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The Most Beautiful Transformers Concept Art You’ll Ever See

Floro Dery was the design supervisor for the original Transformers cartoon, back in the 1980s, and he’s selling some of his art as signed prints on Etsy. And it’s just absolutely beautiful. Check out this concept art for the “Mechano-beast.” And below, there’s a great illustration of Cybertron — and its robot mode. This concept…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 21

Will Smith to star in terrorist-fighting superhero movie Brilliance

Will Smith is set to star in a movie about superheroes with slightly interesting superpowers, like one girl who can read your mind by the way you fold your arms. Unless you unfold them (we guess). The Wrap is reporting that Will Smith will star in the adaptation of Marcus Sakey’s novel Brilliance, with the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 21

In Pompeii, [insert your pun about volcanoes here]

Ah, Pompeii. It’s become a cliché for unwitting, inescapable doom, the fragility of life in the shadow of uncaring nature. And in Pompeii, opening today, Paul W. S. Anderson turns this tale of an ill-fated city into an accidental comedy that happens to have a volcano in it to absolutely no one’s surprise. The thumbnail…

io9 Genevieve Valentine Feb 21

You have to see this stellar VFX breakdown for Gravity

Hey, remember how Gravity blew your mind? Well, how they made Gravity is pretty much exactly as incredible. [Via First Showing]

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 21

Why Hollywood Hacking Is So Hilariously Horrible

The hacking scenes in House of Cards are wildly unrealistic. They’re everything from infuriating to hilarious, but they are definitely not surprising. It turns out, though, that this long tradition of portraying hacking horribly, horribly wrong in TV and film is often intentional. https://gizmodo.com/the-house-of-cards-hacker-is-the-best-worst-thing-about-1524460159 In fact, in a lot of ways it’s necessary. Real hacking…

Movies Eric Limer Feb 21

Meet the four directors being tapped to direct the Dr. Strange movie

Looks like the Dr. Strange movie has gone a future possibility to a definite addition to Marvel’s cinematic slate. THR is reporting that Marvelis considering four potential directors for the film, all of whom seemingly have nothing in common with each other. The four directors are: • Mark Andrews, who co-directed and co-wrote Brave •…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 21

How many of these famous movie and TV cars can you recognize?

Famous cars in movies and TV shows are just as much a character to the story as the actors and actresses. If Batman drove a Volvo or Marty McFly time traveled in a Toyota, it just wouldn’t be the same. They’re iconic. So how many of these cars do you recognize? Scott Park has a…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 20

First Concept Art for Paramount’s Star Trek Theme Park

The bad news: the Star Trek area at Paramount Park Murcia, in Spain, won’t be a representation of Risa, the pleasure planet where Riker picks up strange games. Rather, it’ll be some blend of Starfleet Academy and Starfleet HQ, judging from this concept art. The good news is that Trek fans will finally have a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 20

Darren Aronofsky wins battle with studio over cuts to Noah

For the past few months, we’ve been unsure which version of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah would be hitting theaters — there were tons of reports that Christian audiences reacted badly in screenings. Paramount had reportedly cut as many as six different versions of the film. But now, it appears Aronofsky has won. https://gizmodo.com/are-we-all-wrong-about-vin-diesels-role-in-guardians-o-1450447491 In an article…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Feb 20

The Worst Blunders People Make in Inventing Fictional Alien Worlds

We love stories that take us to alien planets and let us explore whole new environments. But not every alien planet is totally realistic, especially given how much we’ve learned about exoplanets lately. So we asked six experts to tell us the biggest mistakes they see in fictional habitable worlds — and here’s what they…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 20

Watch Die Hard boiled down into 60 seconds of zany animation

Everybody loves Die Hard. It’s the best Christmas movie, and the foundation that so many other awesome thrillers are built on. Plus it has lots of guns and explosions. This 60-second animation of the entire movie by 1A4STUDIO is just as great as the original, but in a completely different and hilarious way. Yippe-ki-yay! SPLOID…

Sploid Eric Limer Feb 20

Rocket Raccoon speaks in the new Guardians of the Galaxy promo

We got to see a little of Rocket Raccoon in action in the first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer, and in this Rocket-centered promo, we get to hear Bradley Cooper give him voice. Update: Now with the rest of the Guardians! https://gizmodo.com/the-first-full-length-guardians-of-the-galaxy-just-got-1525683892 Judging from the style of the promo, it looks like we’ll gradually be…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 20

Poster reveals that the new Godzilla is f@#$ing ENORMOUS

HOLY HELL. Look at how insanely huge Godzilla is — he’s towering over those skyscapers. He would actually have to bend down to destroy them manually. This is AWESOME. I don’t remember ever seeing a Godzilla movie where the Big G wasn’t at least eye-level with the tallest building in the city (usually so he…

Movies Rob Bricken Feb 20

These Frozen deleted scenes are so damn adorable

We’ve got two Frozen deleted scenes that give us lots more time with Anna, Elsa and Kristoff. Unsurprisingly, they are all completely delightful and adorable and can we all just go to Norway and build a snowman together? I totally understand why they cut the girls’ scene — it’s more severe to have them meeting…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 20

This may be the new Fantastic Four

Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot seems to have found its cast. The Wrap is reporting that Marvel’s first family will include (from left to right) Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm, a.k.a. The Thing. That looks like a…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 20

This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

It’s nice to see Ghostbusters getting a lot of love in the toy world these days. First, Lego revealed it’s making an official Ghostbusters building set, and now some awesome modder has turned his nephew’s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe into an adorably miniature version of Ecto1. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-legos-wonderfully-detailed-ghostbusters-1524135884 Because the Cozy Coupe has become so iconic…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

Lego Movie concept art reveals the hidden secrets of LEGO LAND!

Wyldstyle was one of the most memorable new characters in The Lego Movie — and she went thorugh a lot of changes on her way to the screen. Check out official concept art that reveals the many, many different versions of Wyldstyle. Plus more concept art that reveals major spoilers for the film’s ending. The…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 19

Pixar artist turns R-rated movies into awesome kids book illustrations

Josh Cooley has a good sense of humor which is probably what led him to start drawing R-rated scenes from famous movies in the style of a children’s book. Alien, Fight Club, The Godfather, Jaws—they’re all there. And they’re for sale. Cooley’s new book, Movies R Fun!: A Collection of Cinematic Classics for the Pre-(Film)…

Sploid Adam Clark Estes Feb 19

What’s the most defining work of science fiction of the 21st century?

New millennium, new science fiction. So much has changed since the dawn of the 21st century, that we’ve found new works of fiction, film-making and television to speak to our scary new world. But which piece of science fiction from the past 14 years does the most to define our era? Please post a picture…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 19

Jai Courtney is our new Kyle Reese in Terminator: Genesis

Come with me if you want to find out who is playing the new Kyle Reese. Deadline is reporting that Terminator: Genesis has found its new Kyle Reese: Jai Courtney. Apparently the role has been offered to him, but everything is not yet finalized. If all goes well, Courtney (who is best known for not…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 19

The Most Beautiful Transformers Concept Art You’ll Ever See

Will Smith to star in terrorist-fighting superhero movie Brilliance

In Pompeii, [insert your pun about volcanoes here]

You have to see this stellar VFX breakdown for Gravity

Why Hollywood Hacking Is So Hilariously Horrible

Meet the four directors being tapped to direct the Dr. Strange movie

How many of these famous movie and TV cars can you recognize?

First Concept Art for Paramount’s Star Trek Theme Park

Darren Aronofsky wins battle with studio over cuts to Noah

The Worst Blunders People Make in Inventing Fictional Alien Worlds

Watch Die Hard boiled down into 60 seconds of zany animation

Rocket Raccoon speaks in the new Guardians of the Galaxy promo

Poster reveals that the new Godzilla is f@#$ing ENORMOUS

These Frozen deleted scenes are so damn adorable

This may be the new Fantastic Four

This Homemade Cozy Coupe Ecto1 Is Unofficially Awesome

Lego Movie concept art reveals the hidden secrets of LEGO LAND!

Pixar artist turns R-rated movies into awesome kids book illustrations

What’s the most defining work of science fiction of the 21st century?

Jai Courtney is our new Kyle Reese in Terminator: Genesis

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