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Can you name all 13 numerically themed movies in this trippy animation?

Movie fanatic and illustrator Evan Seitz is at it again with his latest movie compilation, 123Films. This one counts to 13 using movie titles — can you named them all? [Via TDW] https://gizmodo.com/can-you-name-all-26-movies-featured-in-this-video-5886236

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner Mar 20

A gorgeous retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, using silhouettes and plenty of horror

This is Red, a phenomenally atmospheric take on Little Red Riding Hood from directors Jorge Jaramillo and Carlo Guillot and composer Manuel Borda. In this five-minute animation — which seeks to “explore more thoroughly the drama, horror and realism of the story” — we learn how the fairy tale’s protagonist earned her namesake. Hats off…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 19

The Cat in the Hat comes back to the big screen, this time in CG

What do you do when your Dr. Seuss adaptation makes a ton of dough at the box office? Make another one! Universal is wasting no time in lining up the next big-screen Seussfest, but this time they’re going with a property they’ve already demolished: The Cat and the Hat. That’s right, the very same book…

Movies Lauren Davis Mar 18

Batgirl wants to party in Mexico in the first Super Best Friends Forever short

The first minute-long episode of Lauren Faust’s Super Best Friends Forever aired yesterday, revealing the dynamics between super friends Wonder Girl, Batgirl, and Supergirl. Wonder Girl is the stern, responsible one, and Batgirl just wants to take Wonder Woman’s invisible jet to Mexico. This is the longer version of the preview clip we saw earlier…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 18

Disney created an amazing John Carter animation — in 1957

In 1957, legendary disney animator Ward Kimball created a cartoon vision for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom that was innovative and filled with truly bizarre alien creatures. This animated Mars only lasts for a minute, but it’s a fun journey. In 1954, Walt Disney began providing ABC with hour-long Disneyland specials in exchange for ABC helping…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 17

CG Iron Man picture taunts us with dreams of a Pixar Avengers movie

Digital artist Victor Hugo (as far as I can tell, his real name) created this fantastic 3D image of Tony Stark hanging out in his lab. Now that Disney has its white-gloved fingers in both Marvel and Pixar, we have to ask: How isn’t this already a movie? Be sure to check out the full-sized…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 17

This post-apocalyptic short animation deserves its own movie

Oh, this is rather impressive. Behold Ruin, a cryptic 8.5-minute short film by the folks at Oddball Animation. In the post-apocalypse of Ruin, nature has reclaimed entire cities. Humans are still around, but verdant metropolises aren’t as empty as they seem. Seriously, you’ll want to give this animated short a whirl — it’s like a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 16

The Physics of Pixar’s Hair

How is a curling hair like a long-range oil pipeline? And what two groups are working on the physics that apply to both? Learn about the science of engineering mop-tops. Over at Physics Central’s podcast, there’s a fascinating discussion with an MIT grad student, Jay Miller, who looks at the curve of the flagella on…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 15

What if Hunter S. Thompson starred in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis?

In this short animation and sound collage by the folks at Antfood and Buck for the literary charity Good Books International, Kafka’s heartwarming fable of a man transforming into a giant cockroach monster to win his children’s respect replaces Gregor Samsa with Raoul Duke. This should appeal to those of you who enjoyed the fantasy…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 14

How would Sherlock look as a Saturday morning cartoon?

How would Benedict Cumberbatch look as a children’s cartoon character? This fan-made intro sequence imagines the characters in the current Sherlock series as children’s anime characters, solving mysteries to the Batman: The Brave and the Bold theme. Personally, I think a more dramatic anime would fit the current Sherlock series better, with long, drawn out…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 11

Superman battles the Hulk in this fan-made CG grudge match

Who would win in a fight between Superman and the Hulk? Perhaps the answer to that question is less interesting than how the fight would play out. Fortunately, amateur animator Michael Habjan has put the superstrong characters on the same playing field so we can watch them duke it out. Habjan is learning animation by…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 10

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles look like shelled pistachios

Reviving old cartoons is the new hotness, as the success of My Little Pony and ThunderCats proves. But the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons? We’re not so sure. These TMNT look like peeled pistachios — and what have the done to Krang? See Splinter and Shredder over at Bleeding Cool!

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 9

New Legend of Korra scene shows off the The Last Airbender version of American Gladiators

We’ve seen a bunch of scenes from Avatar: The Legend of Korra so far, but this might just be the craziest. From the Korra Nation fan site, here’s a look at Korra’s professional bending team — The Fire Ferrets — in action. It’s like ultimate frisbee with flamethrowers! Hat tip to Syafiqjabar of Mars.

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 8

Watch Project KARA, a seven-minute tearjerker about a sentient android

Video game studio Quantic Dreams — who you may remember helmed the PS3 crime thriller Heavy Rain — has now released a new short film starring the voice and digital likeness of actress Valorie Curry (Twilight, Veronica Mars). According to Quantic Dreams CEO David Cage, this heart-rending short uses technology more typical of Hollywood than…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 8

Watch a new scene from Avatar: The Legend of Korra right now!

We saw the trailer recently, and now the latest scene from the upcoming Avatar: The Legend of Korra has hit the web. In this sequence, we see our heroine’s aptitude for elemental bending at an early age. The show should be out sometime this year. Hat tip to Syafiqjabar of Mars!

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 6

Captain Planet‘s Planeteers were secretly the kids from The Magic School Bus

At least according to this side-by-side comparison by Jamie Steinheimer. Does this make Ms. Frizzle some sort of Gaea-like Earth deity? Of course, she’s cut from the same cloth as David the Gnome, who famously died on national television by turning into a psychedelic tree.

Television Cyriaque Lamar Mar 5

Watch the new Atomic Robo animated trailer (and help fund the film)

Atomic Robo, the wisecracking robot adventurer invented by Nikola Tesla, is about to make the leap from comics to animation in his first short film. The first trailer for the unfinished project is online, and you can help the animators finish their film. Animation studio the Fictory approached Robo comic creators Brian Clevinger and Scott…

Movies Lauren Davis Mar 3

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cartoon Intro Remade Entirely With Toys

Take a trip back to when “Cowabunga” was a world people actually used. Behold the entire Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon titles, remade entirely in stop motion animation. Are you not entertained? Created by the crazy cats over at Boom Boom Bang: With over 4,000 individual pictures, Kyle Roberts and crew wanted to recreate the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 2

Little yellow minions return to melt your hearts with song in the Despicable Me 2 trailer

The little one-eyed yellow minions are back, singing “Barbara Ann” and melting our hearts into a puddle on the floor. We love these little guys, and we loved Despicable Me, so we’re supremely pleased to see them all together again in this little teaser trailer for the sequel. Both directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Mar 1

First trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie = the tale of a boy and his dead dog

Tim Burton returns to the realm of stop-motion animation with Frankenweenie, a remake of his 1984 short film about a boy who can’t bear to part with his deceased pooch. This preview makes me want to resurrect my dead childhood mutts, until I remember they were all tremendously incontinent. Here’s the synopsis via Yahoo: After…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar Mar 1

Can you name all 13 numerically themed movies in this trippy animation?

A gorgeous retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, using silhouettes and plenty of horror

The Cat in the Hat comes back to the big screen, this time in CG

Batgirl wants to party in Mexico in the first Super Best Friends Forever short

Disney created an amazing John Carter animation — in 1957

CG Iron Man picture taunts us with dreams of a Pixar Avengers movie

This post-apocalyptic short animation deserves its own movie

The Physics of Pixar’s Hair

What if Hunter S. Thompson starred in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis?

How would Sherlock look as a Saturday morning cartoon?

Superman battles the Hulk in this fan-made CG grudge match

The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles look like shelled pistachios

New Legend of Korra scene shows off the The Last Airbender version of American Gladiators

Watch Project KARA, a seven-minute tearjerker about a sentient android

Watch a new scene from Avatar: The Legend of Korra right now!

Captain Planet‘s Planeteers were secretly the kids from The Magic School Bus

Watch the new Atomic Robo animated trailer (and help fund the film)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cartoon Intro Remade Entirely With Toys

Little yellow minions return to melt your hearts with song in the Despicable Me 2 trailer

First trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie = the tale of a boy and his dead dog

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