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Tron Legacy brought in Pixar to spruce up Tron’s digital soul

Some people would think bringing in new writers is a bad sign. But when you’re bringing in Pixar’s most respective creators, we think it’s a very good sign. So where did Joe Kosinski’s Tron need a little cleaning up? Entertainment Weekly is reporting that late March, the Tron filmmakers screened a rough cut of their…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Will Inception be Christopher Nolan’s first big flop?

The early reviews of Inception all praised its complexity and smart ideas, but warned it might be too smart for dumb moviegoers. Now some people are starting to wonder if it’ll make back its reported $200 million budget. https://gizmodo.com/we-round-up-inceptions-early-reviews-does-it-live-up-t-5580002 Science fiction writer Jason Sanford puts it right out there: This film will be a major…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Coming soon – possibly the greatest Star Wars toy ever

The collectibles maniacs over at Bantha Skull have gotten their hands on Hasbro’s soon-to-be-released AT-AT toy, and have declared it the greatest Star Wars toy ever. Check out their video of this must-have collectible. Find out more via Bantha Skull. Click to view

Movies Annalee Newitz

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

X-Men’s William Stryker is about to get even more evil. Brian Cox has joined Rise of the Apes as “villainous owner of a primate sanctuary” who doesn’t take great care of his primates. Fox’s Twitter has confirmed the deal. [TheWrap]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

This new horror film, The Shrine, looks creepily intriguing. Mostly because it doesn’t give away the entire premise in the first trailer. And the boil faced, glassy-eyed evil being you can just glimpse has us pretty scared. Check it out. Shock Till You Drop has the first trailer for Jon Knautz’s horror film, starring Ice…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

In the Andrew Niccol’s newest future vision, the rich stop aging at age 25, while the poor are forced to face mortality head-on. Amanda Seyfried has been cast as a gorgeous hostage, who’s worth her weight in minutes. TheWrap is reporting that Seyfriend has just been cast in a lead role in Niccol’s new film…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why did Predators’ trailers lie to us?

Predators pretty much ruled — but after we walked out of it, we were left going, “Waaaaait a minute.” Because this movie’s trailers were deceptive as heck. They included one iconic shot that wasn’t quite in the actual film. Spoilers! So I really did like Predators a whole lot. It was an action movie in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Check out Weta’s special-effects test footage from the set of Darkchylde

How can you bring the vivid, disturbing transformations from Randy Queen’s comic book Darkchylde to life on the big screen? New test footage, showing a nice Southern girl mutating into creatures from her nightmares, gives us our first glimpse. This film adaptation has been in development for a long time, and it looks like it’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

4 major Hollywood directors fight for Wicked, including J.J. Abrams

The Wicked movie adaptation is picking up steam, with a lot of Hollywood directors in the running. But it makes us wonder: What would a J.J. Abrams musical look like, and how fast would the actors have to sing? Deadline is reporting that the contenders include Abrams (Star Trek), James Mangold (Knight and Day, Walk…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch men become monsters in Adrien Brody’s prison experiment

We’ve been waiting for news on this film forever, and finally the trailer has been released. The Experiment recreates the infamous Stanford prison experiment in 1971, documenting what happens when college students are transformed into prisoners and prison guards. To be fair, this isn’t the first film to recreate Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Experiment. A German…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Twilight film for guys and one very zombie Christmas

This week cult worship is spotlighting A Cadaver Christmas, which is exactly the kind of bloody indie holiday film we adore. A few concept stills from The Last City destroy the Big Apple. And, finally, a Twilight for guys. A Cadaver Christmas One thing we love here are holiday-themed horror flicks. So we’re very excited…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Analyst: Blockbuster’s Last Gasp to Occur in 2011

Blockbuster? We knew it was dying, courtesy Redbox, Netflix and the changing ways people consume their entertainment, but when will it finally expire? Probably next year, according to one analyst and the company’s own balance sheet. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/maybe-this-is-why-blockbuster-is-dying-5558257 It’s a balance sheet that’s continually losing money, with the latest blow coming last quarter, when Blockbuster…

Movies Jack Loftus

12 Predator homages to look out for in Predators – and 1 Alien shout out

Robert Rodriguez’s Predators is stuffed with tributes to past Predator installments, from the music to Predator comic book characters. We rounded up all the nods we caught so you can catch them in the theater. Minor spoilers ahead… Predator Theme Music Alan Silvestri’s music is absolutely in the new Predators film, it might be a…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Bury the rumors of a PG Pet Sematary next to your dead cat

Don’t believe the latest batch of ugly rumors that have been circulating about the Pet Sematary remake. It won’t be rated PG as long as producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has a say. A few weeks back Lija’s Library interviewed screenwriter David Kajganich, who was working on an early version of the Pet Semetary script for…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Was Edward Norton snubbed for the role of Hulk in Joss Whedon’s Avengers? (UPDATED)

HitFix is reporting that Marvel’s going with another actor to portray Bruce Banner in The Avengers instead of prior Hulk Ed Norton. Who? We should hear who’s wearing the purple pants come Comic-Con. UPDATE: Norton’s definitely out of the running. Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige had this to say about Norton’s replacement: We…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

When Movie Remastering Goes Too Far

Here’s a textbook example of how not to restore a movie. On the left, a frame from the original Predator, released in 1987. On the right, the same from Fox’s forthcoming Predator: Ultimate Hunter Edition, starring bizarro, wax-figure Arnold Schwarzenegger. All blow’d up like this, you might think the frame on the right looks great—it’s…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Is the U.S. remake of Let The Right One In doomed?

Just when we were starting to think the U.S. version of Let The Right One In might be worth watching, it turns out we may not get the chance. The culprit, once again, is studio turmoil. According to the Miami Herald, the controversial remake Let Me In may have its release scaled back massively: A…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Despicable Me proves every father is a supervillain

In Despicable Me, opening today, Steve Carrell plays a supervillain named Gru who only cares for fame… or rather infamy. Until he adopts three little orphan girls and grows a heart. Yes, it’s totally sappy. But you know, it’s fun. Oh, and spoiler alert and stuff. Here’s what you really want to know about Despicable…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Predators just might be the best action movie of summer

It’s fast-paced, full of great fight scenes, and isn’t bloated with awful CGI padding. The unpretentious monster movie Predators is a rip-roaring tale of supersolidier aliens fighting supersoldier humans, and it’s damn good fun. Plus, it even has interesting characters! Predators is a welcome dose of escapism in this summer of effects-heavy stinkers. The movie…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Avatar Returning to IMAX 3D For Two Weeks

Look guys, James Cameron has only made $350 million thus far on Avatar. I think I speak for us all when I say I’d sleep better knowing he made an even half billion. http://gawker.com/5583202/james-camerons-350m-avatar-payday?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gawker%2Ffull+%28Gawker%29 Avatar will return to IMAX 3D for two weeks starting August 27, 2010. And it will come with 8 minutes of…

Movies Mark Wilson

Tron Legacy brought in Pixar to spruce up Tron’s digital soul

Will Inception be Christopher Nolan’s first big flop?

Coming soon – possibly the greatest Star Wars toy ever

Brian Cox is a monkey-torturing bastard in Rise of the Apes

The Shrine shoves medieval weaponry into your eyes, turns you evil

Amanda Seyfried steals time in Andrew Niccol’s new I’m.mortal film

Why did Predators’ trailers lie to us?

Check out Weta’s special-effects test footage from the set of Darkchylde

4 major Hollywood directors fight for Wicked, including J.J. Abrams

Watch men become monsters in Adrien Brody’s prison experiment

A Twilight film for guys and one very zombie Christmas

Analyst: Blockbuster’s Last Gasp to Occur in 2011

12 Predator homages to look out for in Predators – and 1 Alien shout out

Bury the rumors of a PG Pet Sematary next to your dead cat

Was Edward Norton snubbed for the role of Hulk in Joss Whedon’s Avengers? (UPDATED)

When Movie Remastering Goes Too Far

Is the U.S. remake of Let The Right One In doomed?

Despicable Me proves every father is a supervillain

Predators just might be the best action movie of summer

Avatar Returning to IMAX 3D For Two Weeks

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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