Movies

Here’s The Trailer For A New Frozen Short Because FROZEN WILL NEVER DIE

When your body expires and your bones turn to dust, Frozen will remain. When all that’s left of your legacy is cut down by the cold scythe of time, Frozen will remain. When the sky is darkened, the land barren and the seas dried up, Frozen will remain. Here’s a trailer for Frozen Fever. The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 25

First Look At The Live-Action Jem, Outrageousness To Be Determined

This is the first real look at the rebooted, updated and live-action Jem and the Holograms movie. But does it meet our very high “glamour and glitter, fashion and fame” standards? Eehhhhh… Thanks to Elle Magazine’s March 2015 issue, we now have a (slightly blurry) look at the upcoming movie. We’ve blown the teeny tiny…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 25

The Huntsman Adds Jessica Chastain To Its Trio of Awesome Women

Look, I know, I know, that The Huntsman has all the hallmarks of a train wreck. The story of its production is Gordian in its knotness. Rather than slice the thing in half, the movie’s gone with a strategy of “hiring all the best women they can.” The latest person joining the cast? Jessica Chastain.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 25

The beautiful long shots from films by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson—director of Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood—is one of the true auteurs in filmmaking today and he often uses long shots in his films to show how isolated characters are from the rest of the world. It’s a neat visual decision, one you can see throughout his movies. Jacob T. Swinney…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 24

Which Show Are You Glad Never Got On Television?

We hear tantalizing reports about TV shows in the pipeline… and then most of them never actually appear on your screens. Most of the time, this is pretty sad. But not always. Which TV show are you glad never actually made it to air? https://gizmodo.com/why-do-so-many-tv-shows-get-greenlit-but-then-never-1681405688 Please include a picture, clip, piece of promo art or…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 24

Birdman Deserves This Action Figure Even More Than An Academy Award

Yeah, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture is nice and all, but I bet what director Alejandro González Iñárritu and star Michael Keaton were really hoping for was a sweet toyline for the film. At least they have this majestic fake toy commercial to show them what might have been. [Via Topless Robot]

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 24

The New Avengers: Age Of Ultron Poster Confirms More Marvel Heroes

If you just looked at Marvel’s new poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron, you likely noticed the team being plagued by Ultron robots (and some perspective issues). But a closer examination of the credits finally proves that the Falcon and Agent Peggy Carter will star in the film — and they might not be alone……

Movies Rob Bricken Feb 24

A New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is On Its Way, Thanks To Netflix

And that’s not all! Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, as it’s been titled, will be produced by Judd Apatow, directed by Broad City’s John Lee, written by Paul Reubens and Comedy Bang Bang’s Paul Rust, and begin produced in just a few months. So not only is a new Pee-Wee movie finally happening, it’s already on its…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 24

This Godzilla’s Atomic Breath Disappears Like He’s a Sword Swallower

Once all the annoying attempts at a plot were out of the way, Hollywood’s latest stab at making a decent Godzilla film wasn’t completely awful—especially if all you care about is giant monsters destroying a city while they duke it out. And it’s not entirely clear why this Godzilla figure is arriving so late, but…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Feb 24

Holy Hell This Power Rangers Reboot Is Dark As F*ck

James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff star in Joseph Kahn’s (Detention, Toque) R-rated, NSFW Power Rangers short film. We did not think the Power Rangers could be this dark. We were so wrong. Created just for shits and grins, Kahn cobbled together what he’s labeling a “deboot FAN FILM.” Writing quite plainly in his…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 24

How Wes Anderson uses red and yellow to paint his movies

When I think of the colors red and yellow together, I think of Big Macs and french fries and chicken nuggets. Yep, I think of McDonald’s. But maybe I should think of Wes Anderson movies now. As you can see in this lovely supercut by Rishi Kaneria that shows Anderson’s use of color, red and…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 24

James Gunn’s Poetic Defense of Superhero Movies

James Gunn took to his Facebook page to respond to a number of disses superhero movies took during the awards season. He was mostly very unconcerned with it all, but he did end with the admonition that their characters were every bit as loved as those from “serious” films.

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 24

The Best Times Movies Changed Plot Points From Their Source Materials

Maintaining fidelity to their source material is usually a point in favor of the on-screen versions of our favorite characters who first began their lives on the page. Sometimes, though, changing a plot point is not only a necessity; it’s a good thing. In some cases, for instance in the rapidly overlapping TV and book…

io9 Ria Misra Feb 23

When A Newspaper Gave Blade Runner‘s Replicant Test To Mayor Candidates

What if your city elected a Replicant as mayor and you didn’t know it? There’s only way to guard against this situation, and that’s by administering the Voight-Kampff test to every single candidate during the mayoral election. One newspaper in San Francisco did that back in 2003, and the results were amazing. The Wave Magazine…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23

Designing Groot’s Crotch For Guardians Was “Incredibly Difficult”

How do you cover the tree privates of a gigantic, naked plant creature such as Groot? The nether regions of everyone’s favorite one-worded Guardian certainly provided a lot of problems for the Guardians of the Galaxy design team. The Globe and Mail has a fascinating step-by-step Groot breakdown from GOTG visual effects supervisor Nicolas Aithadi,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 23

12 Biggest Blunders That Evil Wizards Make

There’s nothing more awesome than an evil wizard. Commanding the forces of darkness, chewing the scenery, wielding objects of terrible power… it’s a great gig. But it’s not one with a lot of job security. Here are 12 terrible mistakes that evil wizards always end up making, which prove their downfall. Note: For the purposes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23

Joss Whedon Explains Why Ant-Man Isn’t In The Avengers

According to Joss Whedon, “Of all the heat I’ve ever taken, not having Hank Pym [in the Avengers] was one of the bigger things.” However, Whedon contests that it didn’t make sense to bring in Ant-Man into Earth’s mightiest movie heroes. In an long interview with Empire Magazine, Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss Whedon…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 23

Lighting Can Completely Change How You See a Face

This tweet shows just how important lighting really is: as the light changes, this face completely changes. It’s disorienting and is why film and theater are so dependent on professionals to work with lights. It’s almost as disorienting as the hollow face illusion, only instead of the mask rotating and your brain turning a concave…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Feb 23

Birdman Inspired Hugh Jackman to Play Wolverine “Until I Die”

If we see a dozen more movies with Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, we’ll have this year’s best picture, Birdman, to thank. In an interview with Cigar Aficionado, Jackman spoke from the perspective of watching Birdman as an actual actor with an iconic superhero role. And the movie may have struck much closer to home for…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 23

Academy Award Winners Round-Up: Birdman, Birdman, Birdman!

After hours and hours of songs, heartfelt speeches, and Neil Patrick Harris doing a magic trick about Oscar predictions, we are officially done with the 2015 Oscars. And congratulations to Birdman, a movie we thoroughly loved, for its Best Picture win. The winners are bolded below. Best Picture American Sniper Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Feb 23

Here’s The Trailer For A New Frozen Short Because FROZEN WILL NEVER DIE

First Look At The Live-Action Jem, Outrageousness To Be Determined

The Huntsman Adds Jessica Chastain To Its Trio of Awesome Women

The beautiful long shots from films by Paul Thomas Anderson

Which Show Are You Glad Never Got On Television?

Birdman Deserves This Action Figure Even More Than An Academy Award

The New Avengers: Age Of Ultron Poster Confirms More Marvel Heroes

A New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is On Its Way, Thanks To Netflix

This Godzilla’s Atomic Breath Disappears Like He’s a Sword Swallower

Holy Hell This Power Rangers Reboot Is Dark As F*ck

How Wes Anderson uses red and yellow to paint his movies

James Gunn’s Poetic Defense of Superhero Movies

The Best Times Movies Changed Plot Points From Their Source Materials

When A Newspaper Gave Blade Runner‘s Replicant Test To Mayor Candidates

Designing Groot’s Crotch For Guardians Was “Incredibly Difficult”

12 Biggest Blunders That Evil Wizards Make

Joss Whedon Explains Why Ant-Man Isn’t In The Avengers

Lighting Can Completely Change How You See a Face

Birdman Inspired Hugh Jackman to Play Wolverine “Until I Die”

Academy Award Winners Round-Up: Birdman, Birdman, Birdman!

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