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Will We Ever Get To See China’s Disastrous Answer To Avatar? [UPDATED]

It’s been two years since we showed you the trailer for Empires of the Deep, the legendary $130 million epic about mermaids that was geared to be China’s answer to Avatar. The movie actually filmed back in 2010. Will we ever see it? Hard to say. Update: We heard from one of the film’s directors.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

Which Movie Deserves A Huge Cult Following?

It’s sad enough when a movie doesn’t rock the box office — but at least some movies lose money in theaters only to become beloved cult classics later on. Which movie do you wish would get a new lease on life as a cult favorite? Please include a picture, poster, clip or other image for…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Movie Writer Could Change Everything

Last year, news broke that everyone’s favorite childhood nightmare book, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, was going to be turned into a film. But now this befuddling movie adaptation has a whole new screenwriter, John August. Yeah, Tim Burton’s John August. Originally it was being reported that Saw screenwriters Marcus Dunstan and Patrick…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 17

Epic Fantasy Movie Seventh Son Has A New Trailer, Still Exists

Jeff Bridges’ wild fantasy movie Seventh Son has been delayed several times since production wrapped on it way back in 2012. But as we approach its latest — and final? — release date of February 6th, 2015, it makes sense to remind folks it still exists with a new, action-packed international trailer. I don’t know…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 17

Hollywood Is Spending Billions To Turn VFX Into Art, And That’s Awesome

The movie industry has been going all-out, for the past decade, to overwhelm us with incredible images of superhero battles, space action, and dragons. Movie budgets skyrocket. IMAX screens pulsate. It’s all kind of overwhelming. And, you know what? That’s kind of excellent. I’m always kind of bemused when people complain about there being too…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 17

Frieza Returns In 2015’s All New Dragonball Z Movie

Uh-oh. The next Dragonball Z anime movie has a title and a villain, and it’s not good news for Goku. In order, it’s Fukkatsu no F (or “F Is for Resurrection”) and indeed, the first look at the movie reveals the return of Goku’s most iconic foe — Frieza. ANN got this art and official…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 17

Rare Set Photos Show James Remar as the Original Dwayne Hicks in Aliens

When Aliens came out in 1986, Michael Biehn played the Marine squad leader Corporal Dwayne Hicks. But before that casting, James Remar (who can be seen most recently in Horns and heard in Destiny, and is lodged in many people’s minds as Harry Morgan in Dexter) filmed a chunk of the part. At the time,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Nov 17

All The Hobbit: Battle Of Five Armies Footage In Chronological Order

Someone has collected every clip from every trailer, teaser and TV spot for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and attempted to compile it into chronological order! The result is an uncannily complete summary of the unreleased movie. Sammpo Alternative Channel fully admits this is based on their speculation, so ff you happen…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 16

Universal’s Monster-Verse Movies Aren’t Even Going To Try To Be Scary

On Friday we mentioned how Universal was hiring a stable of writers to help build their Marvel-style cinematic universe based on their classic monsters. Apparently that was the good news. Now here’s the bad news: Universal has abandoned any pretense that these will be horror movies. Instead of horror, these movies — which I should…

io9 Rob Bricken Nov 16

5 Guidelines For Creating Interesting Female Supervillains

In our desire to see a female-led superhero movie, we don’t want to leave out female supervillains, who are often overshadowed by their male counterparts. Here are a few ideas for creating interesting female villains while avoiding some of the more annoying tropes. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/dont-forget-the-bad-ladies-1659039925

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 15

John C. Reilly Has A Wardrobe Malfunction In Funny GOTG Deleted Scene

John C. Reilly had a small but significant role in Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Corpsman Rhomann Dey. This goofy deleted scene reveals that we could have seen more of Dey and his not very cooperative uniform. If the embed is being troublesome, you can watch the video here. We can see why this…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 15

Finally, a Baby Groot that will keep your Coffee warm

This week, we learned just why it took so long for Marvel to roll out merchandise based on Dancing Baby Groot – but now that Guardians of the Galaxy has been out for a while, it’s time for the Groot products to reign down on us, starting with this clever mug. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-reason-it-took-so-long-to-get-an-official-danc-1658340557 The mug is…

Movies James Whitbrook Nov 15

See How One Batman V. Superman Scene Resembles The Dark Knight Returns

We’ve already seen that Batman V. Superman has been filming an iconic Batman scene. But while it’s a moment we’ve seen on film time and again, the latest set photos show how closely this version will resemble a scene in Frank Miller’s comic The Dark Knight Returns. Mild spoilers ahead. Yes, it’s another instance of…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 15

Listen To Pippin’s Beautiful Return Song From The New Hobbit Movie

Pippin will return in The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. Or, at the very least, he’ll appear on the soundtrack. Actor Billy Boyd has returned to Middle Earth to lend his pipes (yet again) to the drums of war. And you can listen to his entire song right now. The aptly titled tune, “The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 14

Captain America 3 Casts A Villain Who May Stick Around For More Movies

Captain America has found his new nemesis for Captain America: Civil War and you may remember him from Inglourious Basterds. Speculation ahead. Captain America: Civil War already has a fairly extensive cast, including Robert Downey Jr., the new Black Panther Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, and (of course) Chris Evans. And now Marvel is reporting that…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 14

Which Ultimate Weapon Was Way Too Easy To Defeat?

The ultimate weapon is like the Final Boss — it’s supposed to be just unstoppable and monumental in its awesomeness. But sometimes, you get to the ultimate weapon… and it’s not that tough. Which super-incredible weapon of universal destruction turned out to be way, way too easy to knock out? Please include a picture, clip,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 14

Star Wars Quiz Claims It Has The Toughest Questions Ever. Your Move

This isn’t some crap, “What is the name of the planet Yoda lives on?” Star Wars quiz. This is a serious Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope quiz for serious Star Wars fans. Take it over at ikwiz, and then feel free to brag about your score in the comments.

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 14

Statue Of Liberty Bit Cut From Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Is Insane

The classic broken-down Lady Liberty that has a cameo at the end of the original Planet of the Apes movie actually had a planned appearance in the apes movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It was cut, but you can see what they had planned in this amazing concept art. Artist Brian Cunningham…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 14

19 Funniest Nude Scenes In Science Fiction And Fantasy [Work-Safe!]

Some heroes bare their souls in the midst of their epic adventures. And some heroes just bare, well, everything. Science fiction and fantasy is full of hilariously weird moments of naked truth — and here are the 19 funniest nude scenes of all time. It’s work-safe! Note: We didn’t include any actual porn in this,…

io9 Abhimanyu Das and Charlie Jane Anders Nov 14

A Statistical Analysis That Reveals Why Aspiring Screenwriters Fail

The data-crunching fiends over at Five Thirty Eight examined the data from thousands of script evaluations of screenplays by newbie writers, submitted to the Black List of unproduced screenplays. And they found that science fiction and comedies have the worst ratings of all — as well as the reasons why these scripts often crash and…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 14

Will We Ever Get To See China’s Disastrous Answer To Avatar? [UPDATED]

Which Movie Deserves A Huge Cult Following?

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark Movie Writer Could Change Everything

Epic Fantasy Movie Seventh Son Has A New Trailer, Still Exists

Hollywood Is Spending Billions To Turn VFX Into Art, And That’s Awesome

Frieza Returns In 2015’s All New Dragonball Z Movie

Rare Set Photos Show James Remar as the Original Dwayne Hicks in Aliens

All The Hobbit: Battle Of Five Armies Footage In Chronological Order

Universal’s Monster-Verse Movies Aren’t Even Going To Try To Be Scary

5 Guidelines For Creating Interesting Female Supervillains

John C. Reilly Has A Wardrobe Malfunction In Funny GOTG Deleted Scene

Finally, a Baby Groot that will keep your Coffee warm

See How One Batman V. Superman Scene Resembles The Dark Knight Returns

Listen To Pippin’s Beautiful Return Song From The New Hobbit Movie

Captain America 3 Casts A Villain Who May Stick Around For More Movies

Which Ultimate Weapon Was Way Too Easy To Defeat?

Star Wars Quiz Claims It Has The Toughest Questions Ever. Your Move

Statue Of Liberty Bit Cut From Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes Is Insane

19 Funniest Nude Scenes In Science Fiction And Fantasy [Work-Safe!]

A Statistical Analysis That Reveals Why Aspiring Screenwriters Fail

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