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This 5-minute film was made in 48 hours, and tells a better story than most features

Every year the Sci-Fi London Film Festival issues a challenge to filmmakers. They hand out bags full of props, a movie title, and theme prompts to filmmakers, and then give them 48 hours to produce a 5-minute film. A group of judges choose the winner, who will get backing to make a feature film. This…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Hook’s Rufio is getting his own movie. Let’s hope it’s called Bangarang

Bangarang! Remember the angry crop-top wearing leader of the lost boys, from Robin Williams’ slightly creepy take on the Peter Pan fairytale, Hook? Now Rufio is getting a movie prequel of his own, and it’s taking us behind the red and black mohawk. In an interview with Crave actor Dante Basco revealed the plans to…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for being a man who writes a lot of “strong female characters.” People always ask Rucka why he chooses to write so…

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Watch Redux Red Riding Hood, a trippy Disney cartoon that hasn’t been seen for 15 years

Back in 1997, Mia Farrow, Garrison Keillor, Michael Richards, Fabio, Adam West, and Don Rickles lent their voices to Redux Riding Hood, a wonderfully weird jazz-inflected short cartoon that toured the festival circuit. The short was nominated for an Academy Award and then shelved indefinitely for whatever reason. Fortunately, director Steve Moore has posted this…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Don’t worry: Grant Morrison’s Dinosaurs vs. Aliens won’t be a silent movie

We’re beyond excited for Grant Morrison and Barry Sonnenfeld’s prehistoric battle royale movie Dinosaurs Vs. Aliens. We got a few new details on the project while chatting with Sonnenfeld about his latest movie MIB3. Find out where this project is in Hollywood right now, and exactly how the audience is going to connect to with…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Prometheus Monster is “Every Woman’s Worst Nightmare”

Get a load of some sexy spaceship concept art from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Plus, here are some more details from Scott’s latest interview, in which he reveals his new alien beasties’ many secrets. In a lengthy talk with The Hollywood Reporter Scott dives into his new Alien prequel, revealing all sorts of delightful details, such…

Movies Meredith Woerner

One of the earliest films was a boxing match between cats

Here’s some more fodder for your retro feline obsession. One of the earliest short films ever recorded was a boxing match between cats shot in July 1894 by Thomas Edison and his motion picture technicians. And according to a synopsis of this narrative tour de force, boxing was the least of the cats’ worries: https://gizmodo.com/even-in-the-1870s-humans-were-obsessed-with-ridiculous-5900334…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Short film Vessel puts a sick new twist on an old alien abduction story

Check out the short alien creature feature Vessel, which has finally been released online today. We’ve been following this little flick for years, and at last everyone can watch it. This is seriously fun alien horror. https://gizmodo.com/first-gooey-footage-from-vessels-in-flight-alien-attack-5622935 Here’s the official summary from Vessel’s website. VESSEL is a very ambitious scifi / horror short in the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What if we could animate NASA’s space murals? It would look like this

Remember the gloriously vibrant space art of astronauts walking on the moon? If those images were made into a movie they would look a whole hell of a lot like the trailer for Liquid Skies. Check it out, it’s absolutely beautiful. Liquid Skies You’re going to like this, check out the trailer for Annis Naeem’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Even More Avengers Concept Art! Animated storyboards, set designs, and the evolution of Loki’s alien army

Earlier this morning, we showed you the concept designs for several props from The Avengers. But there’s plenty more concept art from Joss Whedon’s superhero movie for us to indulge our eyeballs in, detailing the interior settings, action-packed storyboards, and the artistic journey of the Avengers’ alien foes and their vehicles. https://gizmodo.com/avengers-concept-art-takes-a-closer-look-at-lokis-staff-5911757 Jane Wu, who…

Movies Lauren Davis

Avengers concept art takes a closer look at Loki’s staff and Hawkeye’s arrows

Concept artist Fabian Lacey designed many of the props for The Avengers, including Hawkeye’s bow and arrows, Loki’s sceptre and staff, and Tony Stark’s bracelets. And Lacey has kindly released several of his concept designs for the film. You can see even more concepts and detailed designs at Lacey’s website, and lose yourself in the…

Movies Lauren Davis

Which literary character is most frequently portrayed on screen?

Having appeared 254 times in film and television, Sherlock Holmes is, according to the Guinness World Records, the most frequently portrayed human literary character. But he’s not the most frequently portrayed of all literary characters; the one who holds the top slot isn’t human. Sherlock wipes the floor with the next most prolific human character,…

Movies Lauren Davis

Coors Light goes down slightly better than a Prometheus alien larva

Why would you use an Alien universe movie to market anything you would ingest? Coors Light has taken the chance that you might associate its beer with edible alien larvae with this co-branded Prometheus TV spot. I just hope that the doomed members of the Prometheus crew get something better than Coors Light as their…

Movies Lauren Davis

In a new Brave clip, King Fergus relates his battle with the demon bear

Everyone has a story they love to tell again and again, and Brave’s King Fergus has a doozy. In this new clip, he tells the story about the demon bear who took his leg, although one of his children delights in spoiling his storytelling fun. This clip was actually in the 30 minutes Pixar showed…

Movies Lauren Davis

The Raw Beauty of Battleship‘s Alien Concept Art

The coolest thing about Battleship? The sleek look of its alien spaceships and war machines. Tasked with creating a whole new alien race from scratch, designers who’d worked on Star Trek and The Matrix created some downright beautiful killer starships. Check out an exclusive first look at the concept art of Battleship, by designer George…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Ryan Reynolds is the frontrunner for the Highlander remake — just let him be Deadpool, dammit!

Is someone hellbent on finding the worst ways to make Ryan Reynolds a big ticket leading man? News of his next possible project has us scratching our heads — Reynolds might be the new lead in the Highlander reboot. Commence “there can only be one” jokes now. According to Variety, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intruders)…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Chart that Reveals How Science Fiction Futures Changed Over Time

The future may seem to be closer or farther off, depending on the era you’re living in. That’s one of the possible conclusions you can draw from this chart (embedded below), created by Stephanie Fox for io9, based on research we’ve done over the past month. We wanted to know whether there are historical trends…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Battleship proves alien invasion movies are just as contrived as romantic comedies

Battleship is superficially based on an old board game, but really it’s the latest in a long line of movies about alien forces coming to our planet and trashing the place. And this movie proves what we’ve suspected for a long time: the Hollywood alien invasion picture relies on a whole series of ridiculous contrivances…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

An abandoned French subway station was turned into the set of Prometheus

We now live in an era when gonzo viral marketing runs the risk of being more intriguing than the film it’s designed to promote. In Paris, the Saint-Martin stop (which has been unused for 73 years) on the Metro’s Line 9 was transformed into the extraterrestrial architecture of Prometheus, giving passengers a glimpse of Gigeresque…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Kanye’s Epic, Seven-Screen DONDA Movie Coming Next Week

Remember when Kanye went on an epic rant back in January about his new technology-fueled initiative DONDA? Remember the talk of his quasi-sci-fi short film set in 2016, which would be projected onto seven screens? Yeah, he wasn’t lying. It’s happening, and it’ll see the light of day next week. https://gizmodo.com/kanyes-insane-tech-startup-is-the-most-insane-kanye-pla-5873307 Debuting at the Cannes…

Movies Adrian Covert

This 5-minute film was made in 48 hours, and tells a better story than most features

Hook’s Rufio is getting his own movie. Let’s hope it’s called Bangarang

Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”

Watch Redux Red Riding Hood, a trippy Disney cartoon that hasn’t been seen for 15 years

Don’t worry: Grant Morrison’s Dinosaurs vs. Aliens won’t be a silent movie

Prometheus Monster is “Every Woman’s Worst Nightmare”

One of the earliest films was a boxing match between cats

Short film Vessel puts a sick new twist on an old alien abduction story

What if we could animate NASA’s space murals? It would look like this

Even More Avengers Concept Art! Animated storyboards, set designs, and the evolution of Loki’s alien army

Avengers concept art takes a closer look at Loki’s staff and Hawkeye’s arrows

Which literary character is most frequently portrayed on screen?

Coors Light goes down slightly better than a Prometheus alien larva

In a new Brave clip, King Fergus relates his battle with the demon bear

The Raw Beauty of Battleship‘s Alien Concept Art

Ryan Reynolds is the frontrunner for the Highlander remake — just let him be Deadpool, dammit!

A Chart that Reveals How Science Fiction Futures Changed Over Time

Battleship proves alien invasion movies are just as contrived as romantic comedies

An abandoned French subway station was turned into the set of Prometheus

Kanye’s Epic, Seven-Screen DONDA Movie Coming Next Week

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