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In 9, deadly machines wipe out the human race and the only creatures left alive are... ragdolls? Okay. But those hempen freedom-fighters aren't necessarily the weirdest people to survive the apocalypse. Here are the top 10 most unlikely apocalyptic survivors. More »
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It's never a good sign when your first DVD release has two different versions of your film, but Vin Diesel's Babylon A.D. was a special kind of terrible. In the January 6 DVD release there will be two Babylon A.D. films: One the original theatrical release, and the other an unrated cut. Now, at last, we'll be able to see whether director Mathieu Kassovitz was right that studio meddling is what destroyed his movie. More »
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So we already know that Babylon AD director Mathieu Kassovitz has said that his own movie is horrible, but that didn't stop us from getting up at the crack of ass this morning and going to see a 10:20 AM show so we could bring you the scoop on this near-future actioner with Vin Diesel. There were no press screenings of this film — usually a bad sign. Though many reviewers blame the film's confusion-plus-explosions plot on the shit edit that Fox did of Kassovitz' film about future refugees, I think the problem with this movie is more than that. The problem is the fact that it's about the Virgin Mary. Spoilers ahead! More »
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French director Mathieu Kassovitz, who cradled and loved his Babylon AD project for 5 years, is mad as hell at Fox. Citing terrible management, budget shenanigans, bad producers and partners, Kassovitz says making the futuristic tale starring Vin Diesel was a hideous ordeal. What went so wrong with Babylon AD that its own director and star call it "terrible"? More »
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See another side of Land Of The Lost's Sleestaks in this morning's spoiler bonanza. Also, Transformers 2 co-writer Roberto Orci answered fans' questions about which robots to expect in the new movie — and addressed those rumors about Jonah Hill spurning the film. There's a plot twist in the Sarah Connor Chronicles that made me fall out of my chair when I read about it. There's the daily crazy Doctor Who rumor, plus a Fringe video you will never be able to unsee. All this, plus new details on Babylon A.D., Caprica, Heroes and Stargate Atlantis. Spoilers open your eyes to new possibilities! More »
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How smart is Vin Diesel in Babylon A.D., the dystopian thriller about genetic engineering and religion and the evils of science? He might just be smart enough to outthink a smart missile. This clip which IGN posted is most notable for reminding everyone that Michelle Yeoh is actually in this movie along with Vin. Babylon A.D., about Diesel's mercenary character teaming up with Yeoh's killer nun to transport a special girl (Melanie Thierry) across a post-apocalyptic wasteland, opens on Friday. [IGN] More »
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The spoiler onslaught continues. We have a trippy explanation of what Vin Diesel's Babylon A.D. is really about. We got a ton of script pages from upcoming episodes of Knight Rider and Chuck — and the deranged Knight Rider storyline must be read to be believed. (There's some super high-level computer science mixed in with that car-wrangling!) There are also new photos from the filming of Torchwood season three, and some Heroes promo pix. Plus details on some new Lost guest stars. It's all part of our ongoing spoiler frenzy! More »
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If there was ever any doubt as to who would win in a duel between all three Hulks and Vin Diesel , I think this cartoon pretty much clears them up. Vinny is a scifi darling, and this new Babylon AD cartoon, "I'm Vin Diesel, Don't F&%# With Me" pits his futuristic reluctant hero Toorop against every character in the scifi world, plus those broads from Sex and the City. More »
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New Babylon AD clips from French Premiere Magazine show the inner workings of Vin Diesel's soul. Diesel plays a mercenary named Toorop who prays, punches and lectures the hot young psychic girl who's chased by a doomsday cult. Toorop has to transport the girl across a post-apocalyptic landscape, with the help of super-boxing nanny Michelle Yeoh. The spoilery new clips show how refugees of the future get from place to place, and showcase the new jumpy fighting style that Vin has been reduced to. Babylon AD comes out August 28. More »
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Either Michael Bay isn't doing that great a job of keeping spoiler-loving fans away from the filming of Transformers 2 — or he's going to extreme lengths to stage fake shooting for the benefit of fans. Read our latest set reports (with pics) and decide for yourself. You can also decide for yourself whether two mega-spoilery Doctor Who photos are real. And also, it's up to you whether you believe two actors when they spill some wacky details about Heroes season three. But you have no choice but to believe our revelations about The Spirit, G.I. Joe, Wall-E and Babylon A.D., because they come with photographic proof. And you can verify our spoilers for The Middleman, by watching tonight's debut episode. As Reagan would say, it's all about "Trust but verify" in spoiler-land. More »
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Thoorop (Vin Diesel) shares some face time with Aurora (Mélanie Thierry) in the new American Babylon A.D. trailer. Will the budding romance interfere with their cross country dash, escaping from motorcycle assassins and people who wear their sunglasses at night? Click through for more big time spoiler questions and answers from the new trailer. More »
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Here's the first teaser trailer for August's Babylon A.D., the troubled Vin Diesel future dystopia movie based on a French graphic novel. It looks as pretty as you'd expect from director Matthieu Kassovitz (Gothika), and the scenes of Russia and China sliding into chaos look alarmingly lifelike. Plus, Vin Diesel is still mostly bald and charmingly thuggish, and we finally get to see Michelle Yeoh. I'm still cautiously optimistic. Click through for a gallery of new stills. More »
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You can help to flesh out the dark alternate 1985 in next year's Watchmen movie, by becoming the ad agency for psychotic ex-superhero Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias. Director Zack Snyder says he realized there were a lot of TV screens in the background during the film, which needed to be filled with images. So he's launching a contest for you to create your own ads for Veidt Enterprises' products, including perfumes, shoes and air travel. (He provides logos and animated product images, plus a couple of sample ads like the one above.) But Watchmen isn't the first dark scifi movie to have a contest for user-generated video. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382747&view=rss&microfeed=true Much hue and cry has been raised over the rumor that Vin Diesel future-world flick Babylon A.D. would have a 160-minute European version, but only a 90-minute U.S. version. Now the producers have taken the time to quash this rumor in the most believable way possible, by posting on MySpace. Here's what they said: "Babylon AD has never had a 2h40min cut. This rumor came from a joke Mathieu [Kassovitz] did in front of some journalists last September. Apparently some of them didn't understand it. ... The approximate length of the film is 1h40min, and this is what has been delivered to our partner, FOX. So I can reassure you, FOX is not chopping up the film and cutting 70 [minutes], like I read on Rotten Tomatoes! :-)" Yup, sounds true. Especially with that smiley icon at the end. [SciFi Wire] More »
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We reported a while back that U.S. audiences will see a drastically shorter cut of Babylon A.D. than Europeans this August — but apparently it's worse than we'd feared. The dystopian action movie, directed by Matthieu Kassovitz (Gothika) and starring Vin Diesel, will run roughly 160 minutes in most of Europe. But the U.S. and British cut will only be a quick-and-dirty 90 minutes, or slightly more than half as long. What's worse, the 90-minute version just got the British equivalent of a PG-13 rating in England, which means all of Kassovitz's trademark violence is gone. More »
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Out of a dozen or so scifi movies coming out this summer, only four of them are absolutely bulletproof, according to you, our readers. Ten of this summer's science fiction films are in danger of falling into obscure-cult-classic territory — or worse. But there's also an excellent chance that at least one underdog will become a smash hit that nobody could have predicted. Which movie do you think will be the most surprising hit of the summer? More »
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Some movies radiate their awesomeness backwards in time as well as forwards. You practically have memories of enjoying films that haven't come out yet, the anticipation is so great. Other movies are so horrible, the pain travels back in time and becomes your childhood trauma. Here are the 2008 movies that are already thrilling and horrifying us: More »
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Since today is Boxing Day, it makes all kinds of sense to give some deep-down dirt on upcoming action movies. Click through for forbidden knowledge on Jumper, Incredible Hulk and Babylon A.D. More »
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