Movies

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Is the Only 3D Film I’m Excited About

Jackson is currently hard at work shooting The Hobbit in 3D. But instead of using the bulky 3D rigs commonly associated with 3D movie films. Jackson is using RED EPIC cameras and mirrors to keep the cameras mobile. Most “3D” films are crap. Sure Avatar looked good, but the story was lammmeee. Hollywood has gotten…

Movies Roberto Baldwin Nov 8

The Best Jurassic Park Cosplay We’ve Ever Seen

I know for a fact that this is the best Jurassic Park couples cosplay because I spent all Halloween trying to make a Papier-mâché T-Rex head and failed miserably. Where I failed, these two awesome geeks succeeded. Check out some amazingly clever cosplay — including the severed hand of Ray Arnold. And here’s the Robert…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 8

Watch David Tennant go full douchebag in a new Fright Night featurette!

Was there any other character created this year that surpassed David Tennant’s great heights of douchebaggery as Fright Night’s magician, Peter Vincent? There’s a reason the Fright Night 2 rumors hinted at an all-Tennant sequel — because he’s hilarious. Now here’s a glimpse at some additional Vincent material in a special behind-the-scenes feature about his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 8

5 clips from Arthur Christmas will awaken your cold, black heart

Believe it or not, the latest addition to the Christmas movie genre, Arthur Christmas, is kind of fun. When we caught a sneak peek, we were impressed with how this Aardman Animations film plays with the mythology of Santa Claus, and turned the reign of Claus into into a bit of a monarchy. https://gizmodo.com/new-arthur-christmas-footage-stuffed-our-stockings-with-5846719 These…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 8

The 10 Most God-Awful Movies About Greek Mythology

Are Greek gods just automatically camptastic? The Immortals looks like it will push mythological glitter to its absolute limits — but there’s been a long history of insanely goofy movies about Hercules, Zeus, Perseus and other Hellenistic bruisers. Something about taking the already-ludicrous “sword and sandal” genre and adding shouty gods to the mix just…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 8

Why is Buckaroo Banzai such an enduring classic?

Over at Den of Geek, there’s a great tribute to Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, which celebrates the film’s cheerful illogic and its richness of invention. As Jeff Szpirglas writes: The real delight of Buckaroo Banzai is its incomprehensibility. Unlike the incomprehensibility of movies like John Boorman’s Zardoz, or even 2001: A Space Odyssey,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 8

The Next Crop of Found Footage Movies That Will Scare You Silly

Now that Paranormal Activity 3 has broken box office records for October, Hollywood is green-lighting any thriller you can shake a handheld camera at. The “found footage” horror movie is set to have a new lease on life, with a pipeline full of jump scares. Here are the next crop of “found footage” flicks you…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 7

Totally Insane Star Wars Ads: Chewbacca’s Makeover and Darth Vader’s Latte!

For the second year in a row, British electronics chain Currys PCWorld has put together a series of holiday ads based around Star Wars. And the mixture of droids, Jedi and consumer electronics turns out, not surprisingly, to be a natural fit. Just watch Chewbacca getting himself a makeover with a nice blow drier. Thanks…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 7

Why We Can’t Have Great Movies

Universal Pictures chief Ron Meyer caused a splash late last week, when he admitted that “we do make a lot of shitty movies,” and listed Land of the Lost, The Wolfman and Cowboys & Aliens among the studio’s clunkers. But the really fascinating thing about Meyer’s presentation at the Savannah Film Festival was the insight…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 7

Director reveals how the RoboCop remake will reimagine Alex Murphy’s story

We’re still bummed that Darren Aronofsky won’t be directing the RoboCop remake. But at least new director José Padilha (Elite Squad) seems to have a few good ideas on how to bring back super-cop Alex Murphy. https://gizmodo.com/robocop-remake-back-on-track-but-without-darren-aronof-5773803 In an interview with Coming Soon, Padilha explained his timeline for the reboot: “I have my take on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 7

Your first look at the dystopian desert world of Young Ones

Jake Paltrow — yes, the brother of Gwyneth Paltrow — has written and directed this dystopian flick set in a future where water is extremely scarce. Sure, we’ve seen a lot of parched world stories, but there’s something about this bit of preview art that’s fairly striking. Plus, is that Big Dog? Collider has found…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 7

Ridley Scott dishes on the last eight minutes of his Alien prequel Prometheus

There’s been a lot of back-and-forth about the links between Ridley Scott’s new scifi feature Prometheus and the Alien franchise. Now the director’s cleaned up some confusion about the movie’s title and its place in the world of the xenomorphs. In an interview with SpeakEasy, Ridley confirmed that the title is indeed related to the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 7

Watch Battlestar Galactica‘s Tricia Helfer torture two college kids…for science!

The very sexy Number Six of BSG fame is back to her old ways, torturing young men for the good of humanity (or perhaps robomanity). Watch the first ever trailer for Bloodwork now. Plus, more Nazi zombies! BloodWork A seemingly harmless drug trial goes terribly wrong! The two main characters begin to change for the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 6

Simultaneously the stupidest/most disturbing ending in horror movie history? [NSFW]

Chances are you’re familiar with such Troma Entertainment flicks as The Toxic Avenger and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD. Kitschy fun, right? Well, let’s watch the infamous ending of the 1989 child cannibal flick Beware! Children At Play. In this mostly unwatchable no-budget movie (trailer), a cult leader/feral boy named Grendel slowly but surely kidnaps a rural…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 6

The 1986 infomercial for the Neuromancer movie that never was

And now, something completely different. Commenting gladiator LightningLouie has alerted us to this downright amazing promotional video from the late Eighties that was filmed to sell potential investors on a Neuromancer movie. This is the godhead of weird ephemera. In 1986, Cabana Boy Entertainment — “a Hollywood production team consisting of a plastic surgeon’s wife…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Nov 6

What villain should Benicio Del Toro play in Star Trek 2? You decide!

So the word on the street is that J.J. Abrams wants Benicio Del Toro to play the villain in Star Trek 2. The only hitch? Nothing’s official yet, and Del Toro apparently has no idea who the bad guy is (as Abrams wishes to keep the script hush-hush). But hey, that’s not going to stop…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 6

Insane 1977 movie sent Bruce Lee to Hell to meet Popeye, Dracula, and James Bond

After Bruce Lee died in 1973, a raft of Bruceploitation films hit cinemas. These low-budget movies often starred shameless imitators (like “Bruce Li” and “Bruce Lai”) and were occasionally marketed to confused moviegoers expecting a heretofore undiscovered Bruce Lee film. The weirdest Brucesploitation flicks weren’t afraid to use the late superstar’s name for dreck-level supernatural…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 5

Rob Pattinson tells us all what Bella’s placenta tastes like. Wait, what?

Spoiler Alert! In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1Edward Cullen chews on Bella’s placenta (for reasons. We’re not going to spoil everything. You’ll have to go see it to find out why.) And apparently star Rob Pattinson thought we really needed to know what this tasted like. At the Breaking Dawn press conference, Pattinson…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 4

Ridley Scott’s new Blade Runner movie could be a sequel, but without Deckard

Ridley Scott, who is lined up to direct the brand new Blade Runner movie, has finally spilled a few details about what he has in store for his futuristic army of replicants. The director said that the next Blade Runner movie is “liable to be a sequel” — sans Harrison Ford’s character Deckard (which is…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 4

Secret behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos show the final flight of Boba Fett

A couple of die hard Star Wars fans camped out in the scorching California desert to watch the filming of the infamous barge scene in George Lucas’ Return of the Jedi. Separated only by a chain-link fence, the group snapped some truly astounding behind-the-scenes images. Including Boba Fett’s last call. According to the website PropStore,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 4

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Is the Only 3D Film I’m Excited About

The Best Jurassic Park Cosplay We’ve Ever Seen

Watch David Tennant go full douchebag in a new Fright Night featurette!

5 clips from Arthur Christmas will awaken your cold, black heart

The 10 Most God-Awful Movies About Greek Mythology

Why is Buckaroo Banzai such an enduring classic?

The Next Crop of Found Footage Movies That Will Scare You Silly

Totally Insane Star Wars Ads: Chewbacca’s Makeover and Darth Vader’s Latte!

Why We Can’t Have Great Movies

Director reveals how the RoboCop remake will reimagine Alex Murphy’s story

Your first look at the dystopian desert world of Young Ones

Ridley Scott dishes on the last eight minutes of his Alien prequel Prometheus

Watch Battlestar Galactica‘s Tricia Helfer torture two college kids…for science!

Simultaneously the stupidest/most disturbing ending in horror movie history? [NSFW]

The 1986 infomercial for the Neuromancer movie that never was

What villain should Benicio Del Toro play in Star Trek 2? You decide!

Insane 1977 movie sent Bruce Lee to Hell to meet Popeye, Dracula, and James Bond

Rob Pattinson tells us all what Bella’s placenta tastes like. Wait, what?

Ridley Scott’s new Blade Runner movie could be a sequel, but without Deckard

Secret behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos show the final flight of Boba Fett

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It’s Unexpectedly Glorious

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