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The makers of Real Steel explain why robot boxing really is the future!

Alasdair Wilkins — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:40:30 PDT

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Real Steel takes a quirky Richard Matheson story about robot boxing and turns it into a thrilling tale of robots beating each other to scrap metal. We caught up with the stars and creative team behind this film, and they explained how they went about creating a world nine years into the future. More »

Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness starts filming in June [UPDATED]

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:00:00 PST

Guillermo del Toro's journey into the heart of H.P. Lovecraft's eldritch horror is really happening, a producer tells io9. At the Mountains of Madness begins filming in June? Could this be the Lovecraftian film that actually destroys your mind? More »

Alan Moore: DC "offered me the rights to Watchmen back."

Cyriaque Lamar — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:00:00 PDT

In a recent interview with Wired to promote his spoken word set Unearthing, Moore claimed that DC offered him the rights to Watchmen this week, albeit with certain unsavory stipulations. More »

It's Like The Outsiders, Only With xBoxes And Culture-Jamming

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:00:00 PDT

Cory Doctorow's Hugo-nominated story of teen hackers thwarting a paranoid surveillance state, Little Brother, has been optioned by producer Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers, From Hell.) Assuming it actually happens, which teen actor would you want to play Marcus? More »