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The New York Times transformed a crop of 2011 actors (who were heralded for playing nice characters) into classic movie villains, including Brad Pitt as Henry Spencer! Watch as America's Favorite Dad goes batshit insane as giant insects flap around in his frizzed hair. Technically, Pitt is channeling "The Madman" archetype, but that is so clearly Eraserhead.

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Now that Doug Liman's $100 million Moon heist movie Luna has folded, Warner Bros. is moving in to secure both Liman and Brad Pitt for All You Need Is Kill. Adapted from the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, All You Need Is Kill follows a soldier fighting a war against aliens, who's caught in a time loop so that he dies over and over again. Think of it as a very dark Groundhog's Day, with aliens. You can read our review of the original novel here. [Vulture] More »
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Wondering how World War Z will make the zombie masses stand out from other undead hordes we've seen recently? Wonder no longer — take a look at a collection of zombie faces from the WWZ. More »
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Remember when the World War Z movie held such promise? Now, not so much. Paramount has released the synopsis for its film adaptation of Max Brooks' seminal zombie war story, and people are not happy about the massive deviations. More »
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Sounds like Brad Pitt's movie adaptation of Max Brooks' oral history zombie novel World War Z had a last minute infusion of cash. The production has just hired Cinematographer Robert Richardson (Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds). This is great news. More »
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Despite zombies' current popularity, the film adaptation of Max Brooks' bestseller World War Z can't seem to get off the ground. Paramount is desperately looking for a co-financier to help pay for Z's $125 million budget. More »
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DreamWorks latest animated outing Megamind infuses the rote battles of serial film superheroes with a heaping of existential malaise. In this fun, fart-joke-free kids' flick, a supercriminal vanquishes his foe...and loses his reason to wake up in the morning. More »
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The best part of the blue-headed supervillain movie Megamind has got to be Will Ferrell's decision to mispronounce every word in the English language. Watch as Megamind and Metro man give their best superhero banter performances to date! More »
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Say goodbye to Will Ferrell's blue-headed parents as they jettison him off their dying planet and onto Earth, to live in a prison full of evil geniuses. Check out the first five minutes of the CG-animated supervillain epic Megamind. More »
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A new full-length Megamind trailer is out, and it gives more backstory for both Will Ferrell's bulbous-headed blue supervillain and Brad Pitt's Megaman. Plus we see what happens to Megaman after the villain wins. More »
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Dreamworks' new anti-superhero film Megamind shows what would happen if, just once, the bumbling supervillain won. This evil genius film puts the bulbous-headed Will Ferrell in charge, with a bitchin evil victory lap soundtrack. Watch the new Megamind trailer. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5597250&view=rss&microfeed=true The bulbous blue-headed supervillain comedy Megamind may seem like just another superhero retread cartoon, but the brand new trailer proves its comedic merit. Plus Tina Fey is wickedly clever as the unimpressed damsel-in-distress. Watch and laugh. Minor spoilers below. More »
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Is The Tree of Life the new Fountain? The original, rambling synopsis for Terence Malick's next movie was bafflingly New Agey. But co-star Brad Pitt's explanation of the film just makes it sound like an incomprehensible mess. More »
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The first teaser trailer for Dreamworks' Megamind is out, and it perfectly encapsulates the hilarious insanity that we saw in the preview footage. But wait until you hear supervillain Will Ferrell spar with damsel in distress Tina Fey. More »
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We got an early look at footage of Dreamworks' supervillain epic Megamind. With Will Ferrell as the lead, and Tina Fey as the scrappy reporter, we had high expectations. So was it funny, or a flop? Spoilers ahead... More »
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After turning time back in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt is considering jumping into the middle of a parallel universe war with aliens. Think he can convince Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney to come along? More »
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DreamWorks Animation is stuffing its new CG supervillain epic with lots of big names. Just recently Will Ferrell stepped up to fill in for Robert Downey Jr. And now Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Tina Fey have joined the team. More »
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Chances are, you already know if you're going to like The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, the Brad Pitt weepie that opens tomorrow. And in a sense, the movie's predictability is what it's about. Spoilers!!! More »
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The latest TV spot for the world's hottest backwards aging baby is out along with a glowing review from Variety. The back-and-forth around David Fincher's flick is driving me a bit mad, we've heard reports of that BB is confusing and long winded, now we're hearing that the flick deserves a basket full of Oscars. While I must admit that the trailers are gorgeous and the score is catchy I'm not sure what to do with Variety's "four quadrant art film" review. More »
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We've seen him as a Vegas hustler, a crazy time-traveler, an assassin with marital problems and even as Achilles himself. But Brad Pitt may just have bitten off more action than he can chew with new project Battling Boy. The movie - to be adapted from an as-yet unreleased graphic novel by io9 favorite Paul Pope - has just been optioned by Pitt's production company, and might just be 2010's most insane summer blockbuster. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5077427&view=rss&microfeed=true From the department of truly horrendous ideas: Brad Pitt will star in a "futuristic" version of The Odyssey, Homer's classic epic poem about Odysseus' struggle to get home. The story of Odysseus' struggles with the cyclops, Circe, and sirens will be translated to an outer-space setting. Pitt is making the film with Warner Bros., which also made Troy, his film based on Homer's Iliad. George Miller is in line to direct, which is the best reason yet to hope Miller's Justice League film comes out of development hell soon. [Variety] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5064906&view=rss&microfeed=true For the romantics and Brad Pitt fans amongst you, the full trailer for David Fincher's dazzling-looking The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is now online at Apple's website. Go and catch a glimpse of the special holiday movie that'll teach you that the true value of love, life and digital effects can be weighed in Oscar nominations. [Benjamin Button Trailer] More »
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Age backwards with Hollywood's sexiest activist dad in David Fincher's adaptation of the short story The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. The film follows a strange birth, where the baby starts out as an old man and proceeds to age backwards. So while all the other seven-year-olds look like chubby cherubs running around, Benjamin, played by Brad Pitt, looks about 70. See Pitt through the years in our Button's gallery and take a guess what age each version of Button is on the inside. More »
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David "Fight Club" Fincher has a new flick coming out called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it's a love story featuring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchette. But of course you knew it couldn't be all pink hearts coming from the guy who likes to make everyone bleed: In this tale, based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, Benjamin (Pitt) is a guy who ages backwards. I know you're thinking Mork from Ork, but early reviews of the movie, slated to come out in December, say that it's Tim Burtonesque (a good sign) and extremely long (a bad sign). More »
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Director David Fincher has a movie coming out in November called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald (you know the guy who wrote The Great Gatsby, that book you read in AP English). It's about a man who is born in his 80s and ages backward. If you think this sounds familiar, then you're probably remembering Mork From Ork's son Mearth from Mork & Mindy. Come on, admit it. You know you are. We compare and contrast the two below. Nanu Nanu! More »
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