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Dante Basco Discusses Becoming Rufio for Hook, the Character’s Legacy, and So Much More
About 10 to 15 years ago, I was waiting for a movie to start at San Diego Comic-Con and a familiar face popped up in one of the commercials. It was actor Dante Basco, selling Sprite (or Sprint maybe?) and someone in the crowd screamed “RU-FI” to which everyone. else. in. the. theater. replied “Ohhhhhhh!” … Continued
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How the Director of The Raid Found Himself Doing the Tense, Supernatural Period Piece Apostle
It seems like any time a major Hollywood film is announced, fans want Gareth Evans to direct it. Evans is known for making arguably two of the best action films ever, The Raid and The Raid 2, and yet, somehow, has yet to make one of those big studio movies everyone is so eager to … Continued
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The First 25 Minutes of Mortal Engines Is a Visual Marvel That Lacks Depth
Mortal Engines is a film almost a decade in the works, made primarily because Peter Jackson didn’t want to lose the rights to Philip Reeve’s series. And I can’t blame him. The film’s opening battle shows that Mortal Engines will be a feast for the eyes—thanks in no small part to the work of VFX … Continued
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Fantastic Beasts 2 Will Make It ‘Clear’ That Dumbledore Is Gay, According to the Director
Months ago, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald director David Yates courted controversy among some Harry Potter fans by saying that the movie—despite featuring a young Dumbledore grappling with confronting his now-villainous love interest—would not address author J.K. Rowling’s post-book reveal that Dumbledore is gay. Now he’s walking that back, ever so slightly. Speaking to … Continued
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Old Man Aragorn, Out on One Last Hunt
What, you thought that after his coronation, the legendary Strider himself would give up on the occasional hunt? This amazing imagining of an elder Elessar comes courtesy of Adam Middleton, a lead concept designer at Weta Workshop based in Wellington, New Zealand. Middleton came up with the idea for the image—described as depicting a post-Return … Continued
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I Tried Giving The Hobbit Trilogy a Chance, But It Just Hurts So Much
We’re nearing Hobbit Day—the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved heroes, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. I also happen to be a few months away from celebrating my own Hobbit Birthday, 33 and a third years young. So, I foolishly thought: I’ve avoided watching Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit movies until now, maybe it’s time I gave them … Continued
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How Eli Roth Shifted From R-Rated Horror to Amblin’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls
“I’ve been looking to do a movie like this for a long time,” Eli Roth told io9 in Los Angeles recently. Thanks to films like Hostel and Cabin Fever, the director’s name has long been synonymous with gory, intense, R-rated horror. That’s why seeing his name on the PG-rated family film The House With a … Continued
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The 20 Wildest, Coolest, and Most Unique Films We Can’t Wait to See at Fantastic Fest 2018
One of the premiere genre film festivals in the world is the annual Fantastic Fest. It starts this Thursday, and io9 will be there. That means a week of non-stop sci-fi, fantasy, animation, horror, supernatural, and otherwise weird, wacky, and wonderful movies. Well over 100 feature films will screen at the festival. Some are titles … Continued
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Legendary Pirate Flop Cutthroat Island Isn’t Perfect, But It’s Far From a Disaster
Say “pirate movie” today and the immediate association is the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Some of those films are terrible, but they all made tons of money. Not so long ago, though, a pirate movie went down in history as one of the biggest flops of all time: Cutthroat Island. How bad is it … Continued
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Never Make Fun of Harry Potter to Guillermo Del Toro’s Face, He Will Destroy You
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuarón learned the hard way: You don’t dismiss the idea of working on Harry Potter when hanging around Guillermo Del Toro, or admit you haven’t read or seen any of the series. Because you will get yelled at. A lot. In an interview with Vanity Fair, … Continued
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A Super-Suave Superhero Saves the Day (Sorta) in This Clever Short Film
Sprung from the cover of a comic book with the help of some old-school 3D glasses, the tiny hero at the center of Captain 3D knows what he has to do: save the shrieking damsel from the clutches of an octopus monster. Piece of cake, right? This super-short clip from filmmaker Victor Haegelin is an … Continued
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Monument Valley Is Being Adapted into a Mind-Bending Film by an Oscar-Winning Director
Paramount Pictures wants to turn the whole thing upside down. The studio has announced it’s making a film based on the mobile game phenomenon Monument Valley, with Oscar-winning short film director Patrick Osborne set to direct. As reported by Deadline, Paramount and Akiva Goldman’s Weed Road Pictures are moving forward with an adaptation of Monument … Continued
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Danny Boyle Is No Longer Directing Bond 25
If you were thinking things were a little too quiet on the James Bond front the last few months, now we know why. The official James Bond Twitter account just posted that Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle will no longer direct the 25th Bond film, which is expected to be Daniel Craig’s last time portraying the iconic … Continued
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These Imaginative Sci-Fi Worlds Somehow Feel Like Home
Sci-fi worlds are usually fairly recognizable. Maybe they’re shiny, gloomy, or desolate. But either way, there’s almost always a monochromatic, hard-edge feeling to them. That’s not the case, though, in the imagination of Matt Gaser. Gaser is an award-winning illustrator living in Northern California. He works in games, movies, and even did a stint on … Continued
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The World Can Always Use More Art Based on the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Every frame of every film Hayao Miyazaki has ever made is a work of art. So it’s no surprise that so many people love to pay tribute to his films. The latest retrospective inspired by the legendary director takes place in Los Angeles this week. The San Francisco-based art gallery Spoke Art is coming down … Continued
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The Matilda Challenge Is All About Creating Magic With Your Friends
Having trouble cleaning up your room? Closing the kitchen cabinets? Turning off the television? Why not employ some magic? The “Matilda Challenge” is a fun new video trend that’s going to make you want to call your friends and family to make one of your own, like, now. Last week, a YouTuber named Beto Pedraza created … Continued
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Let’s Gush About The Meg’s Best Moment
Whether you love The Meg, hate The Meg, or anything in between, there’s one moment that’s so hilariously amazing, we just had to call it out. Of course, this moment is a spoiler, so if you plan on seeing the movie (and we think you should), this is your warning. Much of The Meg’s second … Continued
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Mulan Has Arrived in This Very First Look at Disney’s Live-Action Film
Disney just announced production has begun on Niki Caro’s highly-anticipated live-action version of Mulan, and released the first photo of actress Liu Yifei as the title character. That’s her above, obviously, looking as fierce and badass as one would have hoped. Yifei was found after a long search to cast the part and will join … Continued
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Freaky Friday Could Be Much More Interesting if It Was Updated to Be True to Today’s Teens
Into every generation since 1973, an adaptation of Mary Rodgers’ novel Freaky Friday has been born, and it has become an important part of young people learning through pop culture that their parents are screw-ups just like they are. Disney’s latest incarnation of the story—a made-for-TV musical based on the studio’s recent Freaky Friday touring … Continued
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A PSA for What Qualifies as a Drug in The Happytime Murders
When a world is divided between humans and puppets, you can be sure everything is going to be different. Take drugs, for example. In The Happytime Murders, the upcoming R-rated puppet comedy, drugs aren’t like they are in the normal world. Cocaine, heroin, meth—these things don’t have the same affect on puppets as they do … Continued