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Hollywood has gone into a science fiction feeding frenzy in the past week, with several new scifi movies getting greenlit. The success of Battle: Los Angeles, on top of Avatar, Star Trek and others, put dollar signs in everyone's eyes. More »
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The young mutants of X-Men: First Class explain why the movie focuses on more obscure characters. Martin Sheen is amazed with the new Spider-Man Andrew Garfield. Plus a new Prometheus love interest, a massive Doctor Who roundup, and much more! More »
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Two networks are following in The Walking Dead's footsteps. The CW is developing The Awakening, a show about two sisters dealing with their relationship and a zombie apocalypse. And NBC's developing a show from McG's production company, Zombies vs. Vampires. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5746143&view=rss&microfeed=true Terminator Salvation director McG was in the running to direct the zombie cop film R.I.P.D., an adaptation of the Dark Horse graphic novel. But the L.A. Times reports he's going to be too busy directing his romantic comedy project, This Means War, which means R.I.P.D. could fall to director Robert Schwentke (who's directed Flightplan and the upcoming Warren Ellis adaptation Red.) More »
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Remember when Zombieland was almost a CBS TV series? Looks like network TV is still interested in the undead. NBC wants to make a "fun buddy cop procedural" starring a vamp and a human, policing zombies. [Deadline and zombie-liquorice] More »
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Elizabeth Banks is set to star in McG's live-action Tinkerbell movie, Tink. Quick, everyone shout, "There's No Such Things As Fairies!", and maybe this pixie movie will die off. More »
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McG made one truly great movie — Charlie's Angels is a masterpiece, one I'll defend with my dying breath. And after watching The A-Team, I was reminded that Hollywood could still take some lessons from McG on making nostalgia porn. More »
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A while back, Disney scrapped Terminator Salvation director McG's darker version of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Now Disney's talking with a new director, David Fincher of Fight Club and Se7en. His oeuvre ain't sunshine and rainbows. More »
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TV series La Femme Nikita is getting a full-fledged reboot with McG. This great news, since McG's current TV productions include Supernatural and Chuck. Pair that with his secret-agent know-how directing Charlie's Angels, and Nikita may have a chance. More »
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I wish Sheena Easton would sit McG down and explain time travel to him. In this terrible Outer Limits episode, she understands perfectly that when someone traveled back and changed her future, it created an alternate universe... of adult-contemporary music. More »
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Last night, Gizmodo's Jason Chen listened to director McG's Blu-Ray livecommentary for Terminator Salvation so that you didn't have to. You can read the whole thing here, but if you're in a rush, here're the, uh, highlights. More »
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McG's planned reboot of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea has been put on hold by Disney, and McG is no longer attached to direct the project, according to Variety. Maybe they saw how well he treated the Terminator franchise. More »
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The problem with big movie franchises is that you always know what to expect; it's always the same guys making the same movies. But what if you swapped creators and movie franchises around? Here's what'd work - and what wouldn't. More »
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You might remember last spring, McG talked up Moon Bloodgood's topless scene in Terminator Salvation, which the studio suits wanted him to remove from the film. And now that scene is out... and it's pretty boring. Oh, possibly NSFW. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5393936&view=rss&microfeed=true If you're hoping that the R-Rated version of Terminator Salvation will rescue the film from the choppy mediocrity of the theatrical release, then we have two pieces of bad news for you: The "director's cut" will only be on the two-disc Blu-Ray version, not the single-disc DVD. And it's only three minutes longer than the theatrical version, so it's unlikely to patch any of the movie's many, many holes. [Home Media Magazine] More »
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While McG's Terminator Salvation may have broken hearts and failed at the box office when it was released in theaters in May, disappointed fans may want to check out the DVD anyway: It's the R-rated version we were originally promised. More »
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The half-man, half-robot from McG's Terminator 4, Sam Worthington, owns up to the gigantic Harvester-sized plot holes in his last picture and admits, "I gotta be a bit better when I'm looking through my scripts." More »
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For those who hoped that reaction to Terminator Salvation might have put McG off the idea of moving forward with Terminator 5, we have sad news for you: He's already working on it, and he's modeling himself after Michael Bay. More »
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The retro-futuristic sea vessel Nautilus gets caught in a blazing fire-fight, in concept art by artist RobertSimons. If McG really goes forward with a 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea movie, he should look Simons up. More pics below. More »
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Looks like the tide is turning for McG's undersea adventure. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is getting a much needed rewrite. But have Terminator Salvation's numbers scared off the mooted lead actor, Will Smith? More »
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Rob Cohen, director of Vin Diesel classics xXx and Fast And The Furious, is leaving the xXx threequel he's been championing for some time now. This is not a good sign for xXx 3 : The return of Xander Cage. More »
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Terminator Salvation will burn itself onto your retinas, if it's anything like the concept art in a new book, The Art Of Terminator Salvation. Another new book shows how Salvation's crazy set pieces came together. More »
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Remember when McG warned that the end to Terminator Salvation might piss off a lot of people? Turns out the original ending was even more shocking, and it might not even be on the DVD. More »
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We still don't know what Terminator Salvation's controversial ending will be. But it can't possibly be as controversial as McG's batshit-crazy plans for Terminator 5. Spoilers (sort of) below. Plus a few new pics. More »
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McG addressed the Schwarzenegger cameo controversy, only to smash our dreams and tell us all that right now, Arnold is not in the movie. Plus, check out the latest footage from the Terminator Salvation game. More »
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New Terminator Salvation art shows us the dismal future we all face - including a special look at San Francisco's bleak wreckage. Enjoy the end of the world. More »
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Some new Terminator Salvation TV spots show some shiny metal goodness, along with some more action sequences, for those starving for John Connor-on-robot violence. More »
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Director McG loves to toss around names from past Terminator movies, and it seemed to work with getting Arnold and Linda Hamilton. But what about Robert Patrick - will be be coming back for T5? More »
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When McG was doing Terminator Salvation interviews last week at Wondercon, we saw our chance to ask him a question that has been plaguing our minds for ages. McG has produced two science fiction/fantasy TV series: Chuck and Supernatural. And both shows feature a protagonist who drops out of Stanford, due to his encounter with something bizarre or other-worldly. So what's with the Stanford obsession? Says McG, "It's a Berkeley affinity." More »
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We've got an exclusive still from the new Terminator Salvation trailer, to be released today. Take a gander at those canons. Did you get your tickets? There's a new gun show in town. More »
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Is that Terminator wearing a leather jacket? And look at those shoulders — I hope this is a nod to a future Arnold Schwarzenegger cameo in McG's Terminator Salvation. More »
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Who wants to be a part of the Resistance, when you can build your own line of killer Skynet bots with wearable Terminator gear? It's time to play on the winning team for a change. More »
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McG saved Terminator Salvation when he hauled in Jonathan Nolan to revamp the script. Now it seems he may exercise the same good judgement with his Captain Nemo movie's tawdry montage-and-angst-laden draft. More »
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Now that McG is on the big Terminator ticket, is it time for him to start taking on the next American hero, Superman, or is the next big Hollywood hero Will Smith as Captain Nemo? More »
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We finally got to see Michael Ironside go toe-to-toe with Christian Bale when McG stopped by NYCC to show a Terminator: Salvation sizzle reel while dropping some major Original Terminator cameo hints. More »
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Get a hands-on look at how to make your own pet Terminator, in these amazing Terminator Salvation toy dioramas showing the movie's robot factory. More »
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Take a closer look at how fresh young Terminators are made, in the super secret Skynet factory that's heavily featured in Terminator Salvation. Newly released stills and concept art below. More »
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Will there never be peace in the world of giant fighting-bots? Apparently not, if Michael Bay has anything to do about it. Bay has finally admitted he'd love to McG's Terminators fight his Transformers. More »
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Curious as to what the Terminator Salvation director has in store for Captain Nemo? Check out all the details on McG's Nemo origins tale, stuffed to the gills with montages and sexy sword-fighting. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5139568&view=rss&microfeed=true The fearless McG is going to open Terminator: Salvation in a few IMAX theaters. Which means when the massive metal Harvesters attack, the chances of me having a seizure from pure terror and excitement has now doubled. But here's the important question: how long until it's released in a package deal (all Terminators shown back-to-back) in 3D on the IMAX screen? [Sci Fi Wire] More »
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