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Temporal Anomaly is a Star Trek Fan Film Half a Decade in the Making

First conceived and pitched to Kickstarter backers in 2013, Temporal Anomaly is an ambitious fan project set in the Star Trek universe, a nearly hour-long fan film created by Power543 Fan Films. Set at a nexus in time, colliding the past and future of Star Trek, this ambitious production makes use of the same special … Continued

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Wonder Park’s New Trailer Raises Even More Questions About Its Eponymous Theme Park

When Wonder Park, the embattled Paramount and Nickelodeon animated film, released its first trailer, we had some concerns. Now, we have even more. The original question, which still stands, is: how does the theme park in this movie (which may or may not actually be named Wonder Park) get its denizens? The whole thing seems … Continued

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Jim Lee Takes Aquaman’s Black Manta and Brings Him Back to the Page

The design for Black Manta in the Aquaman movie was, especially for comics films, remarkably close to his drawn counterpart, capturing his silhouette and outfit rather effectively. Even still, it’s neat to see Jim Lee take that design and turn it back into a piece of comic book art. In a “down and dirty sketch” Lee … Continued

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The Second Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Us is Full of Menace and Doppelgangers

“Who’s that?” It’s Us, Jordan Peele’s devious new horror film, a pseudo followup to Get Out starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker. In the short, one-minute blast of new footage, we see not much of detail, but plenty of atmosphere: doppelgangers standing at a distance, brief, jarring shots of confrontation, the … Continued

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Chris Pratt is the Latest Actor to Insist That Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Is Definitely Still Happening

Just no one’s really sure when or how. Ever since James Gunn left Marvel, the fate of the third Guardians movie, once a sure thing, has been in limbo. We know the film is on hold, officially, but we don’t know if or when it’s going to move forward, or if, without Gunn’s touch, the … Continued

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This Dark Fan Film Gives Moon Knight A Well-Deserved Live Action Debut

I can’t explain why, precisely, I have such a soft spot for Moon Knight. I’m not really a reader of his comics, and he’s not one of the biggest names in Marvel. But there’s something fascinating about his design, his strangeness, his evolution from a Batman clone to something more distinct. With that said, it’s … Continued

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Art World Thriller Velvet Buzzsaw Owes its Existence, Improbably, to Superman Lives

The failure of Tim Burton’sSuperman Lives is one of the most legendary flops in the film industry. It’s so big, its failure is still inspiring movies. Among his early projects, Dan Gilroy, the writer and director of Velvet Buzzsaw, the striking Jake Gyllenhall thriller that will absolutely change how you see the art world, worked … Continued

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Get Ready, Because Mission Impossible Is Getting Closer to Becoming a Yearly Franchise

Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to direct and write not one, but two new Mission: Impossible films, and now we know when they’re going to come out. Courtesy of Deadline, the dates for the new movies are as follows: one releasing July 23, 2021 and another on August 5, 2022. That means, once we get … Continued

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Hans Zimmer Also Thought The Dark Knight’s Music Was Too Damn Loud

Christopher Nolan makes some compelling movies (and some I can’t stand), but regardless of my thoughts I do not particularly enjoy watching any of them in the theaters. Why? Because I can’t hear the dialogue. Funnily enough, the person who wrote Nolan’s most famous musical scores agrees with me. It’s a common complaint about Nolan’s … Continued

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Here’s Some Sweet Captain Marvel Action Scene Footage, Courtesy of Brie Larson Herself

People say Twitter is bad, and, y’know, they’re right. Twitter is a nightmare. But, sometimes, actors drop exclusive clips from their upcoming Marvel movies at midnight on a Saturday, and it sucks a little less. That’s an awfully specific example, so let me be more clear: last night/this morning Brie Larson dropped a little something … Continued

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Watch WETA Transform Rosa Salazar Into Alita: Battle Angel‘s Living Weapon

There’s much to be said about the rest of Robert Rodriguez’ Alita: Battle Angel. But the two things that stand out most about the film are actress Rosa Salazar’s performance, and how much work the movie’s VFX put into making her look like the most lifelike cyborg to ever set foot outside of the uncanny … Continued

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The Hormone Monsters Are Horny and Coming on Strong in Big Mouth‘s Valentine’s Day Special

Netflix’sBig Mouth manages to be as insightful and clever as it is bawdy and crass, which makes the prospect of the series dropping a surprise Valentine’s Day-themed special that much more exciting. Rampant consumerism and commodification of love aside, Valentine’s Day is an especially weird moment of cultural performance, where kids take time out of … Continued

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Giant Eyes, Giant Heads, and 20 Years of Lego Star Wars Are the Biggest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the best toys and merchandise we want to start collecting dust on our shelves. This week: Lego celebrates 20 years of Star Wars sets, Alita: Battle Angel gets its very own Hot Toy, and we check out a Doctor Who coffee press that is, unfortunately, … Continued

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Leigh Whannell Will Tackle the Escape From New York Remake

Just when you thought you’d escaped the Escape From New York remake, once again it rears its giant, decapitated Statue of Liberty head. Fox won the rights to remake the classic 1981 John Carpenter film in 2015 and been looking for the right people to do the job ever since. Alita: Battle Angel director Robert … Continued

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Saving the World Is a Job, Not a Calling, in This Week’s Best New Comics

You have to be a truly special kind of person to live your life fully as a superhero. Not just the whole business of having a secret identity, but to really be a superhero from top to bottom in an existential sense. You have to find deep, meaningful fulfillment in being of service to others, … Continued

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Idris Elba May Play an Astronaut Who Finds Horror in the Deepest Depths of the Ocean

It’s only day one and Idris Elba is already having quite the February. He was just revealed to be some kind of supervillain in the new Fast and Furious movie, and now he’s in talks for yet another big-time action film with a sci-fi twist. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Elba is in … Continued

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Dune‘s Cast Just Keeps Getting Better, Looks to Add Javier Bardem

If this cast is any indication, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is shaping up to be something special. Javier Bardem (mother!, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) is the latest actor in talks for the project, joining the ranks of Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, and basically the entire Hollywood pantheon. As reported in Variety, the … Continued

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The Craft‘s Rachel True Rightfully Calls Out Conventions for Only Booking White Castmates

Andrew Fleming’s The Craft is a cult classic whose influence on pop culture can still be felt today, especially considering studios’ renewed interest in young witches as of late. It makes sense, then, that The Craft’s core quartet of actresses would still regularly be invited to meet their fans at genre conventions. Except, that’s not … Continued

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A New Captain Marvel TV Spot Gives Us Hope for Marvel’s Next Generation

Everyone is always looking for clues to the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, right? Well, Marvel went ahead and put a big one in a new TV spot for Captain Marvel. Here’s the TV spot courtesy of Comic Book Resources. Five seconds into the above spot Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) asks a girl how … Continued

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A Brief History of the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s Pre-Kirk Voyages

The original Enterprise’s voyages to explore strange new worlds, and to seek out new life and new civilizations under the auspices of its most famous captain, are a legend Star Trek fans are more than familiar with. But Kirk wasn’t Enterprise’s first captain. Now that the famous ship has shown up on Discovery, here’s a … Continued