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Revolting live action Mortal Kombat trailer is the best thing we’ve seen all day

If David Fincher had directed Mortal Kombat the movie, we bet it would have looked just like this. This is a seriously disturbing reimagining of the Kombat crew. Well done. Can you list off everyone mentioned in the clips? That’s Jax as Captain Jacks— Briggs. Jeri Ryan playing Sonya Blade. Reptile, Johnny Cage, Baraka, Shang…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Kim Kardashian’s gunning for Lara Croft role

Rumors are circulating that Kim Kardashian wants to play Lara Croft in the next Tomb Raider film. As Croft’s only prerequisites are to fill out the gun holsters and have a braided pony tail, we say she’s perfect! [ShowbizSpy]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Maybe This Is Why Blockbuster Is Dying

When your CEO thinks popping the Netflix disc in the Wii is more difficult than driving to a store to physically rent a disc (and then returning said disc), that might be a sign that your company isn’t exactly forward-thinking. According to this interview with CEO Jim Keyes over at Fast Company, he’d much rather…

Movies Adam Frucci

Michael Keaton would make Beetlejuice 2 in a “heartbeat”

Geena Davis is down for a Beetlejuice sequel, depending how “ghosts age” – and now Michael Keaton is too. In fact it’s “the one thing I’d love to do again.” We agree, bring back the ghost with the most! [MovieHole]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Star Wars: Legacy is selling tons, and the creators still have stories to tell. So why cancel it?

Comics Should Be Good’s Brian Cronin agrees with us: cancelling the ultra-popular Star Wars: Legacy is a dumb idea. And John Ostrander and Jan Duursema say they still have tons of stories to tell.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

20 minute sneak peek at Harry Potter’s real-world theme park

Haven’t made it down Florida to see The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for yourself? Then check out this very detailed video peek at the new park, stuffed with concept art, pictures and cast interviews.

Movies Meredith Woerner

Amazing casting call for Titanic 2: Mermaid Saviors!

Read the synopsis for what is possibly the most brilliant idea ever pitched in the history of mermaid movies. What happened after the Titanic sunk? The passengers were saved by mermaids – and Jack Dawson was elected mermaid King, naturally. This little casting call popped up on NY’s Craigslist. Yes, there is no doubt that…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Most awesome moments from “Princess of Mars” with Traci Lords

Over the weekend, Syfy aired its latest insta-classic, Princess of Mars. Starring sexy Martian Traci Lords, it’s the tale of . . . um . . . a guy, and Mars, and babes in chains . . . and SPIDERS. One of the greatest “bizarro excuse to send you into another dimension” scenes opens the…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Splice’s secret influences: Happy Days, Frankenstein and slug mating habits

If you caught Splice this weekend, you might have a few questions about the movie’s shocking twists. Director Vincent Natali broke down a few questions we had and explained tributes to other films – just don’t compare it to Species. Oh, and it goes without saying: If you haven’t seen Splice, there will be huge…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Scott Sigler’s book trailer goes for the Full Horror

Book trailers are always a bit like low-budget short films, but this trailer for Scott Sigler’s bio-horror film Ancestor relishes its exploitation movie cred. It’s flesh-rippingly awesome, and more than enough to get you primed for mad-science nastiness.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

When an underwhelming movie has an amazing trailer

It’s really true: You can’t judge a movie by its trailer. Some of the worst movies had trailers that made us go, “Hell yeah, I wanna see this now.” Sometimes they even make it look like a totally different movie. After having looked through a few hundred trailers for bad movies, the striking thing is…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Composer Bear McCreary jumps from Battlestar Galactica to videogames

io9 caught up with the great Bear McCreary at the Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. Bear told us about his new soundtrack for Sony PlayStation’s SOCOM 4, his favorite piece from BSG, and why he’ll never compose a porno. First off, you’ve done a ton of composing work on science fiction properties. When it…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Could Jamie Bell be the new Spider-Man?

Rumormongers are insisting that Jamie Bell (Jumper, King Kong and Billy Elliot) is Sony’s new rebooted High School Spider-Man. Meanwhile Sony has been issuing questionable “no comment” statements. Bell was our top choice, until Donald Glover showed up. [Bleeding Cool]

Movies Meredith Woerner

John Carpenter is coming back to save the vampire genre

Vampires is always highly watchable, even with James Woods as the vampire slayer lead. Can Carpenter’s new flick Fangland save the vampire genre from itself? Shock Till You Drop is reporting that Carpenter will be adapting John Marks’ Fangland. Which has been in development for a while, and even had Hillary Swank signed up for…

Movies Meredith Woerner

This week’s TV = Stargate is out, True Blood is back!

This week, we bid a fond farewell to Stargate Universe and Breaking Bad and welcome back the vamping wampyrs of True Blood. Also, new Doctor Who and Ashes to Ashes, and the debuts of Neighbors from Hell and Persons Unknown. MONDAY 6/7/10 Neighbors from Hell — a new animated series about a demonic family adjusting…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

MTV Award round-up: Clips, sex jokes And Xtina’s LED vagina

Last night was the MTV Awards, and hopefully you’ve already seen the Scott Pilgrim clip and Harry Potter trailer. But check out what else aired that night, including new Twilight: Eclipse and Airbender clips, plus Xtina Aguilera goes bionic. Aziz Ansari was the host for the MTV movie awards, and he was generally hilarious, plus…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer debuts

The first trailer from Harry Potter’s big two part finale premiered on the MTV Movie Awards tonight. Watch as our Hogwarts students prepare for their big finale. imdb Synopsis: Voldemort’s power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore’s work and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Eliza Dushku’s magical lady bits commune with the dead (or something)

We’re not really sure what Eliza Dushku’s new film Locked In is about. But judging from the trailer, if you have sex with her you can talk to the dead! Plus awesome new shorts and behind-the-scenes on Monsters. Locked In Suri Krishnamma’s Locked In is shrouded in mystery. We’re still not sure what Lester from…

Movies Meredith Woerner

First Scott Pilgrim clip lives up to the hype

Michael Cera unleashes his kick-ass video-game fighting skills in the first ever clip from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Watch as Chris Evans and his arsenal of stuntmen doubles smack Pilgrim around with a skateboard. Click to view [via MTV]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Happy 25th anniversary, Goonies. Here’s the time you fought a giant octopus.

Richard Donner’s classic swearing-children flick The Goonies turns 25 tomorrow. To commemorate its release, here’s the deleted scene in which Data defeats a giant octopus with an über-modern cassette player. Enjoy. Note the sheer un-PCness of this scene, as it’s Data who points out that the octopus is “giant sushi.” Also, the song Data tosses…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Revolting live action Mortal Kombat trailer is the best thing we’ve seen all day

Kim Kardashian’s gunning for Lara Croft role

Maybe This Is Why Blockbuster Is Dying

Michael Keaton would make Beetlejuice 2 in a “heartbeat”

Star Wars: Legacy is selling tons, and the creators still have stories to tell. So why cancel it?

20 minute sneak peek at Harry Potter’s real-world theme park

Amazing casting call for Titanic 2: Mermaid Saviors!

Most awesome moments from “Princess of Mars” with Traci Lords

Splice’s secret influences: Happy Days, Frankenstein and slug mating habits

Scott Sigler’s book trailer goes for the Full Horror

When an underwhelming movie has an amazing trailer

Composer Bear McCreary jumps from Battlestar Galactica to videogames

Could Jamie Bell be the new Spider-Man?

John Carpenter is coming back to save the vampire genre

This week’s TV = Stargate is out, True Blood is back!

MTV Award round-up: Clips, sex jokes And Xtina’s LED vagina

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer debuts

Eliza Dushku’s magical lady bits commune with the dead (or something)

First Scott Pilgrim clip lives up to the hype

Happy 25th anniversary, Goonies. Here’s the time you fought a giant octopus.

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