Superheroes

Watch the utterly bad-ass trailer for Thailand’s The Dark Knight

We’re pretty enraptured with Thailand’s hyperactive superhero trailer for Red Eagle, a reboot of a Thai action franchise from the 1950s-1970s. This foreign flick has the tension of The Dark Knight with the hyper-kinetic violence of Kick-Ass. Excellent neck-snapping X-Ray kill-shots, Red Eagle. Here’s the official synopsis for the reboot: A nuclear power plant is…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 5

New Thor images show off Loki’s mighty headpiece

A few new images have been released from the Thor set, showing the Norse God and Loki getting ready to face off. Plus a new look at Natalie Portman as Thor’s love interest, Jane Foster. Thor will be released in theaters May 6, 2011. [Images from Empire Magazine’s latest Thor issue scans via Hey U…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 4

Your first proper look at young Charles Xavier and Mystique, from X-Men First Class

Watch baby Mystique rock the hell out of her 60s miniskirt in the rain, with a fully-haired Professor X, in these behind-the-scenes pictures and video from X-Men: First Class. Also check out the first First Class fan-trailer. These pics reveal a lot, but you can watch the entire scene below. Hot rain strolling action. Still…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 4

A Wonder Woman TV series from the creator of Ally McBeal?

Warner Bros. wouldn’t go for Joss Whedon’s take on Wonder Woman, and the amazon princess’ movie has been stuck in development hell for a decade. But now Warners is developing Wonder Woman for television instead, with David E. Kelley. Yeah, the Ally McBeal guy. Kelley, of course, was also the creator of Chicago Hope, Picket…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Oct 1

Will Darren Aronofsky direct Superman or Preacher?

The Guardian insists that Darren Aronofsky is the front-runner to direct Superman, based on Black Swan’s critical buzz. But Newsarama cites sources who say Aronofsky’s actually adapting the profane supernatural comic Preacher. Which is it? And which would you prefer?

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 30

Robert Zemeckis wants his old time-travel movie making job back… or maybe the Superman gig

Robert Zemeckis hasn’t quite found much success with his super-elaborate motion-capture and CG movies of late. So he’s getting back to what he does best: live-action time travel movies, with Timeless… while casually courting the Superman director’s chair. [Deadline]

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 30

Ryan Reynolds’ weirdest acting challenge, and the secret monster in his new film

Ryan Reynolds is quickly becoming superhero movies’ MVP, but he’s also willing to get out there and do some weird indy movies. Case in point: Buried, opening wide this weekend, in which Reynolds spends the whole film in a coffin. While Buried isn’t really science fiction, it definitely counts as heightened reality — especially when…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 29

Batman’s comic book roots get rebooted

We’re loving Courtney Crumrin writer/artist Ted Naifeh’s fresh new take on Batman. Especially his redesigns of some of the greatest Batman comic covers from Detective Comics. Plus his redesigns of Batgirl, the Joker, and other iconic characters. In an interview with Newsarama Naifeh elaborated on his Batman covers and other art: When I did my…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29

Captain America’s futuristic submarine shames Bruce Wayne’s Bat-Sub

New pics from Captain America: The First Avenger show an awesomely futuristic submarine, built especially for our hero. The boat was docked on a closed UK set that had been dressed to resemble 1940s New York. [The Echo]

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 28

The Birds Of Prey sing about Aquaman’s tiny penis

Last week on Batman: The Brave and The Bold, the Birds of Prey ranked the sexual prowess of DC’s superheroes, in song. Batman landed on top, but Aquaman and the Flash didn’t fare so well. You’re going to enjoy this. All of the credit has to go to Gail Simone, who penned this spectacular episode…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 28

Catfight on the catwalk: Last night’s Chuck had it all!

It’s a high-fashion beatdown, with Sarah and a supermodel spy trashing each other in the dressing room and on the catwalk. Just one of two all-time-great moments in last night’s Chuck. The other being Morgan Grimes’ management seminar. Spoilers ahead… In general, this was way more of a balanced episode than last week’s season opener.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 28

Edward Norton wants a role in Nolan’s Batman 3

After scuttling his return as the Hulk in The Avengers with a Gamma-charged drama overload, Edward Norton is seeking greener pastures in DC’s Batman franchise. But would you want Norton in your Batman? Meanwhile, Nolan says a draft script’s done. https://gizmodo.com/was-edward-norton-snubbed-for-the-role-of-hulk-in-joss-5583978 Right before San Diego Comic Con, Marvel and Norton got into a very public…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 27

Watch the hilarious alternate opening sequence to Iron Man 2

When you’re listing cool scenes that were in movie trailers, but not in the actual movie, the Iron Man 2 scene where Pepper kisses Tony’s helmet and tosses it away, and he says “You complete me,” would be up there. https://gizmodo.com/kick-ass-scenes-that-are-in-trailers-but-arent-in-the-5272895 This alternate opening, which I’m guessing will be on the DVD and Blu-ray, coming…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 24

Chris Nolan is meeting with a short list of possible Superman directors

The new Superman movie is roaring ahead — The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, who’s producing, reportedly has five potential directors in mind, and he’s meeting with them now. So who’s in line to revamp the Man Of Tomorrow? Deadline posted an exclusive (but unsourced) story naming Nolan’s five possible Superman directors, some of whom…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23

Read the strangest superhero origin of them all! Enter… The Fly!

Jack Kirby and Joe Simon didn’t just create Captain America — they had a long partnership, during which they created countless other heroes. Here’s an exclusive first look at a new collection of their lesser known stories, featuring… the Fly! The Simon and Kirby superheroes comes out Sept. 29. Here’s the official description: Beginning with…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Sep 22

First look at Superman XXX: You will believe a man can f—-

Now that Batman XXX is out, showing just how much action the Batusi can get you, detail-oriented superhero pornographer Axel Braun has moved on to Superman. Check out behind-the-scenes footage and photos showing the Man Of Steel in flight. What’s amazing about this project is how far Axel Braun seems to be going to recreate…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 20

Celebrate Caturday with Marvel Kitties

If the Internet was built so that people could post pictures of their cats, then Twitter was built for this. Artists came up with their best kitty-Marvel mashups and tweeted the adorable results. Cartoonists Chris Eliopoulos and Katie Cook started the meme earlier this week, trading pictures of felinized Galactus and MODOK. Soon enough, the…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 18

The greatest supervillains don’t team up…they incorporate

Forget the Legion of Doom or the Evil League of Evil. The employees and shareholders of Evil Inc. know that the vilest supervillain organization is the corporation, where they can pull off dastardly deeds in full compliance with the law. Evil Inc. is the brainchild of Brad Guigar, who’s also known for the webcomics Greystone…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 18

A video tribute to the greatest drunks in science fiction

This weekend, the international beer-drinkers’ holiday, Oktoberfest, kicks off. And to celebrate, we’ve rounded up our favorite science fiction/fantasy characters doing what they do best: getting wasted. So have a beer on us, and enjoy our video tribute. Cheers!

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 17

Learn how Superman, Wonder Woman and Scooby Doo will appear on Batman: The Brave and the Bold!

Batman: The Brave and the Bold has done some pretty insane episodes so far, including the one where Bats was split into three people. But producers James Tucker and Michael Jelenic tell io9 the weirdest episodes are yet to come. Spoilers for upcoming episodes below… In fact, they told us in an exclusive interview, the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 16

Watch the utterly bad-ass trailer for Thailand’s The Dark Knight

New Thor images show off Loki’s mighty headpiece

Your first proper look at young Charles Xavier and Mystique, from X-Men First Class

A Wonder Woman TV series from the creator of Ally McBeal?

Will Darren Aronofsky direct Superman or Preacher?

Robert Zemeckis wants his old time-travel movie making job back… or maybe the Superman gig

Ryan Reynolds’ weirdest acting challenge, and the secret monster in his new film

Batman’s comic book roots get rebooted

Captain America’s futuristic submarine shames Bruce Wayne’s Bat-Sub

The Birds Of Prey sing about Aquaman’s tiny penis

Catfight on the catwalk: Last night’s Chuck had it all!

Edward Norton wants a role in Nolan’s Batman 3

Watch the hilarious alternate opening sequence to Iron Man 2

Chris Nolan is meeting with a short list of possible Superman directors

Read the strangest superhero origin of them all! Enter… The Fly!

First look at Superman XXX: You will believe a man can f—-

Celebrate Caturday with Marvel Kitties

The greatest supervillains don’t team up…they incorporate

A video tribute to the greatest drunks in science fiction

Learn how Superman, Wonder Woman and Scooby Doo will appear on Batman: The Brave and the Bold!

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