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What a Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Would Look Like Today

What if 2001: A Space Odyssey came out in 2012? Just how silly would the marketing campaign be? The folks at Film School Rejects have recut the trailer for Stanley Kubrick’s classic space movie, to appeal to modern audiences — and they kind of hit it out of the park. We’re almost 100% sure that…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 26

First 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas is simply stunning [Now in HD!]

Behold the first beautiful trailer for the incredibly ambitious Cloud Atlas. Directed in teams by both Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis, this big-screen adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel jumps from century to century, with the same actors playing different characters — but they’re all connected. Leap from the 1850s to the post-apocalyptic future. Update: Video…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 26

Werewolf Lesbians in love! Behold the Jack and Diane trailer

Can lesbian werewolves ever find true happiness? We’ll find out soon enough, in Jack and Diane. The last we heard about this wildly experimental romance movie, Ellen Page was turning down the lead role while it languished in development purgatory. But now it’s back, with Juno Temple and Riley Keough starring. While the trailer for…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 25

Why Joseph Gordon-Levitt has the crappiest gun in Looper

Rian Johnson’s Looper doesn’t just have a clever use of time travel — it also has a complicated gangster society, with its own futuristic terminology. Including the movie’s title — Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character is a “looper,” which means he’s the lowest of the low, when it comes to these future gangsters. https://gizmodo.com/why-looper-could-be-the-most-well-thought-out-time-trav-5926757 We talked to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 25

Your Chance to See the “Nazis in Space” Movie Iron Sky at Your Local Theater

We’ve been hearing about Iron Sky, the movie about a secret Nazi Moonbase, for years — but when will it come to your local theater? That’s up to you. A new website called Tugg is offering fans a chance to book screenings of Iron Sky and tons of other movies at their local theaters —…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 25

Bioluminescent whales soar in the first beautiful trailer for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi

Not one single word is spoken in the first ever trailer for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, which is perfect. Words could only have distracted from the insane beauty of this wildly theatrical magical realist movie. Fingers crossed, the boy and his tiger friend eventually come upon the carnivorous plants on the mystical floating islands…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 25

First images from Cloud Atlas show off the wild face implants of the future!

Feast your eyes on the very first images from the movie adaptation of David Mitchell’s time jumping novel Cloud Atlas. The movie features a massive cast of big name actors (Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant and more) playing multiple roles throughout time, from the 19th century to the future. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly we…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 25

First concept art from The Wolverine reveals what’s next for Logan

Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold showed off a collection of concept art and sets while on location in Australia for the next Wolverine movie, The Wolverine. But what clues does it reveal about Logan’s next adventure? Spoilers ahead… On first glance we noticed a miniature set for some sort of prison. The Leader (where…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

Genre Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie

The history of science fiction and fantasy at the cinema is littered with wreckage. It’s hard enough to make a movie, and nearly impossible to make a good movie. So it’s not surprising that even some of the best directors in Hollywood have at least one stinker in their resumes. With The Dark Knight Rises,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

An exclusive Dark Knight Rises book chapter shows just why Gotham is easy pickings for Bane

The most fascinating part of The Dark Knight Rises might be the way in which Batman’s sacrifice at the end of The Dark Knight has spawned a whole new political landscape. The Harvey Dent Act has led to a new crackdown on Gotham’s crime, and the wealthy and powerful are celebrating while Bruce Wayne hides…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

If this final Hobbit video diary doesn’t make you cry, there’s no magic in you

Peter Jackson and the crew say goobye to The Hobbit as they wrap principal photography in New Zealand. If this video blog of hardworking strangers braiding dwarf hair doesn’t make you misty-eyed, you’re a robot. This certainly isn’t the last of the Jackson updates — there are still many more months until The Hobbit is…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright team up for a mystery movie called Collider

Two entertainment icons, J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright, are teaming up for a mysterious science fiction movie called Collider. Could this be our first big Hollywood picture about the Large Hadron Collider? And is it the same as the God Particle project that Abrams was linked to recently? https://gizmodo.com/j-j-abrams-next-mind-frak-the-large-hadron-collider-w-5917480 Not much is known about this…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

Possible new Godzilla concept art reveals a much spikier monster [Updated]

The Godzilla teaser trailer rocked us at Comic Con — and now here’s a new glimpse of the monster’s edgier new look. Is this how Monsters director Gareth Edwards will revamp the most famous kaiju of them all? Update: Apparently it’s fan art, created by CheungChungTat on Deviant Art. Sorry about that. Spotted by Redditor…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 23

Bryan Cranston creates the scariest drug of all, in Total Recall

Besides the hot exploding robot action the one thing we’re most looking forward to in the Total Recall remake is watching Bryan Cranston go off the rails as the big bad Vilos Cohaagen. So just how bad is Cranston’s Cohaagen, what does he want now that this version of Total Recall is set on Earth…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 23

What would a sequel to The Dark Knight Rises look like?

Christopher Nolan promised us that The Dark Knight Rises would be the final chapter in a trilogy — not just a third installment in an ongoing series. And he delivered. But does that mean the story can’t continue after this movie leaves off? After all, any ending, no matter how final, always contains the seeds…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Every single Batman villain catalogued in one, handy chart

Behold the Batman Villain Taxonomy chart. This massive chart lists every single Batman villain from the big boys like the Penguin to the less popular (but still fantastic) baddies such as Dr. Moon. It’s helpfully organized by features and attributes. For example, here are the Masters: The Clock Master, The Atom Master, The Cluemaster, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 23

Steven Spielberg wants Thor to star in Robocalypse

This may be the first real indication that Robocalypse will actually get made. Rumor has it Steven Spielberg already has an actor in mind for the lead: Chris Hemsworth. Deadline is reporting that the famous director is actively pursuing Thor himself to star in his adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s book (a movie so big…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 23

Watch Henry Cavill’s sonic boom in the first Man of Steel trailers

If you’ve seen The Dark Knight Rises already, then you’ve seen one of the two trailers for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. In this one, Clark Kent spends his time fishing and hitchhiking before finally breaking the sound barrier as Superman. There’s very little footage to show at this point since Man of Steel just…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 21

Lake Placid and Pan’s Labyrinth sit inside Jurassic Park according to this massive movie title map

In the distant land where movies come to life, Count Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein are neighbors, Jurassic Park is enclosed by the Way of the Vampire and the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and both Shutter Island and the Island of Dr. Moreau sit within the banks of the Reservoir Dogs — at least according to…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 21

Matt Damon and Sharlto Copley reveal the secrets behind Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium

Why is Matt Damon bald? Why is Sharlto Copley’s character so insane? Why does everyone on the awesome high tech space station for rich people still use paper 150 years into the future? We rounded up the cast of Neill Blomkamp’s new class warfare action movie Elysium and got answers, on camera. Matt Damon: Why…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 20

What a Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey Would Look Like Today

First 6-minute trailer for Cloud Atlas is simply stunning [Now in HD!]

Werewolf Lesbians in love! Behold the Jack and Diane trailer

Why Joseph Gordon-Levitt has the crappiest gun in Looper

Your Chance to See the “Nazis in Space” Movie Iron Sky at Your Local Theater

Bioluminescent whales soar in the first beautiful trailer for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi

First images from Cloud Atlas show off the wild face implants of the future!

First concept art from The Wolverine reveals what’s next for Logan

Genre Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie

An exclusive Dark Knight Rises book chapter shows just why Gotham is easy pickings for Bane

If this final Hobbit video diary doesn’t make you cry, there’s no magic in you

J.J. Abrams and Edgar Wright team up for a mystery movie called Collider

Possible new Godzilla concept art reveals a much spikier monster [Updated]

Bryan Cranston creates the scariest drug of all, in Total Recall

What would a sequel to The Dark Knight Rises look like?

Every single Batman villain catalogued in one, handy chart

Steven Spielberg wants Thor to star in Robocalypse

Watch Henry Cavill’s sonic boom in the first Man of Steel trailers

Lake Placid and Pan’s Labyrinth sit inside Jurassic Park according to this massive movie title map

Matt Damon and Sharlto Copley reveal the secrets behind Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium

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