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This is the Green Lantern’s power battery

At the Spike Scream Awards on Saturday, Ryan Reynolds appeared with a giant Oan power battery. Photos have also surfaced of the handheld battery from the film, and it looks appropriately alien. Reynolds was on hand to accept the “Most Anticipated Movie” award on behalf of Green Lantern. If you want to see the giant…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Adam Baldwin in a stormtrooper helmet? Plus Batman fights Emperor Joker!

This week, Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) unveils a live-action show about super-teens on lockdown. Batman faces Emperor Joker, and we’ve got two clips. Seven of Nine moves into a haunted house. Plus Adam Baldwin wears a stormtrooper helmet! Today: There’s a new Scooby Doo – Mystery Inc. at 7 PM on the Cartoon…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Here’s the first trailer for “Paul,” Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s alien comedy

Get the first official look at the sassy, smoking alien grey Seth Rogen lent his voice to in the scifi road trip comedy Paul. Plus it stars Shaun of the Dead’s Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. What’s not to love? Paul follows Pegg and Frost on a long road trip to the San Diego Comic…

Movies Meredith Woerner

First look at Disney’s Mars Needs Moms

Don’t take your mother for granted, or aliens will come down from Mars, kidnap her, and horribly scar you for life. That’s the message of Robert Zemeckis’ final Disney production, Mars Needs Moms. Here’s your first look. Based on the book by Berkeley Breathed, this film marks the final Zemeckis foray into the uncanny valley.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Here’s your first look at the SHIELD Helicarrier from the Avengers

Here’s a first look at Nick Fury’s flying fortress from Joss Whedon’s Avengers. The Helicarrier, which was originally supposed to appear in Iron Man 2, was designed by George Hull and eschews the comic book design’s turbines for giant propellers. According to leak site Spidermedia.Ru, Kevin Feige wants to build one of these puppies atop…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Get up close with a new kind of alien parasite: the breast popper

Check out the latest images and trailer from Parasitic, the movie that’s not afraid to let a gooey alien ruin a gorgeous bartender’s, um, attributes. It’s what schlocky creature features do best…burst out of people. Plus more Panzer 88! Parasitic Check out the trailer for Parasitic, plus a few stills. We’re pretty impressed with the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Panzer 88 Concept Art

Art by A.J. Trahan. Art by A.J. Trahan.

Movies Meredith Woerner

“Red” proves the action movie and the comic book movie have finally converged

Comic-book movies and action movies have so much in common: the unrealistic action, the loopy characterization, the WTF-laden plots. But now that more straight-up action movies are being made based on comics, the two genres have merged. Exhibit A: Red. Red, opening today, is loosely — and we stress, loosely — based on a three-issue…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

It’s not just hooker shoes, either. Disney’s also flogging a delightful $2,600 sterling-silver Tron necklace and $150 belt-buckle, just in time to get dressed for the movie’s December release. [Disney via Technabob via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/daft-punks-tron-soundtrack-out-on-november-22nd-5648663

Movies Kat Hannaford

First look at the last Family Guy Star Wars special

Here’s a little preview of the very last Family Guy Star Wars parody, titled Family Guy: It’s a Trap!. Lois is prisoner of Jabba the Hutt (played by Joe). But which Family Guy character will play the Ewoks? [AceShowbiz]

Movies Meredith Woerner

First look at Daft Punk inside Tron City, plus an all-new digitized track

Here’s the first official picture of Daft Punk on the grid in Tron Legacy. Also, take a listen to their latest Tron track “The Game Has Changed,” on the TRON Facebook page.

Movies Meredith Woerner

6 upcoming movie prequels, and why they might not suck

We caught our first glimpse of The Thing’s creepy Arctic horror this past weekend. But it’s just one of a half-dozen movie prequels in the pipeline. Past experience shows many of these prequels may suck. Here’s your prequel suckitude forecast. https://gizmodo.com/first-thing-prequel-footage-cracks-open-the-alien-ice-b-5659890 https://gizmodo.com/prequels-arent-just-dumb-theyre-evil-362816 https://gizmodo.com/10-science-fiction-prequels-ranked-by-crappiness-5223980 https://gizmodo.com/arriving-pre-spoiled-why-prequels-suck-5450198 Fairly minor spoilers ahead… And welcome, once again, to Monday Hate…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

A day in the life of the Ghostbusters firehouse

What’s it like to a be a firefighter at the FDNY Hook & Ladder No. 8 Firehouse in Manhattan? 50% of your day is dedicated to extinguishing fires; the other 50% is spent dealing with Ghostbusters fans. This short film of the firehouse (which is on the corner of North Moore and Varick) was made…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Anyone Can Have A Digitally Enhanced Body Now

Click to view If you dislike the way you look on video, a new kind of image-manipulation software could make you feel better about yourself. Developed by Christian Theobalt of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, and colleagues, it allows professional and amateur movie-makers to dramatically alter how muscular, leggy or heavy…

Movies Shanta Barley - New Scientist

A Typical Day At The Ghostbusters Firehouse

What’s it like to be an actual firefighter (as played by an actor) in the Ghostbusters firehouse? Lucrative, apparently. [via]

Movies Joel Johnson

Watch This Man on Fire Leap Out of a Skyscraper

It’s a special kind of person who willingly gets set on fire and throws himself out of a (closed) skyscraper window. And as you can see, the thrill of watching it is greater than anything you’d get from CGI. All that for what I assume is a five second shot in some German movie you’ve…

Movies Brian Barrett

DreamWorks wants to make the Halo movie, but will Microsoft take the risk?

The success of the latest Halo game has sparked DreamWorks’ interest in making a Halo movie. Which on one hand, means Steven Spielberg’s potential involvement. But if the movie’s garbage, would it set back Halo’s very lucrative video-game franchise? [Vulture]

Movies Meredith Woerner

How owls developed stealth technology

The Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Jareth the Goblin King, and Harry Potter’s messenger owls have the power of creeping up on people. So do owls in real life, due to the design of their wings and feathers. Owls are the bird of choice for the freaky supernatural beings. They look cool. They have the freaky-head-turn thing…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

Transformers 3’s title is Transformers: The Dark of the Moon

The title to the third Transformers film is very Pink Floyd. We hear if you sync it up with The Wizard of Oz, Starscream delivers all of the Cowardly Lion’s dialog. [Collider]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Is Ronald D. Moore’s next big TV project a revival of the steampunk classic Wild Wild West?

Ronald D. Moore’s next possible TV gig could be rebooting 1960s TV classic Wild Wild West. While we’re not wild about the recent Will Smith movie, we’re kind of curious to see RDM go steampunk. [EW]

Movies Meredith Woerner

This is the Green Lantern’s power battery

Adam Baldwin in a stormtrooper helmet? Plus Batman fights Emperor Joker!

Here’s the first trailer for “Paul,” Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s alien comedy

First look at Disney’s Mars Needs Moms

Here’s your first look at the SHIELD Helicarrier from the Avengers

Get up close with a new kind of alien parasite: the breast popper

Panzer 88 Concept Art

“Red” proves the action movie and the comic book movie have finally converged

Disney is Selling Official Tron Hooker Shoes for $795

First look at the last Family Guy Star Wars special

First look at Daft Punk inside Tron City, plus an all-new digitized track

6 upcoming movie prequels, and why they might not suck

A day in the life of the Ghostbusters firehouse

Anyone Can Have A Digitally Enhanced Body Now

A Typical Day At The Ghostbusters Firehouse

Watch This Man on Fire Leap Out of a Skyscraper

DreamWorks wants to make the Halo movie, but will Microsoft take the risk?

How owls developed stealth technology

Transformers 3’s title is Transformers: The Dark of the Moon

Is Ronald D. Moore’s next big TV project a revival of the steampunk classic Wild Wild West?

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