Deserve These Gods of Egypt Posters?

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Doesn’t Really Get What It Means To Be A Star Wars Movie

10 Villain Origins That Actually Make Sense

Why You Will Never Be Safe from Spoilers on the Internet

See How Ant-Man Got So Small In This Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Clip

The Hunger Games Director Explains Why Mockingjay Absolutely Needed To Be Two Movies

Brand New Terminator Concept Art Shows How Skynet Will Destroy Your City

These Alternate Designs For Marvel’s Ant-Man Costume Are Super Cool

The Star Wars Universe Doesn’t Call Leia “Princess” Anymore And Other New Force Awakens Reveals

Spectre‘s John Logan Is Rewriting Prometheus 2 Because One Overly-Complicated Turn Deserves Another

With Alien 5 Delayed, Neill Blomkamp Moves Onto A “Time Travel Procedural”

Maze Runner Writer James Dashner Is Ending His New Saga—And We’ve Got An Exclusive Look

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