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Why Sex and the City 2 is a science fiction movie

I saw Sex and the City 2 yesterday. I didn’t anticipate it would be a very good movie (indeed, it reminded me at times of Mannequin), but I also didn’t anticipate it would be a scifi film. What? First off, I’m going to assume that the average io9 reader doesn’t give a fig about Sex…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1982

No question: 1982 must be the best year in science fiction history. These 365 days gave birth to Blade Runner, Star Trek II, ET, Tron and The Thing, to name just a few. Face it, 1982 changed the face of film forever. Steven Spielberg’s E.T. is still at the top of the list of all…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Michael Bay gets ready to blow up the Ninja Turtles

Michael Bay is slowly colonizing all of your childhood memories and adding boatloads of dynamite. Bay’s production company has just been brought onboard to produce the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot. Deadline is reporting that Platinum Dunes, Bay’s production company, will be co-producing the new TMNT movie with Paramount and Nickelodeon. Perhaps this means…

Movies Lauren Davis

The creator of superhero comedy “No Heroics” will co-write the Runaways movie

Drew Pearce brought a welcome Tick-inspired snark to superhero comedy No Heroics. So it’s fantastic news that he’s going to co-write the movie version of Brian K. Vaughn’s ground-breaking comic The Runaways. [Deadline] https://gizmodo.com/worst-superheroic-sex-role-play-ever-5052632

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The last thing Spider-Man should be is another white guy

We just ran down the five bland white guys that are, reportedly, in the running to play Peter Parker in Sony’s Spider-Man reboot. Yawn. In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy? https://gizmodo.com/which-one-of-these-actors-is-the-new-spider-man-5548720 Yes, I know: “Because that’s how Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created him.” There is no…

Movies Marc Bernardin

DC readies The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman movies

It’s about time DC dusted off some of its second-tier superheroes for big-budget movies. The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman might finally get their movie debuts. It’s about time. WB’s chairman and CEO Barry Meyer spoke to Time Warner’s investors today. According to THR, he spilled the beans on a few upcoming projects. It’s no…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Real, Working Hoverboard Exists

I cannot overstate the significance of this news. French artist Nils Guadagnin has done the semi-possible: He’s recreated the hoverboard from Back to the Future II. And it totally works…so long as no one stands on it. The board floats through simple electromagnetism, but the more brilliant part of the design seems to be a…

Movies Mark Wilson

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1968

Today’s candidate for the best 365 days of scifi is 1968, a year that spawned masterpieces like 2001 and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and such enduring tales as Night of the Living Dead and Planet of the Apes. 1968 was a year of social upheaval — student protests and civil rights activists challenged…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

If only Michael Bay’s Transformers featured something as awesome as these Autobot City designs

Check out this insanely detailed concept art of Transformers’ Autobot City, created by Floro Dery. This is the Earth base where the mighty Autobots would live on Earth, which would fold into a fist if it were attacked. It’s massive! This is early concept art from The Transformers: The Movie, the animated film from ’86.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

IRONY: Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Pirating Technology

In 2003, a company named Medien Patent Verwaltung showed Warner Bros. their technology to mark films in a way capable of tracing a pirated copy back to its origin theater. And allegedly, WB has been using the tech since…without paying. MPV has a patent on their technology and is suing with that in hand. Interestingly…

Movies Mark Wilson

Does Carrie Give Up Her Mac For a HP Netbook in SATC2?

In today’s news-you-wish-you-didn’t-know, there’s a vicious rumor circulating that Carrie Bradshaw has swapped her MacBook for a HP netbook (albeit one designed by fashion designer Vivienne Tam). Gasp! Phone the girls! We have a MAJOR situation on our hands! Of course, it’s not surprising, because Sarah Jessica Parker is starring in a HP commercial, and…

Movies Kat Hannaford

Free Bitbop App Streams and Downloads TV Shows Via 3G or Wi-Fi

Bitbop is a clever little app that allows you to stream or download full-length TV shows to your mobile device. Currently only a few BlackBerry models are supported, but other cellphones will soon enjoy the mobile Hulu-like fun, too. There are apparently 25 content partners already, including News Corp, NBC Universal, the Food Network, A&E,…

Movies Rosa Golijan

Is Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcist scarier than the original Exorcist?

Spooky exorcisms are a staple among horror movies. But the latest trailer for the new Eli Roth-produced exorcism film has us wondering: Can this shaky cam “real life” film be half as frightening as the original Exorcist? Some of the scenes in this trailer look horrifying, while others look very shaky-cam and shticky. But it…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Movie soundtracks are designed to freak us out on an evolutionary level

According to evolutionary biologists, movie music contains “unexpected” sounds that trigger primal reactions from audiences. In other words, our brains are hardwired to respond with fear to the Jaws soundtrack. In a study led by evolutionary ecologist Daniel Blumstein of UCLA and published in the journal Biology Letters, researchers analyzed popular horror, drama, war, and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

48 Hour Magazine: The Six Minute Movie

48 Hour Magazine was an incredible project: thousands of contributors using online tools to create, print, and ship a magazine in two days. First: read Joel’s interview with the creators. Then: watch how it all happened. [Vimeo via Laughing Squid] https://gizmodo.com/48-hours-1-000s-of-contributors-1-magazine-5530008

Movies Brian Barrett

What was it really like to be a writer on Firefly?

Jose Molina wrote two of the best episodes of Joss Whedon’s Firefly, “Ariel” and “Trash.” Now he’s written a new original story, in the book Firefly: Still Flying. He talked to us about Jayne’s betrayal, and returning to the ‘verse. How did you get involved with Firefly? How did your previous experience on Dark Angel…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Mass Effect Movie Gets One Step Closer To Reality

According to Heat Vision Blog, the Mass Effect movie (we reviewed Mass Effect 2 here) is in talks to get a writer. This is probably the number one game-to-movie translation we want to see right now. https://gizmodo.com/the-mass-effect-experience-5456404 For the unfamiliar, Mass Effect is about a Commander (that’s you) with his own ship that goes around…

Movies Jason Chen

Hollywood Considering $20-$30 Movie Theater Sidestep

Time Warner Cable just pitched the major Hollywood studios a new idea: “home theater on demand.” It would allow people at home to watch movies just 30 days after they’re released in the theater for $20-$30. This 30-day home distribution method cuts the general 4-month movie-to-DVD wait time significantly, which means that movie theaters will…

Movies Mark Wilson

From Rough Sketch to Final Scene In Toy Story 3

Rough sketches like this are one of the first steps in creating animated movies like Pixar’s Toy Story 3. Wired took a look at how 49,516 such rough, vague sketches were used to create detailed scenes like this: From color scripts being created to props and details being added—the process of making an animated movie…

Movies Rosa Golijan

Fall in love with new stop-motion demons and a post-apocalyptic rom-com

This week get a face full of Manborg, the creepy film that takes place after the mighty hell wars! Plus a sweet little end-of-the-world rom-com, and a spooky short proves that H.P. Lovecraft is still the scare master. Manborg We can’t pull our eyes away from Manborg, perhaps it’s the crazy make-up, insane premise, the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why Sex and the City 2 is a science fiction movie

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1982

Michael Bay gets ready to blow up the Ninja Turtles

The creator of superhero comedy “No Heroics” will co-write the Runaways movie

The last thing Spider-Man should be is another white guy

DC readies The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman movies

A Real, Working Hoverboard Exists

The Best Year in Science Fiction: 1968

If only Michael Bay’s Transformers featured something as awesome as these Autobot City designs

IRONY: Warner Bros. Sued for Pirating Anti-Pirating Technology

Does Carrie Give Up Her Mac For a HP Netbook in SATC2?

Free Bitbop App Streams and Downloads TV Shows Via 3G or Wi-Fi

Is Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcist scarier than the original Exorcist?

Movie soundtracks are designed to freak us out on an evolutionary level

48 Hour Magazine: The Six Minute Movie

What was it really like to be a writer on Firefly?

The Mass Effect Movie Gets One Step Closer To Reality

Hollywood Considering $20-$30 Movie Theater Sidestep

From Rough Sketch to Final Scene In Toy Story 3

Fall in love with new stop-motion demons and a post-apocalyptic rom-com

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

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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