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Amazing Spider-Man 2 will come out in May 2014

Sony is confident enough about its Spider-Man reboot that it’s already scheduled the sequel — Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes out May 2, 2014. So who do you think will be the villain of the sequel? Photos via Zimbio. [EW]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 5

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a surprise contender for best movie of the summer

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, in theaters today, is like an episode of classic Star Trek. Sometimes it feels like B-grade scifi, complete with scenery-chewing, but more often it tells an intelligent, compassionate story you won’t soon forget. This isn’t generally what you expect to hear about a reboot of franchise that Tim…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 5

The Change-Up proves the body-swapping comedy genre is on its last legs

Body-switching comedy movies have become a big enough genre, in themselves, that these films no longer even need to try and tell the story of two people who switch bodies. That’s what I took away from The Change-Up, the new movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. The Change-Up isn’t all bad, though. Jason Bateman…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Aug 5

Meow! The first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

The first official image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises strips Selina Kyle of her cat ears! Looks like this cat burglar is a lot more tech-nerd and a lot less kitten-with-a-whip. Warner Bros. has released this first ever photo of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle from Nolan’s Batman…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 5

2 new clips from Don’t be Afraid show off Guillermo del Toro’s whispering goblins

One thing Guillermo del Toro does very well is creating amazing monsters. And the little nasties in Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark rival almost every monster from Hellboy’s Troll market. Watch two new clips from the horror movie now. Here’s the general run-down: A young girl sent to live with her father and his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 5

American Airlines Adds Wireless Movies to All Its 767s

You can take that issue of SkyMall and choke yourself with it, because (American Airlines) flights are now a little more fun! TechCrunch reports AA is pushing its Gogo streaming video service to all 767s, offering 100 films and episodes. A TV show will cost you a buck a pop, and movies will run at…

Movies Sam Biddle Aug 4

Planet of the Apes‘ Andy Serkis exposes the hypocrisy of expecting intelligent apes to be more “human”

The big standout performance in Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn’t James Franco or John Lithgow — instead, everybody’s buzzing about Andy Serkis’ brilliant motion-capture acting as the ape, Caesar. People are calling Serkis the first mo-cap movie star. Just check out this amazing behind-the-scenes video, showing how Serkis created a character with…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 4

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

Sorry for the punnage, but it does! The pop-up cinema Films on Fridges has been built in London’s trendy Hackney area, where it will serve up films until August 13th. Inspired by a fridge dumping-ground removed in 2005, the cinema has been built using 150 fridge doors—even for the seats and the bar. [Films on…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

What your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you

With the seventh addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise around the corner, it’s time to take a minute and revisit the original Apes films. Which one is your favorite? And what does that reveal about your personality? Here’s what your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you. Planet of The Apes…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity could be an Oscar contender

Alfonso Cuarón helped to prove that science fiction thrillers could be art with Children of Men — now Warner Bros. is betting he’ll do it a second time, with the space thriller Gravity. Warners chose Cuarón’s movie as one of a handful to get released in the sweet spot for movie releases looking for a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

First official image of Henry Cavill as Superman

Warner Brothers has released the first ever image of their brand new Superman, played by Henry Cavill. Behold Zack Snyder’s new scaly vision of Superman from his Man of Steel movie. Looks like he’s busting out of a bank vault! Who knows what’s going on in this image, the whole thing could merely be a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

Tron: Uprising trailer takes us behind the great program war on The Grid

Watch the brand new footage from Disney’s Tron: Uprising television series, which follows Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), the program who leads the uprising on The Grid. The whole thing takes place right before the film Tron: Legacy. This animated series goes behind the scenes of the program revolution, right before Clu 2 goes completely…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

Zachary Quinto on Star Trek 2: It’s time to repopulate the universe with Vulcans!

What’s next for Spock in Star Trek 2? We caught up with Zachary Quinto, and he told us that pon farr may be on Spock’s mind. How will Spock handle being in love with a human when the Vulcan race needs to be rebuilt? Quinto gave us some hints about what Spock may do next…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 3

Everyone in HBO’s Superheroes documentary is going to die

Much as we love Batman, we certainly don’t think it’s a wise idea to go out into the streets looking for crime to fight. People have guns. They will shoot you in the face. So naturally HBO’s latest documentary Superheroes (about real life superhero crime fighters) makes us incredibly uncomfortable. Watch the first trailer. The…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Aug 3

Planet of the Apes: A Timeline and An Explanation

Rise of the Planet of the Apes hits theaters this Friday with a moving tale of genetically-altered apes who achieve human-level intelligence. But how does this film fit into the complicated time-travel tangles of the 40-year-old franchise? Let’s investigate. Warning: plot holes ahead. Illustration for io9 by the fantastic Stephanie Fox! Planet of the Apes…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 3

First clip from Marvel’s short film about life at S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agent Coulson is finally getting his break-out Marvel movie! Granted it’s just a short and will only be premiering on the Thor DVD, but there’s no such thing as too much Coulson! Watch the first ever clip from “The Consultant!”

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 3

First trailer for The Darkest Hour unleashes lightning-powered alien invaders

Watch the first trailer for director Chris Gorak (Right at Your Door) alien invasion flick The Darkest Hour, with Emile Hirsch facing a pack of invisible electricity-hungry aliens. In Moscow. This looks like your classic, run, hide and learn how to fight alien invasion movie. Which is totally fine with us. Plus, it looks like…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Aug 3

10 Villains Who Used Bad Weather as a Weapon

Every supervillain needs an ultimate weapon — but what could be scarier than a natural disaster or a horrible weather emergency? You don’t need a death ray if you can control the elements. Some of the most formidable villains of comics, television and movies have harnessed the power of horrendous weather to bring people to…

Movies Gordon Jackson and Charlie Jane Anders Aug 3

Hitchcock’s First Film Discovered in New Zealand Amongst “Highly Unstable Nitrate Material”

The first film Alfred Hitchcock ever worked on, back in 1923, has been unearthed amongst a “collection of unidentified American nitrate prints” in New Zealand, and will be re-premiered at LA’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater on September 22nd. [LATimes via NYMag]

Movies Kat Hannaford Aug 3

Miranda July explains why you’re living in a time bubble right now

Miranda July’s new movie, The Future, plays with time obsessively and weirdly. Just the title hints at a battle against the sneakiness of time, creeping up on you. And in the film, time seems treacherous as well as unpredictable. We were lucky enough to spend about 20 minutes talking with July about time loops, time…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Aug 3

Amazing Spider-Man 2 will come out in May 2014

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a surprise contender for best movie of the summer

The Change-Up proves the body-swapping comedy genre is on its last legs

Meow! The first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises

2 new clips from Don’t be Afraid show off Guillermo del Toro’s whispering goblins

American Airlines Adds Wireless Movies to All Its 767s

Planet of the Apes‘ Andy Serkis exposes the hypocrisy of expecting intelligent apes to be more “human”

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

What your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you

Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity could be an Oscar contender

First official image of Henry Cavill as Superman

Tron: Uprising trailer takes us behind the great program war on The Grid

Zachary Quinto on Star Trek 2: It’s time to repopulate the universe with Vulcans!

Everyone in HBO’s Superheroes documentary is going to die

Planet of the Apes: A Timeline and An Explanation

First clip from Marvel’s short film about life at S.H.I.E.L.D.

First trailer for The Darkest Hour unleashes lightning-powered alien invaders

10 Villains Who Used Bad Weather as a Weapon

Hitchcock’s First Film Discovered in New Zealand Amongst “Highly Unstable Nitrate Material”

Miranda July explains why you’re living in a time bubble right now

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