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The Extended Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Will Be R-Rated, Somehow

Apparently, the extra twenty minutes being added to the extended DVD were where all the superviolence and nudity was hiding. Finally, the grim and gritty version of The Hobbit we were all waiting for. The special edition is slated to be released on November 17th and will have nine hours of behind the scenes footage…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 25

Concept Art Reveals the Gorgeous Castle Doom Almost Had in Fantastic Four

Among the various things that didn’t make it into the most recent attempt to bring Fantastic Four to the big screen was this castle that was supposed to be the home of Doom. Artist Steve Jung, who’s done great work for other superhero movies, posted a bunch of concept art for Planet Zero and Doom’s…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 25

Hollywood Reboots Keep Using This Lazy Trope and It Makes Their Characters Look Like Idiots

This month Man from UNCLE hit theaters, the latest in a long line of movie adaptations of sixties TV shows. And like so many of these attempts to capitalize on name recognition, the reborn Man from UNCLE chose to tell an origin story. But not just any origin story — a very specific origin story.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 25

The Summer Movies Of 2015: What Worked and What Didn’t

Summer movie season is based on the premise that filmmakers know what the public wants. Big production budgets feed into big marketing campaigns feed into blockbuster success—unless they don’t, through some failure of hit-movie theory or practice. The 2015 season produced some notable surprises (Mad Max) along with some huge letdowns (Terminator, Fantastic Four). What…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 25

Supercut: All the People That Batman Has Killed Throughout His Movie Career

One of Batman’s most recognizable features beyond his costume, gadgets, and awesome cars is his first rule of crimefighting: No Killing. But as this supercut shows, the Dark Knight’s movie incarnations certainly don’t mind breaking that rule every once in a while. The excellent video from Youtuber Mr. Sunday Movies tallies up each time a…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 25

Back to the Future’s DeLorean was almost a refrigerator–plus 8 other BTTF facts

Back to the Future is basically the perfect movie. But it totally could have been just a bad 80’s movie if a few things went differently. Like if Eric Stoltz never got replaced with Michael J. Fox, if the movie had used a refrigerator as the time machine instead of the DeLorean or if the…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 25

How movies break the fourth wall and why they do it

When movies break the fourth wall it’s always a little jarring. Like when you see someone you don’t know try to talk to you and you look behind your shoulder to see if it’s really you they want. But when characters express that awareness of being in their world to you, it can get pretty…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 24

Stop Drooling and Check Out This Crazy Collection of Back to the Future Props

With Marty McFly’s arrival in 2015 fast approaching, things are sure to get very Back to the Future everywhere you look. That includes the Internet, where franchise co-creator, co-writer and producer Bob Gale has revealed has jaw-dropping and jealousy-inducing collection of props. In the above video, Gale takes fans through a wet dream full of…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 24

Skynet Wins After All: Terminator Genisys Is a Monster Hit in China!

Terminator Genisys was a flop in the United States, making just $89 million here. But now Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the franchise has scored a monster opening day in China, which means it will probably wind up being considered a hit overall. And a sequel just got much more likely. Genisys made $27.4 million on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24

Take That, Ice Cube! Vin Diesel Confirms He’s Making a New xXx Movie

Before Fast and Furious turned into one of the biggest franchises in the world, people though of Vin Diesel of a man of three franchises. Fast and Furious, of course, Pitch Black and xXx. Even though Diesel only showed up in the first xXx film, he long said he’d return to the spy-fi series. Now…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 24

All the people that Batman has killed in movies

Batman’s not supposed to be killing people but when you’re a dark and reckless vigilante who is careless about explosions and has the emotional capacity of a Richie Rich gone wrong and is basically an insane person running the streets at night in black, it’s inevitable that you’ll punch out someone’s ticket. Here’s a collection…

Sploid Casey Chan Aug 24

Henry Cavill: Wonder Woman Is Great For Superman Because She Isn’t Afraid of Him

Cosmopolitan asked Henry Cavill the all-important Superman question: Wonder Woman or Lois Lane? In his attempt to avoid taking a firm stand one way or the other, Cavill gave a horrible, horrible answer. Cavill first opined on the “strong women” of comic books before being asked “Lois Lane or Wonder Woman.” Behold his answers: POWER…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 24

We Just Got a Sneak Peek at The Gorgeous Trailer For The Moon and the Sun

We just saw the first trailer for The Moon and the Sun, the movie version of Vonda McIntyre’s Nebula Award-winning 1997 novel, here at Worldcon in Spokane. It’s full of lavish beauty and intense passion, set in Louis XIV’s Versailles. In the Moon and the Sun trailer, we meet Marie-Josephe (Kaya Scodelario), a young orphan…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 22

Masters Of FX Is A Great Look At How Your Favorite Films Came Together

Earlier this week, we took a look at James Cameron’s foreword to Masters of FX: Behind the Scenes with Geniuses of Visual and Special Effects, by Ian Failes. The entire book is an outstanding compendium of behind-the-scenes information about how all of your favorite films came together. In this book, Failes brings together a really…

io9 Andrew Liptak Aug 22

Planet Money On Why Horror Films Are The Best Investment In Hollywood

The folks behind Planet Money were confused as to why one of the worst films of 2012 was one of the most profitable: The Devil Inside. Looking a little deeper, they found that horror movies in general are a solid investment from studios, and that’s why they keep appearing. Looking at data from Studio System,…

io9 Andrew Liptak Aug 22

Get Rich Now So You Can Buy These Amazing Original Film Props

The screen-used film prop is the holy grail of movie collecting. It doesn’t get any better than owning something that was actually used in making your favorite movie. The only way to do that, however, is usually via auction—and there’s a big one coming up with some insanely awesome props. Next month, the Prop Store…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 21

The Best Techno-thriller of the Weekend is American Ultra

If you love action and futuristic conspiracies, you can skip the blockbuster sequels this weekend and head straight for the funny, fiendish flick American Ultra. It’s billed as a stoner comedy, but this weird secret agent, mind control ninja story is so much better than that. American Ultra stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mike, a twenty-something…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 21

This Trailer Makes Final Girls Look Like the Most Meta Horror Movie Yet

Horror films are at their best either when they’re really scary, or really self-aware. The Final Girls looks like a bit of both. It’s a new, ultra-meta take on the genre, where a girl meets her dead mom—after she finds herself inside the mom’s popular slasher movie. Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (A Very Harold &…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 21

The Thermians Are at Worldcon Looking For Their Next Space Hero. Is It You?

We’ve seen some pretty great costumes thus far at Worldcon 2015—but our favorite thing thus far was this group of Thermians from the movie Galaxy Quest. They were doing the voices and the mannerisms and everything. But what if they’re real and that movie is a documentary? What then? Contact the author at [email protected] and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 21

Mad Max Director George Miller Rumored to Be Up For Man Of Steel 2

“I want to see that again” was probably your first thought after watching Mad Max: Fury Road. The second may have been “I wonder what director George Miller is doing next.” He hasn’t decided yet, but he’s currently talking to DC movie people about potentially doing the second Man of Steel. This is a rumor…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 21

The Extended Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Will Be R-Rated, Somehow

Concept Art Reveals the Gorgeous Castle Doom Almost Had in Fantastic Four

Hollywood Reboots Keep Using This Lazy Trope and It Makes Their Characters Look Like Idiots

The Summer Movies Of 2015: What Worked and What Didn’t

Supercut: All the People That Batman Has Killed Throughout His Movie Career

Back to the Future’s DeLorean was almost a refrigerator–plus 8 other BTTF facts

How movies break the fourth wall and why they do it

Stop Drooling and Check Out This Crazy Collection of Back to the Future Props

Skynet Wins After All: Terminator Genisys Is a Monster Hit in China!

Take That, Ice Cube! Vin Diesel Confirms He’s Making a New xXx Movie

All the people that Batman has killed in movies

Henry Cavill: Wonder Woman Is Great For Superman Because She Isn’t Afraid of Him

We Just Got a Sneak Peek at The Gorgeous Trailer For The Moon and the Sun

Masters Of FX Is A Great Look At How Your Favorite Films Came Together

Planet Money On Why Horror Films Are The Best Investment In Hollywood

Get Rich Now So You Can Buy These Amazing Original Film Props

The Best Techno-thriller of the Weekend is American Ultra

This Trailer Makes Final Girls Look Like the Most Meta Horror Movie Yet

The Thermians Are at Worldcon Looking For Their Next Space Hero. Is It You?

Mad Max Director George Miller Rumored to Be Up For Man Of Steel 2

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