io9: Creation

The webcomic Forming recounts the origin of civilization with aliens, gods, and dick jokes

Lauren Davis — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:00:00 PDT

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What if the Bible, Greek myths, and Zoroastrianism all contained true tales of the birth of human civilization? What if aliens discovered primitive humans, but couldn't keep it in their pants? Forming tells the crude and cosmic tale of humanity's origins. More »

Putting The Sex Back In Natural Selection: The Darwin Movie

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly retell the agonizing difficulty with which Charles Darwin wrote The Origin Of The Species, surprise it's about love, with a side of blasphemy. More »

Was Darwin The Spicoli Of His Times?

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:17:00 PDT

Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany are cast as married couple in Jon Amiel's biopic Creation about the life of Charles Darwin. Bettany will won't be donning much of the evolutionary theorist's mighty beard, because this picture promises to show us the life of a young Darwin, and his struggles. THR claims, "The scientist finds himself caught in a struggle between faith and reason, love and truth." I'm all for anything that shows "crazy" Darwin hot rodding around town smoking cigarettes and chasing skirts. But what kind of man was he in his youth, was he a Spicoli, a Bueller or a Dean, and can he out do the Kinsey movie? [The Hollywood Reporter] More »