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Some Movies Are So Worried About Setting Up a Sequel They Forget to be Good

You can’t blame Hollywood for its non-stop deluge of remakes, sequels, and prequels. Audiences keep showing up for them, and they take one of the most difficult parts of art—the idea—out of the equation. What’s unforgivable though is making a movie under the assumption a sequel will be made after it. That’s what happened this…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 12

Simon Pegg Has a Canonical Explanation For Why Sulu Is Gay in the New Star Trek Universe

We’ve covered the news that the Sulu of Star Trek Beyond is gay, and the arguments on both sides. But here’s something a bit different—tucked into a second response addressing George Takei’s disappointment, co-writer Simon Pegg has shared his explanation for this change, given that the movie timeline only diverged from the original Trek universe…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Jul 12

The Director of Kung Fu Panda 3 Is Making an X-Men Meets The Walking Dead YA Film

Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who helmed the last two Kung Fu Panda movies, is making her live-action debut with an equally high concept idea. It’s called Darkest Minds, based on a series of books by Alexandra Bracken, and it’s sort a mash-up of X-Men, The Walking Dead and more. Darkest Minds is about a disease…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 12

Watch Film Legend Ray Harryhausen’s Concept Footage for War of the Worlds

Since its publication near the turn of the 20th century, H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds has seen lots of adaptations. One that didn’t happen, however, and we really wish had, was by legendary filmmaker and stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. Now we can finally see what Harryhausen had in mind. The footage has been online…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 12

The Wonder Woman Movie Was Written by Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg, and Geoff Johns

This is bizarre news. Not just because Wonder Woman has wrapped production and we’ve only just learned who wrote the script Patty Jenkins shot, but because what many assumed would be a DC movie out of the direct hands of Zack Snyder’s involvement is in fact very much connected with the filmmaker. A new press…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 12

Get to Know Star Trek Beyond‘s Big New Bad Guy

Star Trek Beyond doesn’t just have a gay Hikaru Sulu or the backing of a Rihanna song, it’s also got Idris Elba as Krall, its sinister and cranky villain who hates everything Kirk and pals stand for. Now you can get to know him Krall day and Krall night long in a new featurette focusing…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 12

Here Are 11 Beautiful Pieces of Star Trek Art, Because Why Not?

We’re just a few weeks away from the premiere of the crown jewel of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: the release of Star Trek Beyond. To celebrate both events, an online art collective called the Poster Posse did a ton of very cool Trek art, and we decided to pick out just a few…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 11

David Ayer Made Viola Davis Curse Out a Castmate on the Suicide Squad Set

Every time we find out more about what filming Suicide Squad was like, the more convinced we are that it was a nightmare beyond understanding. This week: Viola Davis calling Joel Kinnaman a “pussy” and a “bitch.” Davis had an idea for how she wanted Amanda Waller’s first scene with Rick Flag (Kinnaman) to go.…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Jul 11

Schoolkids Are Virtually and Literally Terrifying in the Let’s Be Evil Trailer

Let’s Be Evil is a students-vs.-teachers movie, where the students are pint-sized brainiacs amassed in isolation, where they’re taught with virtual-reality tech that seems prone to going haywire. The teachers, if they can even be called that, are just a trio of chaperones who don’t seem to know what they’re doing. What could possibly go…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Jul 11

Sega’s Rent-A-Hero Movie Is Basically Uber for Superheroes

Have you ever heard of the Sega Genesis game Rent-A-Hero? Probably not, because it was a) only released in Japan, and b) an incredibly bizarre and obscure comedic role-playing game. Well, now it’s the latest movie announcement from Sega, and the man behind Hot Tub Time Machine is bringing it to life. Yes, in the…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 11

Universal May Have Just Cast a Truly Frightening Frankenstein’s Monster

It’s happening quietly and you may not even know it. But starting next year, Universal Studios is rebooting their classic Monsters movies into one cinematic universe. The Mummy with Tom Cruise is filming, Russell Crowe is Dr. Jekyll, and Johnny Depp is rumored to be the Invisible Man. Now we may also have Frankenstein’s monster.…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 11

This Moody Kill Bill Vol. 1 Poster Is Bloody Brilliant

Few murderers have sliced their way into our hearts like the Bride from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Fans of hers, and the film, are going to love this new poster from 23-year-old English artist Karl Fitzgerald. It’s called They Belong To Me Now, and will be available from Cult Classic Prints starting at 2pm EST…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 11

How Historically Accurate Is Saving Private Ryan?

Few movie scenes capture the horror of war like Saving Private Ryan. Seeing the storming of the beach in all its ugliness—the fear, the seasickness, the bullets, the desperation, the death—gives us a cold look at the reality of D-Day and how terrifying it must have been. But just how historically accurate is that scene?…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 11

The Ghostbusters Franchise May Be ‘Endless,’ But It’s All Still Very Much In Flux

This weekend, one of the producers of Ghostbusters declared the franchise would be “endless.” But there’s a long way to go before Sony decides to make an official Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe. Certainly the hope is that the new movie will spawn sequels, and there’s also been an announcement of a new Ghostbusters cartoon in the…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 11

Dr. Zaius Fondly Remembers Working With ‘Chuck’ Heston on Planet of the Apes

Much of the original Planet of the Apes was a grueling desert film shoot, with actors wearing prosthetic make-up that was cutting-edge for 1968 but was still incredibly cumbersome. Their greatest champion, remembers the one and only Dr. Zaius, was star Charlton Heston—who apparently insisted everyone call him “Chuck.” This TCM interview, conducted to promote…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jul 11

We Get Our First Look of Sofia Boutella As the Mummy

We were pretty excited when we found out that Kingsman: The Secret Service scene-stealer Sofia Boutella was cast as the titular monster in Universal Studio’s The Mummy reboot. It’s a different take on the iconic monster and it has the potential to jump start the expanded Monsters universe that Universal wants so badly. So when…

Movies Carli Velocci Jul 10

You and Rihanna Could Totally Geek Out About Star Trek

Did you think it was weird when Rihanna, the multi-platinum recording artist, did a song for Star Trek Beyond? On paper, it was. She’s this super-famous, super-cool, music superstar. The kind of person you’d expect not to know a “War” from a “Trek.” But believe it or not, Rihanna is a huge Trek fan. So…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 8

Watch the Last Scene of Every Pixar Movie

It’s almost always happily ever after. Pixar movies end with every one cheery, problems solved, relationships mended, fish found, and smiles animated. That is, they all end so damn nicely that they’re all utterly forgettable. I love most of these movies and can recall classic scenes in my head, and yet I don’t remember any…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 8

Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons in the Running to Co-Star in The Flash Movie

Running? The Flash? Never mind. DC’s film adaptation of The Flash has already found a new director in Rick Famuyiwa, who directed the acclaimed Dope, and now he may be pulling from the same camp in terms of rounding out the movie’s cast—specifically Kiersey Clemons, who is rumored to be the top pick for The…

io9 Carly Lane Jul 8

Steven Spielberg’s Company Will Make the Alien Invasion Drama The Fall

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is on a tear of acquiring new content. They just released The BFG, picked up the YA series The Gates and now they’ve acquired the buzzed-about spec script, The Fall, which sounds like The Road meets War of the Worlds. We wrote about The Fall a few weeks ago as one…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 8

Some Movies Are So Worried About Setting Up a Sequel They Forget to be Good

Simon Pegg Has a Canonical Explanation For Why Sulu Is Gay in the New Star Trek Universe

The Director of Kung Fu Panda 3 Is Making an X-Men Meets The Walking Dead YA Film

Watch Film Legend Ray Harryhausen’s Concept Footage for War of the Worlds

The Wonder Woman Movie Was Written by Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg, and Geoff Johns

Get to Know Star Trek Beyond‘s Big New Bad Guy

Here Are 11 Beautiful Pieces of Star Trek Art, Because Why Not?

David Ayer Made Viola Davis Curse Out a Castmate on the Suicide Squad Set

Schoolkids Are Virtually and Literally Terrifying in the Let’s Be Evil Trailer

Sega’s Rent-A-Hero Movie Is Basically Uber for Superheroes

Universal May Have Just Cast a Truly Frightening Frankenstein’s Monster

This Moody Kill Bill Vol. 1 Poster Is Bloody Brilliant

How Historically Accurate Is Saving Private Ryan?

The Ghostbusters Franchise May Be ‘Endless,’ But It’s All Still Very Much In Flux

Dr. Zaius Fondly Remembers Working With ‘Chuck’ Heston on Planet of the Apes

We Get Our First Look of Sofia Boutella As the Mummy

You and Rihanna Could Totally Geek Out About Star Trek

Watch the Last Scene of Every Pixar Movie

Dope‘s Kiersey Clemons in the Running to Co-Star in The Flash Movie

Steven Spielberg’s Company Will Make the Alien Invasion Drama The Fall

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