Movies

Win A Free Pass To A Screening Of Harlock: Space Pirate!

Space Pirate Captain Harlock is a beloved manga and anime series about a space adventurer, from the creator of Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers). A couple years ago, they made a live-action* version, and now at last it’s coming to the U.S. And we’ve got free passes to a few screenings later this week.…

Graphic novel I Kill Giants, about a young woman fighting real and imaginary monsters,is making its way to the big screen. Joe Kelly will adapt his own graphic novel into a screenplay. And Anders Walter, of Oscar-winning short Helium, will direct. [Deadline]

Did 12 Monkeys Just Explain How Changing The Past Works?

Last Friday’s episode of 12 Monkeys took a lot of audacious, dark risks. And it added to our sense that this show is piling on the mythos, in good ways and bad. There are now several extra layers of mystery and foreshadowing on top of what we already knew. But most importantly… did someone explain…

7 things you didn’t know about the funnest movie series: Fast & Furious

Depending on how fun you are at parties, the Fast & the Furious movie franchise got undeniably fun sometime during the 4th or 5th movie (or 1st for the furiously fast). And then they transformed into awesome heist movies with crazy special effects and a revolving door of big action movie stars. The 7th one…

Listen To Some Of The Most Commonly Used Sound-Effects In Cinema

Have you ever heard a scream or sound effect in a movie that sounded strangely familiar? There’s a good chance you weren’t imagining things. Here are some of cinema’s most iconic sounds – and where they originated. The Tarzan yell, which first appeared in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), was later used for animated series…

Avengers: Age Of Skynet! Or Age Of Johnny 5? The Best Trailer Mashups

Last week, we asked you to send us your favorite Avengers 2 trailer remixes and mash-ups. And the response was pretty awesome. Not suprisingly, there were a lot of Ultron/Terminator mash-ups, but also a beautiful Short Circuit/Age of Ultron combo. Here are our favorite Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer remixes! Avengers/Terminator Mashup by Micah Tony…

One less reason to be excited about upcoming movies: The Moon and the Sun, the movie version of Vonda McIntyre’s beloved historical fantasy novel, has had its release date pushed back from April 12, 2015, to “TBA.” Dammit. Contact the author at [email protected].

Last Year’s Breakout Novel Girl With All The Gifts Is Becoming A Movie

The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey was easily one of our favorite novels published last year — and Joss Whedon agreed with us. So it’s fantastic news that this book is becoming a movie called She Who Brings Gifts, starring Glenn Close. According to reports in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, besides…

This Mission: Impossible 5 Trailer Is As Ridiculous As It Needs To Be

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, a.k.a. Tom Cruise’s excuse to feel again, has released a big, bombastic trailer. And excuse me, but is that a GUN FLUTE? Let’s list off all the insane shit Cruise is seen doing in this trailer: Getting trapped in some sort of poison gas chamber. Riding VERY fast in a…

Hollywood heard you! Ruairí Robinson’s proof-of-concept film The Leviathan is on track to become a full-length feature. X-Men writer and producerSimon Kinberg has signed onto the project as producer with Neill Blomkamp onboard as executive producer. Let’s hope something great comes out of this.

Watch these trippy dream sequences from famous movies

Movies are already not real (and often ask you to suspend your disbelief) so when you see a character start dreaming in movies, well, you know things are about to get weird. Here’s a supercut of those weird scenes from Dreamscience that features iconic dream sequences from movies like American Beauty, Inception, Eternal Sunshine and…

Like It Or Not, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Begins Filming In April

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel is set to begin filming next month in New York City and Buffalo. We didn’t much care for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but it was a huge hit, ergo sequel. One good thing: rumor is part two (actually the sixth TMNT movie) will feature some fan-fave villains. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-movie-fails-in-eve-1618071520 https://gizmodo.com/the-tmnt-sequel-will-feature-some-familiar-mutated-fa-1668819473…

Here’s The First Crazy Trailer For Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

Callin’ it: the official trendy word to include in your franchise entry is ROGUE. Because hot on the heels of the Rogue One announcement, we have news that the next Mission: Impossible flick is titled Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation. Lots of fists/motorcycles/Pegg in the teaser trailer below. https://gizmodo.com/first-star-wars-spin-off-movie-is-titled-rogue-one-wha-1691081701 [Via Deadline]

Matthew Broderick Is Prince Charming In The Strangest Cinderella Of All

Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella was pleasingly silly, and boasted a completely insane cast. But it just can’t compete with this 1985 version. See for yourself: That’s Matthew Broderick, pre-Ferris Bueller, as Prince Charming. Plus Flashdance’s Jennifer Beals as Cinderella, and All in the Family’s Jean Stapleton as the Fairy Godmother. This treasure for the ages was…

These Sets From Scary Movies Are Even Creepier When They’re Abandoned

Sometimes, horror movies and action-thrillers are filmed in long-abandoned buildings; sometimes new sets are built for the movies and then abandoned after they wrap. Either way, when the cameras stop rolling, these places remain spooky all on their own. Top image of Six Flags New Orleans (where Jurassic World was filmed) by Keoni Cabral (CC…

io9 March Madness Round 2: Harry Potter Vs. Star Wars! Hobbit Vs. Alien!

It’s Movies vs. TV in this edition of io9 March Madness, and after two days of voting, we’re down to the 32 competitors. Now it’s time to get down to 16. Will the favorites continue to dominate? Top image and bracket: Jim Cooke Wednesday brought some pretty big surprises. The DC Animated Universe took out…

We Know Which Marvel Superhero Morena Baccarin Is Playing In Deadpool

Copycat isn’t one of Marvel’s more well-known heroines, but that may change when Morena Baccarin plays the mutant shapeshifter Vanessa Carlyse, starring in the upcoming Deadpool movie alongside Ryan Reynolds. Sure, she’s another beautiful, blue-skinned woman who can transform herself into different people — hardly a first for the X-Men universe — but Copycat’s shape-shifting…

Interstellar‘s Original Ending Actually Made Sense—And It Wasn’t Happy

The final act of Interstellar was a bit of mess, packed with feel-good mystical pseudoscience that was out of place in a sometimes glorious space opera. It turns out that ending was all director Christopher Nolan’s idea and that Jonathan Nolan’s original script called for a more straightforward—and darker—ending. https://gizmodo.com/interstellar-is-the-best-and-worst-space-opera-youll-ev-1654807305 Spoilers ahead. The Nerdist reported…

Mark Millar’s Time-Traveling Bromance Comic Chrononauts Will Be A Movie

The Chrononauts comic by Mark Millar was only just released, but it’s already been fast-tracked by Universal for a feature film. So get ready for a movie about two sexy geniuses who show the world their time-traveling adventures, live on TV. Deadline is reporting that Millar and Chrononauts illustrator Sean Gordon Murphy will executive produce…

Insurgent Is Like Two Hours Of Someone Else’s Terrible Therapy Session

There was always something ugly at the heart of the wish-fulfillment in the Divergent series — everybody except me is one dimensional, because I’m special! But where the first movie managed to turn this into a weirdly sweet adventure about trying fit in, the sequel just goes full-on narcissistic. And dreary. Spoilers ahead… Divergent and…