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Guillermo del Toro teases “big name” writer for his Incredible Hulk TV show

The post-Avengers Marvel project we’re perhaps most excited about — sorry, Thor 2 and Captain America 2 — is the promise of a Hulk TV series produced by Guillermo del Toro. But the Pan’s Labyrinth director is often followed with a list of forever-in-development projects, so imagine our surprise when he announced that the show…

Movies Meredith Woerner

10 Best Spy-Fi Movies of All Time

Spies are like the better dressed version of superheroes. They stop supervillains from destroying the world, and they do incredible superhuman feats, with the help of insane gadgets and vehicles. With a new Bourne movie in theaters on Friday, it’s a great time to celebrate the “spy-fi” genre, that combines spies and science fiction. Here…

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Could the real Galactus turn up in one of Marvel’s upcoming movies? [Updated!]

There have been a number of new developments in the wrangling over the movie rights to Daredevil and Fantastic Four — but the most interesting upshot, by far, is the notion that Marvel could regain the rights to Galactus, devourer of worlds. And his herald, the Silver Surfer. [See update below.] In a nutshell, here’s…

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First Concept Art for the Neuromancer Movie!

The movie version of William Gibson’s ground-breaking book Neuromancer is apparently moving forward — the production company GFM Films put up a page devoted to the film, including this piece of new concept art. The other piece of info on the page? A news item confirming that Liam Neeson has been offered the role of…

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Karl Urban takes us step by step through the process of becoming Judge Dredd

How does a mere mortal become the fearsome Judge Dredd? And how does one do it so well? We sat down with Karl Urban and forced to to explain how one man becomes such an incredible law enforcer. Plus, can you turn corners in those giant Mega City One motorcycles? Urban reveals all. https://gizmodo.com/dredd-is-a-brutal-action-flick-with-both-a-high-body-co-5925364 Dredd’s…

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An exclusive look at how Snow White and the Huntsman created a giant magical army

Check out the behind-the-scenes magic that turned a few chaps in armor into a magical army, made out of dark splintery material! We’ve got the VFX breakdown reel from the folks who worked on Snow White and the Huntsman, Pixomondo. It’s pretty rad. Now if they’ll only tell us why they gave all the fairies…

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Hellraiser concept art shows the many visions of Pinhead

Dimension Films has been trying to get a Hellraiser reboot up and running for ages, and various creative teams have apparently been pitching their own visual takes on the material. Shocktillyoudrop has featured three different sets of concept art in the past year — including the above vision by Paul Gerrard (Battle: Los Angeles) created…

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Deepest, Darkest Coming of Age Stories from Science Fiction and Fantasy

When it comes to discovering strange new worlds, there’s nothing like a young protagonist venturing out into a world where it feels like absolutely anything can happen. Many of science fiction and fantasy’s coolest stories are about coming of age — but coming of age, in the end, means losing your innocence and confronting the…

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Bryan Singer claims his Battlestar Galactica movie can connect both BSG TV series

It’s been a long time since we had an update on the long-delayed Battlestar Galactica movie. And the latest bit of news is a whopper. Bryan Singer is claiming that his movie’s script, penned by John Orloff (Band of Brothers, Anonymous) will be able to fit in with both the 1978 original, and the reboot…

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10 Literary Devices, And Where You Can Find Them in Science Fiction

For thousands of years, humans have been creating stories — and for just as long, they’ve been coming up with words to describe all the tools and techniques that make a story work. But these “literary devices” don’t just show up in classical drama and Anglo-Saxon poetry. They also show up in today’s science fiction.…

Movies Annalee Newitz

3 clips from ParaNorman show off the grotesque beauty of stop-motion zombies

You’ve seen plenty of ParaNorman featurettes and behind-the-scenes videos showing the wonder of creating a madcap supernatural adventure, using miniature sets and stop-motion animation. But what about actual footage? Three newly released clips gives you the first real taste of the creepy world which Norman and his friends live in. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-life-ghost-stories-that-inspired-the-stop-moti-5931571 And here are a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Behold the mutant creature who lives under your house, Wormface!

Cult Movie Worship is back with Spanish Snow White, a playful droid, Snowpocalypse, Schoolgirlpocalypse and the terrible, horrible creature known as Wormface! Behold the indie splendor. Blancanieves Who doesn’t love a new translation of an already over-translated classic. But seriously, this Spanish bullfighting Snow White looks rad. Directed by Pablo Berger, Blancanieves, is set in…

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Classic movie posters get a colorful cartoon makeover

Like many artists, Ïve Bastrash loves to illustrate characters from his favorite movies in his own particular style. But Bastrash focuses not just on the characters but on their famous movie posters as well, redrawing several classic posters (Edit: and home video artwork) in his wide-eyed, cartoon style. Bastrash (who goes by Inkjava on deviantART)…

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Check out Logan’s brand new look in The Wolverine

First Superman goes to Alaska and becomes a dissheveled fisherman… and now Wolverine’s following Kal-El’s footsteps, judging from our first set photos of Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine. Minor spoilers ahead… We’re just guessing that these photos have something to do with the World War II POW camp that we know they’re filming some scenes…

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This short cartoon about the cuddliest demon summoning deserves a run in theaters

If only more animation studios prefaced their feature films with short cartoons, we might get more fun romps like The Colors of Evil. In this film, which Phillip Simon and Alyse Miller created as their thesis project at Ringling College of Art and Design, a wicked little girl summons a demon to deal with her…

Movies Lauren Davis

Why are these headshots from Cloud Atlas so disturbing?

Holy cow, the future world according to Cloud Atlas is scary as hell, and weird. A crop of new character portraits from the Cloud Atlas website via Collider have us making frowning and terrified, but hopelessly intrigued. Is that Asian Hugo Weaving and Jim Sturgess? What is tattooed on Susan Sarandon’s face, and is that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Real Reason Why Mondo’s Posters Look So Much Cooler Than Regular Movie Posters

The genius of Mondo’s posters is the way they make us see familiar science fiction and fantasy classics anew. They take the images that we’ve grown up with, and reimagine them. Sometimes with minimalism, sometimes with incredible ornateness. What’s the secret of Mondo‘s success? We sat down with creative director Justin Ishmael and poster artist…

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WOLVERINES! The very first Red Dawn footage is out

We’re not sure what to think about the remake of Red Dawn. The movie was plagued with issues (the villains changed from the Chinese to the North Koreans following a crapload of controversy) and shelved for years, but now it’s coming out and this is the very first look at the footage from the flick.…

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Total Recall is not a fantasy you want implanted in your brain

Total Recall is like Bourne Identity met Blade Runner, then had an ugly tabloid breakup followed by a nervous breakdown and a tell-all book. This remake of the 1990 cult classic Total Recall has all the ingredients of greatness, but squanders them. The result is an opulent film, packed with shiny details, that never persuades…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The real-life ghost stories that inspired the stop-motion zombie movie ParaNorman

The animated “Goonies with zombies” horror flick ParaNorman is stuffed with floating green spirits and an adorable ghost puppy dogs (who’ve been horrifically sliced in two). In this exclusive featurette, the voice cast of Leslie Mann, Anna Kendrick and Jeff Garlin explain how real experiences with the paranormal and certain real-life ghosts that influenced ParaNorman.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Guillermo del Toro teases “big name” writer for his Incredible Hulk TV show

10 Best Spy-Fi Movies of All Time

Could the real Galactus turn up in one of Marvel’s upcoming movies? [Updated!]

First Concept Art for the Neuromancer Movie!

Karl Urban takes us step by step through the process of becoming Judge Dredd

An exclusive look at how Snow White and the Huntsman created a giant magical army

Hellraiser concept art shows the many visions of Pinhead

Deepest, Darkest Coming of Age Stories from Science Fiction and Fantasy

Bryan Singer claims his Battlestar Galactica movie can connect both BSG TV series

10 Literary Devices, And Where You Can Find Them in Science Fiction

3 clips from ParaNorman show off the grotesque beauty of stop-motion zombies

Behold the mutant creature who lives under your house, Wormface!

Classic movie posters get a colorful cartoon makeover

Check out Logan’s brand new look in The Wolverine

This short cartoon about the cuddliest demon summoning deserves a run in theaters

Why are these headshots from Cloud Atlas so disturbing?

The Real Reason Why Mondo’s Posters Look So Much Cooler Than Regular Movie Posters

WOLVERINES! The very first Red Dawn footage is out

Total Recall is not a fantasy you want implanted in your brain

The real-life ghost stories that inspired the stop-motion zombie movie ParaNorman

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