With More Awesome Casting News, xXx 3 Is Actually Looking Somewhat Interesting

Earlier this week we learned that Jet Li will join star Vin Diesel in director D.J. Caruso’s xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. Now, here’s more intriguing news: Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Furious 7) has signed on, too. There’s no word on what his character will be, but The Hollywood Reporter quotes studio…

The Survivalist Provides a Gritty, Paranoid Look at a Post-Apocalyptic World

When people think of post-apocalyptic fiction, there really isn’t a definitive vision. The Road, Mad Max, Fallout—there are hundreds of good ones, all of which are different in interesting ways. Now, a new movie called The Survivalist looks to put another spin on it. The Survivalist, directed by newcomer Stephen Fingleton, opens in the U.K.…

McG May Have the Power to Finally Make a Live-Action He-Man Movie

The grown man who continues to identify as McG is in talks with Sony to direct the long, long, long in development Masters of the Universe movie. As io9’s resident gonzo He-Man fan, I have long been of the opinion that no live-action movie can possibly live up to my unreasonably high expectations; it’s almost…

Deadpool Celebrates Australia Day in the Deadpool-iest Way Possible

This new Deadpool promo was in Morning Spoilers, but it’s so good, I didn’t want anyone to miss it. It features the Merc with a Mouth wishing Australia a happy Australia Day mainly by making fun of them and throwing shade at them for producing Wolverine and by extension, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a “personal low…

Zack Snyder Will Defend Man of Steel‘s Miserable Ending Until He Doesn’t Have To

There are not many people fond of the ending to Man of Steel—especially Superman’s infamous bout of neck-snapping—and there are many who eagerly await the day for Zack Snyder to apologize for the wanton destruction and general not-Superman-ness of it all. Today is not that day. Snyder’s latest defense of the many criticisms leveled at…

We Just Learned a Ton of New Details About X-Men: Apocalypse

Has Cate Blanchett’s Thor role finally been revealed? Tom Cruise is definitely joining The Mummy. Deadpool gets even more hilarious advertising. Plus, the first clip from Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, and new pictures from iZombie and The X-Files. To me, my Spoilers! X-Men: Apocalypse A huge amount of information has emerged as part of…

Avatar 2 Won’t Hit Theaters by Christmas 2017 After All

The planned Christmas 2017 release date for Avatar 2 is now off the table for Twentieth Century Fox, according to the Wrap. This isn’t really a surprise, since James Cameron and Avatar have always had a long gestation period. Always. The studio didn’t comment on the delay to the Wrap, but “individuals with knowledge of…

The Essential Difference Between Star Wars and Star Trek

Star Wars is bigger than ever, and we’re celebrating 50 years of Star Trek. This is a great time to be a fan of space action. But these two universes are actually very different, and I have a theory about why. Star Wars is about fighting the Man, and Star Trek is about being the…

A Man Falls in Love With a Balloon. Disaster Ensues.

“The Guillable Kiss of Mr. Patokos” is the story of a man who pulls a love interest out of his hat. And then makes the mistake of kissing it. It’s like Pygmalion, if that were a horror story. Alexandros Apostolakis’ animation style is all black ink lines and it’s just lovely. [via Directors Notes] Contact…

A 100 Meter Tall Starkiller Base From The Force Awakens Is Now in Abu Dhabi

That headline pretty much says it all. A company called twofour54 transformed a building in Abu Dhabi to look like Starkiller Base from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and you can watch the video above. Director J.J. Abrams chose the outskirts of the city to film the exteriors for the planet of Jakku and this…

How The 100 Became A Fantastic Show While You Weren’t Watching

When The 100 premiered last year, it looked a lot like any other science fiction show on The CW: a bunch of pretty people acting out a concept that had a tinge of social awareness. But this season, the show broke out of its post-apocalyptic reenactment of Lord of the Flies and became an interesting,…

This Week’s Star Wars Comic Reveals Why Uncle Owen Hated Obi-Wan Kenobi

There are plenty of rumors about a spin off Star Wars movie that chart Obi-Wan Kenobi’s adventures on Tatooine between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But Marvel’s Star Wars comics have been doing a grand job of exploring that ground already. This week the comic returned to not-quite-old Ben with some interesting…

With NBC’s Latest Pilot, Time Travel Officially Takes Over TV

It’s called Time. Honestly, when it comes to time travel, simplicity in the name is probably best. While Fox is developing a time-travel comedy with Phil Lord and Chris Miller called In Time, NBC’s show is an action-adventure drama. It’s got a trio of heroes traveling through time battling a master criminal—there’s always a master…

Paging David Fincher: True crime’s hot streak continues with the news that Fox has just snapped up the rights to journalist Richard Lloyd Parry’s genuinely eerie 2010 best-seller People Who Eat Darkness, about a young British woman whose expat adventures in Tokyo met a horrifically grim end in 2000.

The Live-Action Vixen Costume Is a Perfect Translation From the Cartoon

We’re still a month out from seeing Vixen on Arrow, but now we have the first peek at what she’ll look like. And it’s a very nice way to make the animated costume work on TV. Megalyn Echikunwoke is the voice of Vixen on the CW’s internet channel, CW Seed. She’s great as a voice…

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank Is the New Comic From the Man Behind We Can Never Go Home

We loved We Can Never Go Home, Patrick Kindlon, Matthew Rosenberg, and Josh Hood’s grounded take on young superheroes—it was one of last year’s best comics. While Rosenberg is moving on from Madison and Duncan, his next comic sounds equally dark and interesting: This is 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, making its debut exclusively…

Nostalgia and Evolution Are Mashed Together In This ‘Adorkable’ Pop Culture Artwork

When it comes to pop culture art, there’s a fine line between cute and annoying. Lots of artists turn characters or actors into non-threatening, sweet version of themselves but you can go too far. Jeff Victor doesn’t. And he tows that line by blending in a heft dose of nostalgia. We’ve covered some of this…

How X-Men: Danger Room Protocols Came to Life—Without Facing the Wrath of Marvel

Fan work based on established licenses always treads a fine line. It speaks to the passion a fanbase has for a property, but the more attention that work gets, the more likely it’ll draw the ire of the original creator. We sat down with Joel Furtado, the animator behind a new X-Men webseries out this…

How The Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow Put Widescreen Superhero Action on TV

Whenever the Flash runs, Supergirl flies, or the Legends of Tomorrow travel through time, it’s with Armen Kevorkian’s help. He’s the VFX Supervisor and Executive Creative Director at Deluxe’s Encore, which creates the many, many VFX in these three TV shows simultaneously—and does a damn good job, too. With The Flash and Supergirl having returned…

Princess Leia Appeared on Star Wars Rebels, Complete With Her Trademark Authority

Star Wars Rebels returned Wednesday for the back half of its second season and it did so with a major player joining the show. Welcome Princess Leia Organa. Even in animated form, her highness is still a commanding presence. At this point in the Star Wars story, Leia appears to normal people as a servant…