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io9 Nights: What Are You Watching?

It’s that weird time of year between the traditional end of television season and the start of the summer season. There’s not a lot that’s new on, so what are you watching? Now, I’m normally going to leave this feature wide-open. But tonight I have one additional request: Help me name io9 at night’s open…

This Is What David Lynch’s Return Of The Jedi Might Have Looked Like

Most people know the story about how George Lucas offered the third Star Wars movie to David Lynch, who turned it down because of Lucas’ poor choice of restaurant. Now, a gent named C-SPIT has taken it upon himself to imagine what that movie may have looked like. WARNING: You will have nightmares about Ewoks…

Gareth Edwards Is Directing The First Stand-Alone Star Wars Film

Fresh off his triumph with the Godzilla reboot, Gareth Edwards is taking on another monumental challenge: transforming Star Wars into just a single series of films into a Shared Universe of films. Edwards will direct the first standalone Star Wars film, coming December 2016. Who’s this film about? The Lucasfilm press release doesn’t say. We’d…

Why Godzilla Kicked Pacific Rim‘s Ass at the Box Office

Though Pacific Rim was arguably a more original and complex movie than Godzilla, it fizzled at the box office — while Godzilla’s formulaic fun earned so much money its first weekend that the studio has already ordered a sequel. What made one giant monster movie succeed where the other failed? Top image: Godzilla concept art…

The First Science Fiction Movie Made in Cuba. Omega 3, now in postproduction, is an “anti-utopian” film, set in a post-apocalyptic late 21st century, which director Eduardo del Llano says has an aesthetic similar to The Matrix and Blade Runner.

Alfonso Cuarón Could Direct The Shining Prequel

Well, color us intrigued. Gravity and Little Princess director Alfonso Cuarón is rumored to be next in line to direct The Shining prequel. Interesting… Schmoes Know is reporting that two close sources with knowledge of the project have spilled the beans that Hollywood’s new director darling Cuarón could lens the long-awaited horror prequel Overlook Hotel.…

The Best Fake Movies from Netflix’s Summary Screw-Ups

In what might just be the best bug of all time, Netflix accidentally started mashing up one-sentence summaries from different movies and TV shows. What follows is a list of the most amazing movies you’ll never get to see. The journey seems to have started on May 17th, when the Twitter account @SummaryBug hummed to…

Disney’s First Trailer For Big Hero 6 Is Wildly Adorable

Here is the first-ever trailer for Disney’s first ever Marvel animated feature, Big Hero 6! And oooh my god, wait until you hear the little squish-squish sound this robot makes with his feet! Big Hero 6 is loosely based on the not-super-well-known comic series. The whole thing has kind of been reset by Disney and…

Trailer For Roger Ebert’s Documentary Life Itself Makes Us Miss Him

It’s been a year since critic Roger Ebert lost his battle with cancer, but the man who made the world fall in love with movies will live on, not only through his mountain of work but in this documentary Life Itself, which has premiered the first trailer. We eagerly await Life Itself (especially any of…

Watch This Trailer For The Anti-D&D Movie Dark Dungeons Or Satan Wins

We previously brought you the news that Dark Dungeons, the legendary Jack Chick tract that exposed the sinister truth that playing Dungeons & Dragons is a one-way ticket to hell, was becoming a movie. Now behold the first trailer, and make a saving throw against the devil! This movie looks fantastic, mostly because it appears…

A Free Preview Screening Of This Year’s Sundance Rave The Signal

Three young geeks travel in the desert, looking for clues to the location of the legendary hacker Nomad, but find something… weirder. The Signal got rave reviews at Sundance, and if you’re in San Francisco you can see a free preview screening of this Twilight Zone-esque thriller next Thursday the 29th at 7:30 PM. https://gizmodo.com/sundance-roundup-part-2-the-indie-movies-everyone-is-b-1507647850…

The curious story of why the Jedi are called Jedi

If you’re a cinema fan you may know part of this story but, if you aren’t, this video is a summary of how American westerns influenced the samurais of Akira Kurosawa—and how the samurais of Akira Kurosawa influenced that galactic western known as Star Wars. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…

Sometimes Even A Well-Trained Dragon Runs Away

Can’t wait for the How To Train Your Dragon sequel? Here’s a glimpse of the new tie-in comic book, to tide you over. The Dragons: Riders of Berk comic will come out quarterly from Titan Comics starting May 27, and we’ve got a few exclusive pages below. The comic is written by Transformers mastermind Simon…

Hawkeye’s New Avengers: Age Of Ultron Outfit Looks A Bit Odd

Lest anyone worry that DC would monopolize all “Huh? Really?”s uttered by comic fans today, this pic of Hawkeye on the set of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron reveals his brand-new costume, which is… uh… huh? Really? It’s not the worst superhero outfit in the world, but it looks pretty much nothing like Hawkeye has…

What Movie Do You Watch While Falling Asleep?

The art of picking a quality movie to watch while nodding off is hard. It can’t be too loud or too good. Sometimes it helps if you have it memorized front to back, so you can picture the action in your head while maintaining a face-down-in-the-pillow position. What is your perfect dozing-off movie? Personally I…

Every Single Mystique Transformation Scene From Every X-Men Movie

One of the best parts of all the X-Men movies is watching the gorgeous Mystique transform into all sorts of folks. The flicking scale mutation scene NEVER gets old. And now you can see every transformation in one video. Thanks to MTV, who compiled this amazing video! Get More: Music News

“Loners” Who Can’t Stop Joining Teams All The Time

Everybody loves a cool loner. A lone wolf. A man or woman who doesn’t play well with others, and who spouts off phrases like “I work alone” and “Other people just slow me down.” But for some reason, those cool loners just can’t quit joining teams. Here are the “loners” who can’t seem to do…

Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice Is The New Official Title

The official logo and the official title for the movie previously known as Man of Steel 2 and Batman Vs. Superman has been revealed! Let’s break it down. “Dawn of Justice” makes sense, because it’s the first time these two iconic superheroes have met, is arguably the partnership that will eventually become the Justice League,…

This Short Film Delivers Intense Action, By Showing One Man’s Face

In the short film Mis-Drop, we watch a soldier’s first and final mission from the perspective of a head-mounted camera trained on his face, as he drops from a starship onto a colonial planet. All we see of the world around him are reflections in his helmet, and yet the suspense is incredible. Plus, the…

New Jupiter Ascending Trailer Has A Whole Lotta Space Creatures

The Wachowski’s latest international trailer for their expansive space adventure Jupiter Ascending is stuffed with all sorts of new space beasties. Watch as Channing Tatum slams a little pink monster, and rides a giant winged beast! We have absolutely no idea what to expect from this film, but we do know that it looks gorgeous…