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The paper puppet Prometheus trailer is slightly more disturbing than the real thing

Here’s a hoot and a half. Travis Betz has meticulously recreated the trailer to Prometheus using bobbing and swaying paper cutouts. The overall effect is unnerving, as it looks like a middle school project gone horrifically awry. Two-dimensional Noomi Rapace shuddering and Idris Elba staring off into space are downright chilling. [The Receptionist via The…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

What if Star Wars was shot like a Spanish Telenovela?

Everyone is cooling his or her fiery loins on the ice planet of Hoth, in this amazing Star Wars recut video. Watch as Han Solo transforms into an even bigger jerk in the newly renamed, Galaxy of Passion. You’ll never see Empire Strikes Back in the same way again.

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Dark Knight Rises is two hours and 45 minutes long!

The official time of Chris Nolan’s final Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, has finally been revealed. And it’s clocking in at a whopping two hours and 45 minutes long. Thus making it the longest movie in Nolan’s trilogy. Yipes. This makes us a little nervous, given that The Dark Knight already felt a wee…

Movies Meredith Woerner

First official picture from the set of Iron Man 3

Fresh on the metal heels of last week’s insanely spoilery on set Iron Man 3 set photo, Marvel has released the very first “official” Iron Man 3 picture. Which shows Tony Stark taking in his vast collection of Iron Man suits. We can’t wait to see the latest model! (And if the rumors are true,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What Would Actually Happen to the T.G.I. Friday’s Staff if the World Was Ending

Hidden in the three clips from the cute little comedy Seeking A Friend for the End of the World is this amazing gem of an end-of-the-world restaurant dining experience. In Lorene Scafaria’s (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) movie, the government announces that the world will end in three weeks (thanks to an oncoming asteroid) and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Lucky Day Forever, a Polish cartoon about our dystopian American Idol future

For the 16-minute animated film Lucky Day Forever, director/writer Alek Wasilewski depicts a future where the present-day glorification of the celebrity moron has been taken to society-destroying extremes. An intensely sinister and dark watch, tempered with some gorgeous animation and music. Here’s the synopsis: Prole 514 dreams about winning the Great Lottery. The lottery winner…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Watch the complete and uncut edition of the sleaze sensation Italian Spiderman

As far as I’m concerned, there is only one true Spider-Man, and that is Alrugo Entertainment’s Italian Spiderman. In this 40-minute, pitch-perfect parody of 1960s action flicks like Danger: Diabolik and bootleg superhero flicks like 3 Dev Adam and Indian Superman, the Italian Spiderman (a superhero with absolutely no arachnid powers or relationship to Peter…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

New Dark Knight Rises footage shows why Catwoman is so scared

MTV capped off its Movie Awards show with an incredible collection of new footage from Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Check out an amazing moment between Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman, which we only just glimpsed in the last trailer. Looks like Selina Kyle is nervous about someone — it sounds like she’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Vertigo soundtrack makes the Joker’s bank heist extra creepy

Christopher Nolan’s movies have often been compared to Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers, and this video, which places the score from Vertigo beneath the opening scene from The Dark Knight, shows what a nice match Hitchcock’s audio tastes are with Nolan’s visuals. It also amps up the tension of the clown-faced bank heist. [via Geeks Are Sexy]

Movies Lauren Davis

How a Looong Steadicam Shot Was Constructed in Hugo

Long Steadicam shots have become a staple of Hollywood movies over the past decade or so. Pulling it off involves complexities way beyond the seemingly simple task of walking through a room. In this behind-the-scenes clip from last year’s Hugo, you can see the coordination and movie tricks that go into a great Steadicam shot…

Movies Michael Hession

What’s hidden inside Looper‘s time machine?

We keep getting more fascinating glimpses of Rian Johson’s time-traveling gangster movie Looper. The latest clue: This strange poster, which only raises more questions. What’s the time machine filled with? Books, journals, or something else? We don’t know. What we do know is that this movie stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing a younger version of Bruce…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch the alternate opening sequence of John Carter. Could it have helped the movie?

John Carter of Mars was sadly complicated and did not take any breaks to let the audience catch up with the complicated backstory of Barsoom. But in its defense, this movie had a hefty load of source material to adapt. Would it all have been easier to follow if Andrew Stanton had used this original…

Movies Meredith Woerner

AT-AT Bunk Bed is the Best Bunk Bed

This kid totally has it made. Gaze upon the glory that is the AT-AT bed. Then find me this child’s residence, so we can convince him to let us stage a Hoth rebel base takeover in it. The folks over at

Movies Meredith Woerner

The awesome terribleness of Snow White and the Huntsman

The newest badass fantasy flick to hit theaters is Snow White and the Huntsman, out today, and I believe it proves my theory that Kristen Stewart is the Keanu Reeves of her generation. It also proves a few other things, like the fact that you can still have an awesome time watching an unapologetically cheesy…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Fantastic Concept Art from the “Moon Nazi” Movie Iron Sky

We’ve seen some eye-popping designs and visuals from Iron Sky, the Finnish movie about Nazis on the Moon, already. But this latest batch is the most brilliant yet, with an attention to detail that makes you believe the Nazis really did have a secret Moonbase. This is the work of artist Jussi Lehtiniemi, who created…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in June! [Updated!]

The future awaits! June’s science fiction and fantasy offerings include brand new David Brin and Terry Pratchett. Plus Prometheus and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! Plus tons and tons of conventions, author appearances, and summer TV premieres. Learn everything you need to know to make June the most exciting month of all. Now updated and corrected…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Crazypants Synopsis to the Wachowskis’ Next Movie Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowski’s next big movie, after Cloud Atlas, is titled Jupiter Ascending. The only details we had no the strange futuristic movie was that Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis were starring in it… until now. Vulture has released what they are claiming is the synopsis for Jupiter Ascending. And it is bat-shit crazy: A universe…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Leprechaun remake will star WWE wrestler Hornswoggle

Lionsgate has hired a screenwriter Harris Wilkinson to remake its classic Leprechaun horror movie. And according to Deadline, Lionsgate “already set the WWE wrestler Hornswoggle to play the creature when the project was unveiled as the first in a two-film deal between Lionsgate and WWE Studios.” That is a real thing that is happening in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

In Piranha 3DD — the sequel to 2010’s “nubile swimmers getting eaten underwater” flick Piranha 3D — a sleazy water park monitored by stripper lifeguards and an unapologetically ineffectual David Hasselhoff is invaded by hungry fish. io9 had a quick chat with comedian David Koechner about playing P3DD’s villainous water slide magnate and the public’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

We’re reaching a point at which the Kinect might be more impressive for everything it does except gaming—and projects like this one might seal the deal. DSLR footage spread over a 3D mapped body? Here’s the future. As the Creators Project points out, the technique of pasting human faces and frames on computer forms isn’t…

Movies Sam Biddle

The paper puppet Prometheus trailer is slightly more disturbing than the real thing

What if Star Wars was shot like a Spanish Telenovela?

The Dark Knight Rises is two hours and 45 minutes long!

First official picture from the set of Iron Man 3

What Would Actually Happen to the T.G.I. Friday’s Staff if the World Was Ending

Lucky Day Forever, a Polish cartoon about our dystopian American Idol future

Watch the complete and uncut edition of the sleaze sensation Italian Spiderman

New Dark Knight Rises footage shows why Catwoman is so scared

Vertigo soundtrack makes the Joker’s bank heist extra creepy

How a Looong Steadicam Shot Was Constructed in Hugo

What’s hidden inside Looper‘s time machine?

Watch the alternate opening sequence of John Carter. Could it have helped the movie?

AT-AT Bunk Bed is the Best Bunk Bed

The awesome terribleness of Snow White and the Huntsman

Fantastic Concept Art from the “Moon Nazi” Movie Iron Sky

The io9 Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in June! [Updated!]

The Crazypants Synopsis to the Wachowskis’ Next Movie Jupiter Ascending

Leprechaun remake will star WWE wrestler Hornswoggle

The bad guy of Piranha 3DD tells us about his aquatic swingers’ club

Crazy Kinect Magic Makes Sci-Fi Holograms Real

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