Star Wars Episode VIII Just Got Pushed Back Seven Months

Fans hoping to get two Star Wars movies in a row, just six months apart, are in for a bit of a let down. Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Episode VIII has been pushed back from its May 2017 release date. To December 15, 2017, to be exact. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will still…

Orphan Black Writer Making Time-Travel Movie For Netflix

Netflix is having quite a day. After announcing it’ll be doing a series based on Altered Carbon, the streaming service also revealed they’re producing an original time-travel film from one of the minds behind Orphan Black, starring actors from The Flash and Jessica Jones. The film will be called ARQ and will star Robbie Amell…

Agent Carter May Be Facing the One Enemy She Can Never Defeat

Last night’s two-hour Agent Carter season premiere was a lot of fun. But it also gave us two other ambitious women who are foils for Peggy Carter—one of whom we’ve seen before. And it introduced us to a brand new shadowy organization. Looks like Peggy’s going to have her hands full. Spoilers ahead! A lot…

The Classic Cyberpunk Novel Altered Carbon Is Becoming A Netflix Series

Add another entry to the long list of amazing things Netflix is doing with their original programming. They’ve just picked up the rights to Altered Carbon, a 10-episode-series based on the brilliant award-winning 2002 novel of the same name by Richard Morgan. https://gizmodo.com/cyberpunk-detective-novel-altered-carbon-really-is-all-5542862 Altered Carbon is set in the 25th century, where humans live all…

The Legendary Filmmaker Werner Herzog Has Made A Documentary about Robotics and A.I.

For anyone who has seen a Werner Herzog film, his voice isn’t something you’ll soon forget. Now the director is bringing that authoritative voice, and storytelling prowess, to brand new subject: technology. Herzog’s latest film is called Lo and Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World and it’ll premiere this week at the 2016 Sundance Film…

Freddy Krueger Will Host Valentine’s Day Horror Marathon on the El Rey Network

We may have lost Wes Craven last year, but we’ll always have the terrifying films he created—and as long as actor Robert Englund is willing, we still have Freddy Krueger. He’ll be hosting El Rey Network’s “Rip Your Heart Out” Valentine’s Day horror marathon, featuring five Nightmare on Elm Street films. The schedule includes, in…

All the Other Movie News and Footage From Last Night’s DC Special

While treating us to the first footage from the Wonder Woman movie and that outstanding Suicide Squad trailer, last night’s DC special was basically an infomercial for the upcoming movies. Here’s everything else important they showed—including concept art for The Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman films. First up is Aquaman, which features a small smattering of…

How Disney Fixed a Huge Mistake With Zootopia, Just One Year Before Release

In November 2014, the team behind Disney’s Zootopia had a very bad day. After years of development and production, they realized a huge aspect of their movie didn’t work. There were two main characters, one primary and one secondary— and they had to be flipped for the film to make sense. In Zootopia, which hits…

Everything We Pieced Together From the Frenetic Suicide Squad Trailer

You’ve undoubtedly already seen last night’s jaw-dropping Suicide Squad trailer (if not, get to it), but there was so much awesomeness packed into it, that it was hard to catch every important detail. So we’ve gone through the clip frame by frame to discover every single secret contained within. They start with Boomerang (Jai Courtney)…

Dark Souls Is Getting Its Own Comic Series

Praise the sun, Dark Souls fans! The wildly popular dark fantasy video game series about dying again and again (and again) is heading to the world of comics, where it’s likely also to tell tales of poor adventurers being killed by horrible monsters. At least reading a comic will be less punishing than playing the…

Constantine’s Arrow Appearance Was Probably His Last Ever

Star Wars Episode VIII might be getting rewrites to shine a spotlight on certain characters. Supergirl casts its young Superman. Robert Kirkman teases The Walking Dead’s next big badass. Plus, a huge new sizzle reel for Arrow, and Gillian Anderson on the practicality of pocket-sized flashlights. Spoilers! Star Wars Episode VIII In a recent episode…

First Wonder Woman Footage Arrives in Man’s World

Last night, the CW aired a special titled DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League, which gave us our very first look at Wonder Woman. And we saw Diana everywhere in a bunch of different situations. The footage in the special didn’t have any dialogue, but we saw what looks like Diana training on…

The New Suicide Squad Trailer Is Insane In Every Way Imaginable

Marvel may have brought together all their best superheroes in The Avengers, but DC is bringing together their very own team of super villains in Suicide Squad. Hitting theaters in August, the dark comic book adaptation just released a crazy new trailer. Expertly edited to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” director David Ayer’s love letter to the…

This Suicide Squad Poster Shows Us Everything Wrong With Batman v Superman‘s Marketing

Suicide Squad has been on a bit of a media blitz lately, ahead of tonight’s new trailer airing as part of a DC Cinematic Universe special on the CW—including a new poster. It’s nothing like the sort of we’ve seen from a DC movie before: It’s vivid. Colorful. Garish, even. And it’s fantastic. Yesterday, the…

An Action Movie Legend Just Joined Vin Diesel in the Third xXx Movie 

xXx: The Return of Xander Cage has added Jet Li to its cast, and our interest in Vin Diesel’s latest project just became exponentially stronger. While not much is known about the martial arts legend’s character—is he the main villain, or what?—he will definitely get to “square off” against Diesel’s Cage. According to Revolution Studios’…

A Look Inside the Making of One of Adventure Time‘s Scariest Moments

We were thrilled to get a whole miniseries focusing on Marceline, Adventure Time’s resident vampire, a while back. Adventure Time: Stakes is out on DVD today—and to celebrate, here’s an exclusive clip showing the animatics of the story’s scary climax. Spoilers ahead… In this scene, Marceline has been cured of vampirism AND she’s killed the…

A Whole New Source for Awesome Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Her Universe, the geek fashion company aimed at girls, just announced it was getting into publishing science fiction and fantasy books back in October. But they already have six titles coming in 2016. First up: Weirdest by Heather Nuhfer, who’s written Wonder Woman, Scooby-Doo and My Little Pony comics. Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein, best…

CBS has ordered a pilot for a new TV show based on the classic Nancy Drew mystery books—with some notable twists. Not only will the yet-to-be-cast lead be “diverse,” she will be in her 30s and be putting her kick-ass sleuthing skills to use as an NYPD detective.

How Does God Want You to Watch TV?

It’s one of the most important theological questions of our generation: How does God want us to watch TV? Does God approve of services like Hulu and Netflix? Certainly not, according to one executive at NBC. Alan Wurtzel, the president of research and development for NBCUniversal, recently made a bold declaration on the holiness of…

11 Ways to Write a Character-Focused Story That Still Feels Action-Packed

Everyone loves a story that races forward. There’s a reason we love books that are “page-turners.” But does a fast-paced story full of thrills and excitement mean you can’t also make room for character? Hell no. Here are 11 ways to create a story about characters and emotion that’s also a seat-of-your-pants ride. One of…