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WB May Tap Oscar-Winning Argo Screenwriter For Justice League Script

Holy crap. This is just a rumor, but cross your fingers it’s true: Deadline reports that Warner Bros. may be considering Chris Terrio, writer of the Academy Award-winning movie Argo, to handle the script for the Justice League movie. That… that seems like a good thing. Terrio won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for Argo,…

We’ve Seen The First Hunger Games: Mockingjay Footage

Lionsgate screened the first-ever trailer for Hunger Games: Mockingjay for fans from their wacky Comic-Con Capitol lounge (which also has a makeshift Peeta bakery on site). And this is what we saw! The teaser starts zooming over (what I’m assuming is) District 13. The industrial wasteland is made up of what appear to be abandoned…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Is a Mix of Endearing and Infuriating

Two scenes from the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were screened for the throngs of people sitting in San Diego Comic Con’s Hall H Thursday, and they were surprisingly entertaining. Except that every attempt to enjoy them was ruined by a gross moment that ruined it all. The first scene took place 10 minutes into…

Christopher Nolan Shows Us Interstellar‘s Mind-Warping Alien Planet

This afternoon at Comic-Con, Christopher Nolan and Matthew McConaughey dropped an exclusive look at a new trailer for their mysterious new film Interstellar. Some of the footage was the same as the UK trailer, below. But here’s what was new: we got a look at the destination for McConaughey’s Cooper and Anne Hathaway. We see…

We Watched Big Hero 6‘s Adorable Robot Baymax Explain Puberty

The team from Disney’s Marvel Comics-inspired film Big Hero 6 gathered at Comic-Con today to explain the setting of “San Fransokyo,” how Japanese infomercials informed Baymax’s design, and why one character runs around in a kaiju suit. Plus, we got a peek at two clips from the film. In today’s Art of Big Hero 6…

We’ve Seen Jack Black as R.L. Stine in the Goosebumps Movie!

We finally got a peek at the Goosebumps movie. Jack Black came to Comic-Con to talk about playing Goosebumps author R.L. Stine, and we saw his Stine battle his own monstrous creations after they had escaped from his books. Black and Goosebumps director Rob Letterman came to the Sony panel at San Diego Comic-Con to…

Watch Guillermo Del Toro Give A Personal Tour Of His Tiny Haunted House

Tucked away on the massive convention floor inside Comic-Con, Guillermo del Toro built a miniature version of his haunted house from his upcoming Gothic horror story Crimson Peak. And then proceeded to give personal tours of his tiny terror. It was amazing. Watch! First up, apologies for the quality of this footage. It’s not great…

“The Time to Call for Diversity Is Now” for Arabian Nights Movies

Warner Bros. is set to make a 7-film series based on the Arabian Nights. And screenwriter Zack Stentz (Thor, X-Men: First Class) says the time is now for people to call for the cast to be diverse and not whitewashed. Image via Mobion

Sinister Six Defeat Amazing Spider-Man! (Or At Least Their Movie Does)

Looks like those rumors that Sony was concerned about the Amazing Spider-Man movie series weren’t entirely unfounded. Sony has just announced that Amazing Spider-Man 3 will be delayed two years, until 2018… but that the Sinister Six movie will now premiere on November 11th, 2016. Hollywood Reporter reports (from Hollywood) that Sony is really happy…

James Gunn On The Movies You Must Watch Before Guardians Of The Galaxy

Earlier this month, Marvel released a Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape loaded with tunes from the ’70s that will also serve as half of the film’s soundtrack. It really helps set the tone for the film, so we asked director James Gunn to do the same thing with movies people should watch. This is just…

With $75 million, Robert Downey Jr. tops Forbes’ highest paid actors list. He’s joined by fellow superheroes Bradley Cooper ($46 million), Chris Hemsworth ($37 million), Ben Affleck ($35 million), and Christian Bale ($35 million). See the whole list at Forbes. [Forbes]

Holy crap, check out the awesome new Lego Batman Tumbler!

Behold the Lego Ultimate Collector’s Series Batman Tumbler, a 1,869-piece vehicle built to minifig (mini-land?) scale. That means it’s huge: 15 by 9 inches long, with a gorgeous interior cockpit. It’ll come with Dark Knight Batman and Joker (the Heath Ledger version) minifigs for $200 this September.

New Guardians Of The Galaxy Clip Will Make You Fall In Love With Groot

We get a good look at the dysfunctional team dynamic in the latest Guardians of the Galaxy clip, but the real scene-stealer is Groot, who gets a bit distracted while Peter Quill argues for his terrible plan. Guardians of the Galaxy hits theaters August 1st. Soon. [via The Mary Sue]

The Movie You Really Want to See This Weekend

In the mood for a futuristic film this weekend? Something with a lot of explosions and a little bit of sexy stuff? Something randy? Here’s the latest summer blockbuster you didn’t know you wanted. And it’s in IMAX. [h/t @BobbyRobertsPDX]

io9 Favorite The Girl Who Would Be King Will Be A Movie!

It was only in March of 2013 that io9 called your attention to Kelly Thompson’s novel The Girl Who Would Be King. We loved the modern fatasy, but we’re even happier to exclusively reveal that the book has been optioned as a film, and we got all the details for Thompson herself! The Girl Who…

You’ll Never Guess Which Cult Marvel Character Could Be In Guardians!

We knew there would be some easter eggs and cameos in Marvel’s new film Guardians of the Galaxy — but if a new report is to be believed, they include a character we never thought we’d see on the big screen again. Possible spoilers ahead… So take this with all the grains of salt, but…

If Fox Buys Warner Bros., Could Batman Team Up With The Movie X-Men?

The big news of the day is that Rupert Murdoch wants to buy Time Warner, which would mean way more consolidation in book publishing. And tons of layoffs in the media world. But also, I’ve been wondering all day… could we see Batman meet Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine? Top image: ex-m on Deviant Art. Intellectual property…

First Official Look At Ultron In Avengers 2!

Oh, and Iron Man’s new armor and Captain America’s uniform but OH MY GOD IT’S ULTRON AND HIS ROBOT MINIONS. This is obviously the cover for Entertainment Weekly’s Comic-Con issue — which has the first Avengers: Age of Ultron synopsis, too. From EW: For better or worse (trust us, it’s worse), his Tony Stark has…

All About Big Hero 6, Disney’s First Marvel Superhero Movie

The first full trailer for Disney’s upcoming superhero movie, Big Hero 6, came out today. If you’re like me, it raised all sorts of questions. Questions like “What is this?” Here’s a rundown of the basics so you can be a Big Hero 6-pert when it comes out in theaters November 7. Didn’t Disney already…

Disney’s Big Hero 6 Looks Pixar-Cute and Superhero-Awesome

Here’s the first trailer for Disney’sBig Hero 6, an animated superhero movie lightly based on the Marvel comic series by the same name. The visual style is straight up Pixar, with action scenes that look equal parts Incredibles and Iron Man. That’s no coincidence: Disney owns Marvel these days, and it looks like the animation…