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Studios Want to Charge $30 For Early Movie Streaming

Bloomberg reports that Sony, Warner Bros., and Walt Disney are all in talks to offer a home streaming option for movies “soon after” their theater runs. Except they want to charge $30 for the privilege. The studios are all in talks with In Demand about giving a streaming option months in advance of DVD or…

Movies Brian Barrett

4 Paranormal Activity 2 clips make us think the baby did it!

What is this evil baby doing to this poor family? Four video viral clips from Paranormal Activity 2 seem to insinuate the movie’s evil menace is the baby. Watch as the wee monster terrifies its parents all over their condo.

Movies Meredith Woerner

H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon to ensnare Portland this weekend

Heads up to West Coast io9ers — a Lovecraft-themed gathering will be going down in Portland this weekend. The list of events includes screenings of eldritch cinema and literature, an appearance from Stuart Gordon, and other sundry mind-bending activities. The festival will occur from October 1-3 at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon. Here’s a…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Watch sneak peeks from SGU, No Ordinary Family, Chuck, The Event and Fringe!

Michael Chiklis is back in another dysfunctional superhero clan, but it’s No Ordinary Family. Stargate Universe returns with startling revelations. There’s also Fringe, Supernatural, Chuck, Smallville, The Event, Venture Bros… and the weirdest Lord Of The Rings porn spoof ever. Today: Start off the week right, with a new Chuck on NBC at 8 PM.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Hollywood originally wanted Twilight to be an action movie, maybe with Ninjas

What if Edward Cullen swapped his brooding sob sessions for fisticuffs, against a vampire-hunting SWAT team? That would have been a whole other cinematic disaster… and apparently, that’s just what Hollywood originally wanted. Read what Twi-harder could have been. In an interview with Hollywood Life, Twilight producer Mark Morgan revealed that early on, studio execs…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Daft Punk’s Tron Soundtrack Out on November 22nd

Come November 22nd, the CD, deluxe edition pack and digital download of Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack will be released prior to the film’s December 17th release. We’re dead excited for some blip-bloop-bleep action. [Tron via @BBC6MusicNews]

Movies Kat Hannaford

More “Big Tits Zombie,” a new evil Santa Claus, Bollywood robots, and magic bikinis

Step aside Human Centipede. This is how you do gore…with a touch of the absurdly adorable! The latest trailer for Big Tits Zombie is out and it’s delivering on both promises. Enjoy! Big Tits Zombie The UK trailer for Takao Nakano’s adaptation of Rei Mikamoto’s cult manga Kyonyo Dragon. We’ve posted the long plot synopsis…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Sunday Matinee: Daft Punk’s anime space opera, Interstella 5555

We all know that Daft Punk’s composed the soundtrack to Tron Legacy. But did you know that in 2003, the band teamed up with Toei Animation to create an intergalactic odyssey about alien pop bands? Witness Interstella 5555. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is a dialog-less film set to the group’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Mad Scientist Smackdown: Mega-Genius Elimination Round!

There’s never been a contest of crazy — and scientific brilliance — as intense as the io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown. Now it’s down to four legendary minds… and only two of them can go on to tomorrow’s Final Smackdown! Who will be the two uber-brains left standing tomorrow? You decide! Doc Brown vs. Hubert Farnsworth!online…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Human Centipede 2 trailer promises “the sickest movie ever,” medical inaccuracy

A new preview for IFC’s Human Centipede 2 has hit the web, and director Tom Six promises that the sequel to this year’s love train will ruin all of our thoughts about everything. Here’s the bizarre, SFW teaser. [Via Bloody Disgusting]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Zack Snyder’s owl movie is a hoot (OH I WENT THERE)

Thanks to a title that was seemingly lifted from Finnegans Wake, I initially had no idea what Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole was about. But now I do. It’s about owls. Like, a metric shit-ton of owls. More precisely, it is about owls who are apparently committed to reenact Snyder’s sword-and-sandals blockbuster…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The most ludicrous depictions of evolution in science fiction history

At its best, science fiction can help people better understand science, explaining new ideas and theories in the context of a thrilling, gripping story. And then there are these 10 utterly ridiculous stories about evolution. 1. Star Trek There are a bunch of examples of Star Trek’s often dubious grasp on the basic tenets of…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

How to attend Fantastic Fest without getting stuck in a coffin

Fantastic Fest in Austin has become the premiere US film festival for genre films. For opening night, they buried people alive. Now they’re unleashing dozens of new films, from thrillers to scifi. What are you missing at Fantastic Fest? From September 23rd through September 30th, genre movie fans gather at the Alamo Drafthouse and the…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

“Sharktopus” is the “Inception” of giant monster movies

Tomorrow night, at last, you’ll be able to witness the glory that is Syfy original movie Sharktopus. We’ve seen it, and now I understand why this CGI monstrosity represents (awesomely) the end of culture as we know it. Shark + octopus + cybernetic implants + knives I don’t want to bore or spoil you with…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Never Let Me Go will leave you numb inside

This year’s most anxiously awaited high-brow science fiction movie is also the year’s biggest Merchant Ivory-style weepie. The trouble with Never Let Me Go is that high-concept suspension of disbelief and repressed/understated British melodrama don’t always go together. Spoilers ahead! In Never Let Me Go, three ridiculously cute young people grow up together at a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Take a look at Captain America’s Peggy Carter

Comic Book Movie Fansites has pictures of Margaret ‘Peggy’ Carter, played by actress Hayley Atwell. In comics Peggy was the love interest of Captain America during the war, and the aunt of Sharon Carter, the good Captain’s current inamorata. Peggy was a American agent fought with Steve Rogers in World War II, and batted her…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

Watch the hilarious alternate opening sequence to Iron Man 2

When you’re listing cool scenes that were in movie trailers, but not in the actual movie, the Iron Man 2 scene where Pepper kisses Tony’s helmet and tosses it away, and he says “You complete me,” would be up there. https://gizmodo.com/kick-ass-scenes-that-are-in-trailers-but-arent-in-the-5272895 This alternate opening, which I’m guessing will be on the DVD and Blu-ray, coming…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Bill and Ted are back!

Doctor Who fans will soon be angrily explaining (again) that their phone booth came first. Alex Winter – Bill – has confirmed a rumor that the Bill and Ted series is going to become a trilogy. Let’s face it; it was only a matter of time once skinny jeans and off-the-shoulder shirts came back into…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

Blockbuster Will Be “Evaluating Every Single Store”

Shed a few tears over Blockbuster’s demise? You’re not alone. But don’t worry, there is a glimmer of hope for your local store, with their CEO promising that if it performs well, it might just stay open. https://gizmodo.com/blockbuster-is-officially-bankrupt-5645771 Basically, if you and your neighbors have been loyal to Blockbuster over the years, there’s a chance…

Movies Kat Hannaford

Chris Nolan is meeting with a short list of possible Superman directors

The new Superman movie is roaring ahead — The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who’s producing, reportedly has five potential directors in mind, and he’s meeting with them now. So who’s in line to revamp the Man Of Tomorrow? Deadline posted an exclusive (but unsourced) story naming Nolan’s five possible Superman directors, some of whom…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Studios Want to Charge $30 For Early Movie Streaming

4 Paranormal Activity 2 clips make us think the baby did it!

H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon to ensnare Portland this weekend

Watch sneak peeks from SGU, No Ordinary Family, Chuck, The Event and Fringe!

Hollywood originally wanted Twilight to be an action movie, maybe with Ninjas

Daft Punk’s Tron Soundtrack Out on November 22nd

More “Big Tits Zombie,” a new evil Santa Claus, Bollywood robots, and magic bikinis

Sunday Matinee: Daft Punk’s anime space opera, Interstella 5555

Mad Scientist Smackdown: Mega-Genius Elimination Round!

Human Centipede 2 trailer promises “the sickest movie ever,” medical inaccuracy

Zack Snyder’s owl movie is a hoot (OH I WENT THERE)

The most ludicrous depictions of evolution in science fiction history

How to attend Fantastic Fest without getting stuck in a coffin

“Sharktopus” is the “Inception” of giant monster movies

Never Let Me Go will leave you numb inside

Take a look at Captain America’s Peggy Carter

Watch the hilarious alternate opening sequence to Iron Man 2

Bill and Ted are back!

Blockbuster Will Be “Evaluating Every Single Store”

Chris Nolan is meeting with a short list of possible Superman directors

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