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Bryan Singer May Not Direct X-Men: Apocalypse After All

Rumor has it that Bryan Singer directing the sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past is no longer a done deal. The issue, is, of course, the recent sex abuse allegations against him and accompanying lawsuit — and what, specifically, they’re both going to cost Fox. Yes, Fox is worried about how Singer’s lawsuit will…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 10

10 Stand-Alone Star Wars Movies We Actually Want

Disney has put the Star Wars movie-making machine in full gear, and we already have Han Solo and Boba Fett movies in the works. But do we really need more of these two guys? There are so many other great characters to explore, and so many genres that would perfectly adapt to the Star Wars…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 10

Andrew Stanton Teases The John Carter Sequel We’ll Never See

Perhaps it was all the recent “John Carter 2 could have been awesome”reports, but for reasons unknown, Andrew Stanton has tweeted the title cards to the John Carter movies we’ll never see. The director must be getting nostalgic for a movie that never found its audience. Alas, we would have happily watched many more John…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 10

Sigourney Weaver’s In the Avatar Sequels Despite Dying In the First

Yes, she died in the Avatar. But James Cameron’s coming up with something. Or so he says. Look, no one’s really going to complain about more Sigourney Weaver, but she died. For some people, that might be a problem. For Cameron, that’s just a challenge to be overcome. Said Cameron: Sigourney and I have a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 9

If We’re Lucky, There’s Going to Be a Clone High Movie

Clone High creators Chris Miller and Phil Lord made your favorite cartoon about cloned historical figures in high school. Now they want make it into a movie. Please sweet baby clone jesus, make it so. We want to know what happens next to Abe, Joan, and Ghandi! In an interview with Collider the LEGO Movie…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 9

Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin Could Be Your Next Favorite TV Series

This is great news. Robert Charles Wilson’s mind-blowing, Hugo Award winning novel Spin just got optioned by Universal Cable Productions. Which means we may be due for a Spin TV series sometime soon. The premise isn’t simple, but it’s fascianting. Think an infinitely more interesting Under the Dome. Out of nowhere, the Earth is surrounded…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9

Meet The Sentinels Who Almost Appeared In X-Men 2

In one of the earliest drafts of X2: X-Men United, the X-Men’s terrifying robotic foes the Sentinels were part of the action. It was eventually determined they were just too expensive even to animate in CG, and by the time movie was finally finished, only one Sentinel head made a small cameo on the Danger…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 9

I Don’t Think The Leprechaun Reboot Has Any Idea What A Leprechaun Is

The first trailer for the WWE-produced Leprechaun: Origins has dropped. You’ll first notice that the movie appears to be taking itself very seriously. Then you’ll probably notice that it also seemingly has nothing to do with leprechauns. Turning the classic Irish faerie into a monster was always kind of a stretch in the first place,…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 9

The Apes Fight A Bear In This New Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes Trailer

This new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes TV spot features the apes hunting down a bear. That is all.

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 9

Success: Disney Will Add Princess Leia Toys To Its Merchandise Line

Three weeks ago, Disney said it had “no plans for Leia products at the Disney store.” This after announcing just one new female actress in the initial casting announcement for Episode VII. The toy announcement drew considerable criticism, including a barrage of tweets tagged with #WeWantLeia. Now, Disney says Leia toys are coming. “The current…

Movies Robbie Gonzalez Jun 8

Peyton Reed Is Ant-Man‘s New Director

Two weeks ago, director and co-writer Edgar Wright stepped down as director of Ant-Man, a film whose development he was involved with for years. Today, the film gets a new director and co-writer in Peyton Reed and Adam McKay, respectively. Last week we reported that McKay was in the running to replace Wright as director,…

Movies Robbie Gonzalez Jun 7

These Posters Immortalize the Cars From Your Favorite Films

To those of us who pay attention to these things, a movie character’s car can tell us more about that person than nearly anything else. Sometimes, those cars even become characters—without the DeLorean, Back to the Future would be a 1980s Waiting for Godot. Designer Jesús Prudencio’s poster series Cars and Films pays tribute to…

Movies Bob Sorokanich Jun 6

Decoding The Hidden Meaning Of The Signal, The New Indie Film Sensation

The Signal has been getting crazy buzz ever since it rocked Sundance. And now that this movie about computer geeks in a terrifying situation is coming out next Friday, we’re finally getting inside the mysterious bunker of doom. We talked to director William Eubank about the meaning behind his strange film. Spoilers ahead… Seriously, there…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 6

If I Stay Actually About A Girl Stuck In A Really Crappy Purgatory

If you’ve seen the ads for If I Stay, you may have written it off as some tween heartstring yanker (and you wouldn’t be wrong). However, it is also a story about a ghost who is attached to her comatose body, stuck forever in some horrible hospital until she decides what to do—which just made…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 6

12 Classic Lines of Dialogue That You Probably Didn’t Know Were Improv

The best movies are insanely quotable. The classic dialogue sticks with you and becomes your new catch-phrase, even if you sometimes misquote it. But some of the best dialogue wasn’t in the script at all. Here are 12 famous lines you probably didn’t know were improvised on the set. 1) Blade Runner The line: “All…

io9 Ryan Plummer and Charlie Jane Anders Jun 6

American Hippopotamus, Or How The US Tried To Import Hippos For Food

Back in 1910, in the midst of the American meat crisis, the US government came up with the idea to import hippos for food. This is how the “American Hippo Bill” was introduced. And now Bret Ratner and Edward Norton are turning this strange hippo story into a movie. Louisiana Congressman Robert Broussard wanted to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 6

Edge Of Tomorrow Is The Movie Other Action Movies Wish They Could Be

We’ve been reliving the same events over and over again. We keep getting excited for an original science fiction movie, like Elyisum. Or Oblivion. Only to be disappointed. Which is why Edge of Tomorrow is such a thrill. At last, Tom Cruise has broken the cycle of drek. This is the first movie in ages…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 6

This “Aviator Cat” Scene Will Cure Whatever Ails You

Jake, the alien cat in The Cat From Outer Space, doesn’t just help gambling addicts to cheat at horse races, football games and pool games, in his quest to return to his home galaxy. He also flies an antique plane, chasing a helicopter. And this cat-aviator sequence will make all your troubles disappear. The Cat…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 5

It’s shocking to see how many movie scenes were copied in The Matrix

The video by Culturegraphy shows the super close relationship between The Matrix and a bunch of other movies (including Total Recall!). The split-screen comparisons are shocking because you can see how closely some of the choreography and visual cues match up. Make sure to visit Culturegraphy to admire some rich data viz about a wide…

Sploid Jordan Kushins Jun 5

Emily Blunt Nearly Killed Tom Cruise For Real In Edge Of Tomorrow

As you likely know from the trailers, the scifi movie Edge of Tomorrow is about Tom Cruise reliving a single day until he can somehow change the course of a battle against alien invaders. To do so, he trains with Emily Blunt, who kills him whenever they need a “reset.” Apparently she took her role…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 5

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Sigourney Weaver’s In the Avatar Sequels Despite Dying In the First

If We’re Lucky, There’s Going to Be a Clone High Movie

Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin Could Be Your Next Favorite TV Series

Meet The Sentinels Who Almost Appeared In X-Men 2

I Don’t Think The Leprechaun Reboot Has Any Idea What A Leprechaun Is

The Apes Fight A Bear In This New Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes Trailer

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Peyton Reed Is Ant-Man‘s New Director

These Posters Immortalize the Cars From Your Favorite Films

Decoding The Hidden Meaning Of The Signal, The New Indie Film Sensation

If I Stay Actually About A Girl Stuck In A Really Crappy Purgatory

12 Classic Lines of Dialogue That You Probably Didn’t Know Were Improv

American Hippopotamus, Or How The US Tried To Import Hippos For Food

Edge Of Tomorrow Is The Movie Other Action Movies Wish They Could Be

This “Aviator Cat” Scene Will Cure Whatever Ails You

It’s shocking to see how many movie scenes were copied in The Matrix

Emily Blunt Nearly Killed Tom Cruise For Real In Edge Of Tomorrow

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Movies

Bryan Singer May Not Direct X-Men: Apocalypse After All

​10 Stand-Alone Star Wars Movies We Actually Want

Andrew Stanton Teases The John Carter Sequel We’ll Never See

Sigourney Weaver’s In the Avatar Sequels Despite Dying In the First

If We’re Lucky, There’s Going to Be a Clone High Movie

Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin Could Be Your Next Favorite TV Series

Meet The Sentinels Who Almost Appeared In X-Men 2

I Don’t Think The Leprechaun Reboot Has Any Idea What A Leprechaun Is

The Apes Fight A Bear In This New Dawn Of The Planet Of Apes Trailer

Success: Disney Will Add Princess Leia Toys To Its Merchandise Line

Peyton Reed Is Ant-Man‘s New Director

These Posters Immortalize the Cars From Your Favorite Films

Decoding The Hidden Meaning Of The Signal, The New Indie Film Sensation

If I Stay Actually About A Girl Stuck In A Really Crappy Purgatory

12 Classic Lines of Dialogue That You Probably Didn’t Know Were Improv

American Hippopotamus, Or How The US Tried To Import Hippos For Food

Edge Of Tomorrow Is The Movie Other Action Movies Wish They Could Be

This “Aviator Cat” Scene Will Cure Whatever Ails You

It’s shocking to see how many movie scenes were copied in The Matrix

Emily Blunt Nearly Killed Tom Cruise For Real In Edge Of Tomorrow

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome

‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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10 Stand-Alone Star Wars Movies We Actually Want