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George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

Skywalker Ranch is producing a “top-secret” CG musical starring… fairies! What could it be about? A Ferngully reboot? A new Willow? Tinkerbell’s teen daughter goes to fairy college, or something wholly original? Check our guesswork. Kevin Munroe, of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame, is directing the picture, from a screenplay by David Berenbaum, who wrote…

Movies Meredith Woerner

John Woo Directs A Gun-Blasting, Severed-Claw-Slashing Showdown In Space

The John Woo-directed pilot for a 2004 Lost In Space remake is mostly a giant snooze, but this action sequence, featuring pew-pew gunplay, exploding spaceships, and a clever use of severed claws, made us smile. I especially like the dumb kid doing an Adric for no particular reason. The main reason to be grateful for…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

RIP Zelda Rubinstein, Our Favorite Movie Psychic

Beloved movie psychic, Zelda Rubinstein, passed away Wednesday Jan. 27th. Best known for her work as Tangina Barrons from the Poltergeist movies, Zelda was the spark that made that franchise eternal. Hope to see you on the other side. Zelda’s agent, Eric Stevens, confirmed she passed away of natural causes at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar 2 Crew Already Thinking Of Ways To Top The First One

Is it true James Cameron is already hiring crew-members for Avatar 2? We’re not sure, but there are definitely discussions, says one insider. And one thing’s for sure: the next movie will have to do something to top the first. We were talking to Robert Stromberg, production designer on Avatar, for our third giant feature…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

New Evidence That Frank Herbert Loved David Lynch’s Version of Dune

A 1983 promotional interview with Frank Herbert and David Lynch, freshly posted on YouTube, features Dune author Herbert explaining in unambiguous terms his fondness for the Lynch Dune film that polarized his readers. David Lynch‘s 1984 adaptation of Dune, with its grotesque baron, lithe Sting and pre-Blue Velvet Kyle McLachlan, sharply divided the audience for…

Movies Scott Timberg

Lobo’s Space-Biker Good Times Run Out Of Gas, Thanks To Steampunk Sherlock

The tweed-covered Robert Downey Jr. has outwitted the alien bounty-hunter/space-biker Lobo. Guy Ritchie has bailed out of the Lobo movie in favor of another Sherlock Holmes film. According to the LA Times’ Hero Complex, Ritchie has rearranged his schedule to start prep work on Sherlock Holmes 2. Sadly this may not mean that Lobo is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

It’s Time To Go Back To Duncan Jones’ Moon

Moon was one of the most intriguing movies of 2009. Paranoid and claustrophobic where other science-fiction films were huge and explosion-happy, Moon relied on one special effect: Sam Rockwell’s acting. And now it’s out on DVD. Spoilers ahead. If you missed out on Duncan Jones‘ lunar masterpiece the first time, or even if you caught…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

“The Eclipse” Is A Gorgeous, Contemporary Irish Ghost Story

The latest film from Irish playwright Conor McPherson, The Eclipse now has a sumptuous trailer that will suck you into this tragic, literary ghost story. Featuring moody but subtle acting from leads Ciarán Hinds, Aidan Quinn, and Iben Hjejle, The Eclipse is the story of three people whose lives collide during a literary festival in…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Keanu Reeves To Play Selfish Cryo Creep In Scifi Romance Feature

Keanu Reeves latest character in the the space love story Passengers is stuck between a rock and a cryogenically frozen body. We’re not sure if we agree with Reeves’ drastic response, but it’s gotta be better than The Lakehouse. The film Passengers is set in the future, on board a spacecraft where the crew is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Tron Legacy Bike Appears in Meatspace

We’ve seen the badass trailer for Tron Legacy, but now here’s a shot of one of the new light bikes in real life. https://gizmodo.com/tron-legacy-trailer-officially-released-5322478 Created by toymaker Spin Master to help promote the movie (which doesn’t come out for another 11 months, by the way), it looks pretty awesome. They’ll be making more reasonably-sized versions…

Movies Adam Frucci

A Glimpse Of Avatar’s Deleted Bar Brawl, Plus Details On The Sequel

We previously reported on the never-before-seen scenes that were cut from Avatar — now see the first image from the bar brawl on Cameron’s dystopian Earth. Also, check out this collection of Lego Na’Vi, and news on Avatar 2’s pre-production. https://gizmodo.com/everything-that-was-cut-from-avatar-sex-drugs-and-sui-5446538 What you’re seeing here is the end result of Jake Sully’s bar fight, back…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Green Lantern Concept Art Brings The Corps Into Grim Reality

A collection of seemingly official concept art from Ryan Reynolds’ space-cop adaptation Green Lantern showcases a few of our favorite members of the Corps. So who’s in? Click through to find out. These concept designs were discovered by Cosmic Book News and later confirmed to be true concept art designs on the Green Lantern Crps…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Cult Scifi Film’s Secret Christian Connection?

A Boy and His Dog, a rarely-screened, trippy post-apocalyptic film based on a novella by Harlan Ellison, will be shown in Los Angeles as part of a double feature with Christian documentary Waiting for Armageddon. Why the odd pairing? The 1974 A Boy And His Dog stars Don Johnson as a teenager wandering in a…

Movies Scott Timberg

Name That Syfy Original Movie

You know the Syfy movie formula by now. Scientists and/or knights and/or smart rural sheriffs discover a giant monster/magic item/ancient whatsit. Now you can make your mark on one of these flicks forever by entering Syfy’s “name that movie” contest. Having met several of the producers over at Syfy Channel, I can attest that they…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Please Don’t Let Sam Worthington Play A Bad-Ass, Australian-Accented Dracula

God we can see it now: Van Helsing meets Wild Wild West, but with longer hair, vampires and Sam Worthington. Rumor has it the Avatar star is Universal’s pick to play Dracula in their period-piece Dracula: Year Zero. This has “terrible idea” written in blood all over the walls. Universal needs to decide today whether…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Zombieland Blu-ray to Include Unadvertised PS3 Theme

In case you were interested in picking up Zombieland on Blu-ray when it’s released February 2nd, know that it will come with a custom PS3 theme. According to High-Def Digest: Not advertised anywhere on the package, if you put the ‘Zombieland’ disc in your Playstation 3, under the game tab there is an option to…

Movies Mark Wilson

Avatar Is Now the Highest Grossing Film of All Time, Meaning 3D Is Here to Stay

After last weekend, it’s a sure thing that Avatar has topped Titanic’s $1.842 billion record. Meanwhile, Papa Smurf shares a bunk with a psychotic bed wetter in a public care facility. Every day he waits for that royalty check; every day he’s force-administered drugs to battle the delusions. [Variety via Gawker] http://gawker.com/5457005/avatar-wins-heavyweight-box-office-champion-of-the-world?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gawker%2Ffull+%28Gawker%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Movies Mark Wilson

Mortal Kombat Gets One More Movie Chance. We Say No Fatalities, No Dice

Mortal Kombat was already adapted from a bloody fatality-dealing video game into a tame movie two dismal times. And now, Warner Brothers is hitting the restart button on the franchise yet again. But will it finally have the all-important fatalities? Bloody Disgusting has a tip that WB has its eye on yet another Mortal Kombat…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The One Question Tony Stark Can’t Answer In Iron Man 2

Next month’s issue of Wizard Magazine gives some major spoilers for Iron Man 2, including the events that isolate Tony Stark/Iron Man, and the question Nick Fury asks Tony which he can’t answer. Spoilers below… Jon Favreau says the new movie is darker than the first, but not as dark as you’d expect — it’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Optimus Prime In High Heels? Ninja Turtles With Push-Up Bras? Behold The Wrongness.

A new crop of “sexy” Halloween costumes is out. And nothing says Trick-Or-Treat like Turtle boobs. Countdown until the inevitable “Baroness making out with Cobra Commander” pictures fill Facebook starts now. All these costumes are at Costmue Craze, if you can handle the mental scarring. Via Costmue Craze Via Costmue Craze Costmue Craze Costmue Craze…

Movies Meredith Woerner

George Lucas’ CG Fairy Musical Mystery: Our Theories

John Woo Directs A Gun-Blasting, Severed-Claw-Slashing Showdown In Space

RIP Zelda Rubinstein, Our Favorite Movie Psychic

Avatar 2 Crew Already Thinking Of Ways To Top The First One

New Evidence That Frank Herbert Loved David Lynch’s Version of Dune

Lobo’s Space-Biker Good Times Run Out Of Gas, Thanks To Steampunk Sherlock

It’s Time To Go Back To Duncan Jones’ Moon

“The Eclipse” Is A Gorgeous, Contemporary Irish Ghost Story

Keanu Reeves To Play Selfish Cryo Creep In Scifi Romance Feature

Tron Legacy Bike Appears in Meatspace

A Glimpse Of Avatar’s Deleted Bar Brawl, Plus Details On The Sequel

New Green Lantern Concept Art Brings The Corps Into Grim Reality

Cult Scifi Film’s Secret Christian Connection?

Name That Syfy Original Movie

Please Don’t Let Sam Worthington Play A Bad-Ass, Australian-Accented Dracula

Zombieland Blu-ray to Include Unadvertised PS3 Theme

Avatar Is Now the Highest Grossing Film of All Time, Meaning 3D Is Here to Stay

Mortal Kombat Gets One More Movie Chance. We Say No Fatalities, No Dice

The One Question Tony Stark Can’t Answer In Iron Man 2

Optimus Prime In High Heels? Ninja Turtles With Push-Up Bras? Behold The Wrongness.

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