With This Chronicles of Narnia News, the Word ‘Reboot’ Is Officially Gibberish

Producer Mark Gordon says there’s active development on a film version of The Silver Chair, based on the fourth book of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Of course, it’s being billed as a reboot. Which makes no sense whatsoever. Good… er … bad… er… news! Even as a fan of the Narnia series,…

The Insane Looking, Chinese Smash Monster Hunt Opens Later This Month

The United States has Star Wars: The Force Awakens. China has Monster Hunt. It’s the country’s highest-grossing film of all time, and it’s finally making it to U.S. theaters on January 22. Here’s the new trailer, courtesy of MovieClips (really, it’s just this old trailer with new English writing): If you still have no idea…

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—the only country in the world to measure its Gross National Happiness—is playing host to its first Western movie shoot, and it’s a supernatural horror movie with both Western and Bhutanese actors, called The Temple. Variety reports filming will begin January 20.

Any Movie Studio Can Make Its Own Star Wars Movie Right Now

Star Wars is back. The space-opera juggernaut that ruled the late 70s and early 80s is once again reigning supreme over pop culture. Disney paid $4 billion for the contents of George Lucas’ toybox. But really, any movie studio that wants to can make its own Star Wars movie. (They just can’t call it “Star…

J.K. Rowling Celebrated the End of Harry Potter by (Very Lightly) Trashing Her Hotel Room

Many a rock star has trashed a hotel room to celebrate a triumphant performance. It turns out rock stars of the children’s literature world do the same, they just tend to be a lot more polite about it. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted the below picture, confessing that when she was done writing the…

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Will Meet Up With Jonah Hex

No, you didn’t fall down and hit your head. The CW and DC are really letting Legends of Tomorrow spend part of its very first season time traveling to the Old West. Where they’ll meet up with Jonah Hex. When you have a show that involves time travel, that opens up all kinds of doors.…

Sabrina the Teenage Witch Is Way Weirder Than You Remember

Sabrina the Teenage Witch dominated the TGIF lineup when it premiered in 1996. It aired Friday nights on ABC, alongside Boy Meets World, Family Matters, and Two of a Kind. And it was much, much weirder than any of those. And weirder than even just a regular show about a teenage witch might have been.…

Does Director George Miller Suddenly Not Want to Make Any Mad Max Movies?

After everything we’ve heard about how the original plan was to film Fury Road and its sequel at the same time and about how the George Miller already wrote the sequel, you’d expect him to go ahead and make it. What’s this now? Suddenly Miller’s out? A statement from Miller appears on Page Six and,…

6 Heroes Who Had Their Asses Thoroughly Kicked by Wonder Woman

It’s amazing that anyone would ever dismiss Wonder Woman. She’s a better fighter than Superman, and more powerful than 99.9 of most other DC characters… and she’s got the fight card to prove it. Besides all the villains she’s defeated, here are some of the fellow superheroes she’s had occasion to trounce. 1) Batman Let’s…

Watch the Trailer for BloodMania, Directed by the Legendary ‘Godfather of Gore’

It’s been over 50 years since Herschell Gordon Lewis directed exploitation classic Blood Feast. And now the 86-year-old, whose gleefully bloody filmography dominated drive-ins in the 60s and early ’70s, has a brand-new picture: horror anthology BloodMania. Lewis took a few decades off from the splatter-movie biz to make a mint in the decidedly more…

Discover the Origins of Abe Sapien‘s Latest Occult Villain in This Exclusive Comic Preview

The adventures of Hellboy and his friends in the pages of Dark Horses comics have always examined the spooky underpinnings of the occult. But this week’s issue of Abe Sapien takes a whole new look at Western occultism, through the gorgeously macabre art of Santiago Caruso—and io9 has an exclusive look! A warning: some of…

We Demand a Prequel to This Short Film About a Girl and Her Robot

“Gear” is a short film written and directed by Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander. It’s about a girl named Mazzy, who is hiding from the authorities, and her robot friend, Three. The short opens up so many questions we demand more. The film tells a very tiny part of Mazzy and Three’s story—a part which…

Fear Invades the 17th Century Wilderness in This Harrowing New Trailer for The Witch 

We’ve had plenty of sequels, remakes, and found footage—but for my money, the most thrilling new horror films are the ones with their own distinct sense of style. That’s why I’m pumped for The Witch, which is set in New England 30 years before the Salem trials and looks both terrifying and gorgeous. Below, you’ll…

The Incredible Hulk May Have Just Revealed Cate Blanchett’s Role In Thor: Ragnarok

A new hoodie probably doesn’t give us a glimpse of Spider-Man’s Civil War costume. There’s plans for a lot of characters in Avengers: Infinity War. Pacific Rim 2 still lives. Arrow’s executives firmly deny recent rumors about Felicity’s fate. Plus, Princess Leia in Star Wars Rebels, and new Deadpool footage. Spoilers Get! Thor: Ragnarok Following…

Just HOW Did Your Father Kill You, and What Does This Have To Do With the Apocalypse?

Want to read a totally trippy, insane short story that will keep you guessing—and possibly a little bit uncertain of the solidity of your surroundings? You’re in luck, because there’s a weird-as-hell Laird Barron short story over at Apex Magazine. I can’t even begin to summarize “Nemesis,” except that there’s a fish called Hercules, and…

Marvel Just Scored The Ideal Director For Black Panther (UPDATED)

Update: Marvel.com has just confirmed that Creed director Ryan Coogler will be helming Black Panther, which opens February 16, 2018. Original story from December 4 follows. Several months ago, director Ryan Coogler was rumored to be up for Marvel’s Black Panther movie. It didn’t pan out. Now though, after the success of his latest film…

You’re Going to Want These Blair Witch, Lost Boys, and Alien Posters in Your Life

If you’re like us, you can’t get enough pop culture art. New movies, old classics, cult oddities—we love it all, and a new show at Los Angeles’ Hero Complex Gallery combines all of that and more. The show is called “Quattro with a Shotgun” and features the work of four ultra-talented artists you may not…

A Reminder That Clark Kent and Lois Lane Used to Pretty Much Hate Each Other

Lois and Clark. It’s a pairing held up as one of the dreamiest in all comics, the classic romance of the secret superhero and the no-nonsense reporter that loved him. The two have gone through some rough spots—but let’s not forget, in their earlier incarnations, Lois and Clark could be real douchey to each other.…

These 3D Trading Cards of Mike Allred’s Madman Are The Superhero Pop Art You Secretly Desire!

Madman is one of the coolest comics characters to emerge in the past 25 years. A riff on Frankenstein in a cool costume, Madman blended Mike Allred’s clean pop-art sensibility with a uniquely weird and colorful set of characters. Now writer and pop culture historian Christopher Irving has put out a set of 3-D collectible…

Supergirl Just Cast Its Third Supergirl, But Not as Supergirl

Confused? No worries. CBS’ new Supergirl series has just cast Laura Vandervoort as the recurring villain Indigo on the series. Vandervoort played Superman’s cousin Kara on Smallville; she joins Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 movie, as well as Melissa Benoist, who’s the person actually playing Supergirl on the current series. It’s just…