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This is what a suitcase full of Kaiju organs looks like

We get a lot of strange things sent to us at io9: Looper silver, zombie-flesh candy, and lots and lots of lovely books. But this package full of dead monster bits takes the cake. This was sent by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures as a bit of odd-ball marketing for Pacific Rim — and we…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 2

10 Cinematographers Who Turned Science Fiction Movies into Great Art

We have tons of love for great directors — but often, when you’re marveling at an especially lovely shot, you’re partly admiring the work of the cinematographer who lit it and shot it. Often, the same cinematographer has worked on many of your favorite movies. Here are 10 great painters of science fiction films. Note:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 2

Unbelievable Pacific Rim video reveals all of the Kaiju’s secrets

If you only watch one behind-the-scenes video from Pacific Rim, watch this one. We got an exclusive video featuring an INSANELY detailed look at Guillermo del Toro’s new batch of monsters featuring charts, concept art and brand new monster footage from the movie! This is the video we’ve been waiting for — director Guillermo del…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 1

Don’t hold your breath for Hellboy 3 after all

There’s a notion going around today that Legendary Pictures, which put out both Pacific Rim and Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming movie Crimson Peak, could be doing Hellboy 3 as well. Del Toro fueled this notion with his comments to one reporter today — but Legendary founder Thomas Tull tells us it’s not likely. Earlier today,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 30

Charlie Day and Ron Perlman talk kaiju anatomy in new Pacific Rim clip

We get a bit of Jaegers vs. kaiju action in the latest clips from Pacific Rim, but we also get Ron Perlman and Charlie Day teaching us about kaiju brains and skulls. A more action-packed clip shows us what the Jaegers have up their sleeves, or more accurately, in their elbows: And here is how…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 30

Pacifc Rim featurette shows off the humans inside the giant robots

While we’re all super excited to watch giant monsters fighting giant robots in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, we’re also very excited about seeing Charlie Day on the big screen acting opposite Ron Perlman. And in this brand new featurette, we get to know the humans a bit better.

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 28

Is Pacific Rim destined to be an epic flop?

This is heartbreaking. Early tracking suggests that Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited “robots vs. monsters” movie Pacific Rim is gaining less audience interest than Grown-Ups 2, which opens the same weekend. Legendary Pictures “risks losing a lot of money” on Pacific Rim, Variety warns. According to a sobering Variety article: Early tracking for the film is…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 25

Here’s one more awesome Pacific Rim trailer, because why the hell not

Are you the last person on the planet somehow not exited about Guillermo del Toro’s giant robots-vs.-giant monster movie Pacific Rim? Well, if this final extended trailer doesn’t do it for you, you might want to consult a doctor.

Trailers Rob Bricken Jun 25

All of Your Biggest Pacific Rim Questions, Answered!

io9 was on set for the most anticipated movie of the summer Pacific Rim. And this is what we saw and what we learned about the biggest monster movie of the year. Pacific Rim was shot at Pinewood Studios in Toronto. The scale of this feature is massive, they took over the entire lot. Bits…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 19

An exclusive look inside the 12-year war that leads to Pacific Rim

Before Pacific Rim was shot, screenwriter Travis Beacham created an entire history of his Kaiju-filled Earth. The 12 years leading up to the movie have been illustrated and mapped out in the graphic novel Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero. We got a few exclusive pages that reveal the history behind this monster war —…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 5

Del Toro goes inside the heads of Pacific Rim‘s Jaegers (literally)

There is literally nothing that has made me more impressed about Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim — and it’s has some mighty impressive trailers — than this featurette revealing the massive, unbelievable, almost zero-CG sets used as the Jaeger’s cockpits. Seriously, they’re almost as insane as if del Toro has just gone ahead and built…

Movies Rob Bricken May 31

Pacific Rim finally explains why you need two pilots per giant robot

The biggest question about Guillermo del Toro’s “Kaiju Vs. Giant Robots” movie Pacific Rim has always been: “Why do the giant Jaeger machines require two pilots to move?” And now, you have your answer. So there you have one for the left brain, and one for the right brain. Boom, problem solved! Right? Now unto…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

A sneak peek inside Guillermo del Toro’s Kaiju-killing machines

What’s the POV of the Jaeger pilots in Guillermo del Toro’s new giant monsters vs. giant robots movie Pacific Rim? We gleaned a collection of images ripped from the new trailer that show off what’s happening inside the head of the giant mecha machine. https://gizmodo.com/just-when-you-thought-pacific-rim-couldnt-look-any-mor-507596552 Clamp on! Spine shot. Memory sync. This is what memories…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 20

Just when you thought Pacific Rim couldn’t look any more incredible…

…THIS trailer comes along. It shows way more of how the Kaiju came to Earth, and how they laid waste to our cities, and then how we created fricken great robots to stomp their asses. And that ocean combat scene? TAKE OUR MONEY.

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Oh my god we need this giant Kaiju skull from Pacific Rim immediately

First, that is one awesome-looking Guillermo del Toro monster. Second, it has been TOO DAMN LONG sense we’ve seen a new GDT monster with this eyeless esthetic and we’ve missed it. Pacific Rim, get here now. [via ComingSoon]

Movies Meredith Woerner May 15

Holy Crap that’s a HUMAN! Behind-the-scenes footage from Mama

Watch how Guillermo del Toro and his team of insane special effects geniuses made a decaying corpse fly around and scare the shit out of absolutely everyone, in this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip from Mama. Yes, trapped inside that mask is contortionist and actor Javier Botet. Everything you saw in the horror movie Mama was either…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 7

The last 20 seconds of this Pacific Rim trailer will make you scream

Watch the new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim right now — and be transformed into the sandbox-squatting younger version of yourself. Pacific Rim feels like it was produced by a 10-year-old child whose only storytelling note was SMASH! And it totally works (from what we’ve seen so far). Especially that last scene in…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Apr 29

Guillermo del Toro is making a manga series movie for HBO

Rejoice, Guillermo del Toro is getting an HBO series! Originally pitched for the big screen, the manga series Monster has found a home on HBO. Which means there will be blood, and sex, and supernatural strange. Naoki Urasawa‘s manga Monster is centered around a disgraced doctor searching for a truly sick criminal. Deadline is reporting…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 25

Guillermo Del Toro on Pacific Rim: We built several blocks of Hong Kong to destroy, and then we destroyed them!

Every time we see a new glimpse of Guillermo del Toro’s monsters-vs-robots movie Pacific Rim, we get more and more thrilled and astonished. Del Toro just came to Wondercon and showed us a special trailer for his film – including the birth of the Jaegers. And he gave us an update on his Justice League…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 30

Pacific Rim shows you what it looks like when Kaiju take a dump on your house

One of the fantastic things about Guillermo del Toro’s Robots Vs. Monsters movie is that the director deals with the bloody aftermath of a battle to the death with giant monsters. Kaiju carcasses rot where they fall, their blue blood oozes into the streets. And when Kaiju need to poop, that’s also a huge problem.…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 22

This is what a suitcase full of Kaiju organs looks like

10 Cinematographers Who Turned Science Fiction Movies into Great Art

Unbelievable Pacific Rim video reveals all of the Kaiju’s secrets

Don’t hold your breath for Hellboy 3 after all

Charlie Day and Ron Perlman talk kaiju anatomy in new Pacific Rim clip

Pacifc Rim featurette shows off the humans inside the giant robots

Is Pacific Rim destined to be an epic flop?

Here’s one more awesome Pacific Rim trailer, because why the hell not

All of Your Biggest Pacific Rim Questions, Answered!

An exclusive look inside the 12-year war that leads to Pacific Rim

Del Toro goes inside the heads of Pacific Rim‘s Jaegers (literally)

Pacific Rim finally explains why you need two pilots per giant robot

A sneak peek inside Guillermo del Toro’s Kaiju-killing machines

Just when you thought Pacific Rim couldn’t look any more incredible…

Oh my god we need this giant Kaiju skull from Pacific Rim immediately

Holy Crap that’s a HUMAN! Behind-the-scenes footage from Mama

The last 20 seconds of this Pacific Rim trailer will make you scream

Guillermo del Toro is making a manga series movie for HBO

Guillermo Del Toro on Pacific Rim: We built several blocks of Hong Kong to destroy, and then we destroyed them!

Pacific Rim shows you what it looks like when Kaiju take a dump on your house

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