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The Robocop reboot finds a writer. Man of Steel casts another version of Clark Kent. Check out new images from The Hunger Games and John Carter. Plus get the last word from the stars and director of Chronicle! More »
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The 1980s gave audiences plenty of timeless bad guys like the Terminator, Boba Fett, and Vigo the Carpathian. The decade also dished out plenty of incompetent and ill-conceived villains. Let's explore the 1980s wing of the Annals of Mediocre Villainy.

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A Community star might be in the new Evil Dead. What do action figures reveal about the plot of The Dark Knight Rises? Damon Lindelof breaks down the Alien connections in Prometheus. Plus lots more on Bryan Fuller's Munsters reboot! More »
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We're still bummed that Darren Aronofsky won't be directing the RoboCop remake. But at least new director José Padilha (Elite Squad) seems to have a few good ideas on how to bring back super-cop Alex Murphy. More »
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The director behind classics such as Total Recall and Starship Troopers thinks all science fiction movies should be converted into 3D. More »
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New Robocop director Jose Padilha explains how his reboot will set itself apart from Paul Verhoeven's cult classic. Some key casting details are revealed for the Doctor Who finale. Plus lots of hints for Supernatural! More »
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Darren Aronofsky no longer needs to remake the Paul Verhoeven masterpiece, RoboCop, a movie so entrenched in our collective subconscious that its dystopian future may have influenced the downfall of Detroit more than the collapse of the auto industry. More »
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This fall's television offerings include Grimm, a fantasy take on the police procedural in which a homicide detective must protect humanity from fairytale evil. And Terry Pratchett has a new procedural on the way, set in his Discworld universe. More »
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In Peter Serafinowicz's video for Alex Metric & Steve Angello's "Open Your Eyes," a man (who looks like Philadelphia's most famous boxer) squares off against a machine (who looks like Detroit's favorite killbot). Spoiler alert: it doesn't go well. More »
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Not every killing machine can be a T-1000, Megatron, or HAL. Some killbots are masses of sentient candy, evil skyscrapers, or half-gorilla aliens. Here are ten movie and TV killbots who flunked out of evil robot school. More »
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It's been a very good year for Detroit's crime-fighting cyborg. You've seen the RoboCop statue plans and heard Peter Weller address the robo-statue naysayers. Now it looks like the RoboCop remake from MGM is finally going forward. More »
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The man who brought Detroit's cyborg RoboCop to life is finally speaking out about the proposed RoboCop statue, threatening all who would get in this memorial's way. More »
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Last week, Detroit's RoboCop statue reached its goal of $50,000 in fully crowd-sourced funding. More »
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The 1980s gave audiences plenty of timeless bad guys like the Terminator, Boba Fett, and Vigo the Carpathian. The decade also dished out plenty of incompetent and ill-conceived villains. Let's explore the 1980s wing of the Annals of Mediocre Villainy. More »
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Darren Aronofsky won't let his RoboCop dream die, even in the face of MGM's financial troubles. When asked about the status of his doomed cyborg-police feature, the director was surprisingly optimistic, in spite of everything. More »
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Welcome Children to the weekly (when I get to it) spooky recap of this week in io9. Enter if you have the guts to face the terror that is... More »
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When his son decided that he wanted to be RoboCop for Halloween, this dad didn't just make him a crafty cyborg suit. He also took his son on a photoshoot through the dystopian streets of Detroit. More »
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Caprica and Stargate Universe are both circling the drain, ratings-wise, but Syfy has already greenlit another Battlestar Galactica spinoff. Pointless TV spinoffs have a long history, littered with horrible failures. Here are the 9 most unnecessary science fiction TV spinoffs. More »
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These illustrations of Robocop are from a Japanese magazine that detailed the inner workings of Detroit's finest cybernetic police officer. They even showcased the schematics of the former Alex Murphy's robotic nemesis ED-209! Ogle the heavy metal. More »
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Old-school Polish movie posters were absolutely wondrous. Rather than succinctly portray movies' plots, these posters would go out of the way to be as cryptic as possible. Something Awful has transmogrified some of your favorite sci flicks into symbolic weirdness. More »
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If you need a really awesome shirt that will impress pretty much everybody, then your search is over. For just $20, you could be the proud owner of this "RoboCop on a unicorn" tee. More »
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MGM's financial troubles are keeping at least three long-awaited follow-ups in development hell: Darren Aranofsky's RoboCop, Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, and Sam Mendes' James Bond movie. There's only one solution: combine them into one blockbuster movie. Here's how! More »
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Science fiction has rocked cinemas for a century, and the genre has produced many undisputed classics during that time. But which movies are essential viewing for anyone interested in the genre? We broke down the 25 must-watch science fiction films. More »
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Somewhere in a universe not unlike our own, David Carradine starred in Blade Runner, Sidney Poitier played Morpheus to Bruce Lee's Neo, Tim Curry got his own Joker movie, and Robo Cop was a 1970s porno. More »
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Did an actor just imply he's the Avengers villain? Captain America discusses how his shield and uniform change with his situation. The Let Me In director explains changing cultural context. Plus the first look at Caprica, Priest, and Drive Angry! More »
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The best concept art tells a story, all by itself. But what's the difference between creating concept art for movies, versus drawing comics or illustrating books? We asked some of our favorite concept artists, and here's what they said. More »
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There's no new Lost this week, but luckily there are new episodes of V, Flashforward, Chuck, Doctor Who (Nazis vs. Daleks?!?), and more: the season finales of Ugly Americans and Clone Wars, and Tony Stark making the talk show circuit.
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This incredibly short-lived police dramedy gives Ernest Borgnine's beat cop an android partner. And, yes, it looks as gloriously shitty as it sounds. More »
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Buackaroo Banzai himself, Peter Weller, is starring as the freak of the week on tomorrow's Fringe, and took some time to talk with reporters on a conference call. So we talked Fringe, Odyssey 5 and of course the RoboCop reboot. More »
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Repo Men is a smorgasbord of absurdist futurism references, according to director Miguel Sapochnik. He showed us which science fiction classics he drew on, from Brazil to Clockwork Orange. But no, Repo! The Genetic Opera isn't on the list. More »
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There's only one thing Hollywood loves than a movie based on a toy: remakes. Dozens of science-fiction classics are slated for do-overs. But instead of remaking films that were fine the first time, here are 20 books Hollywood should film. More »
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Fans of technological adventure will find much to cheer about in this week's releases: New Iron Man, new Transformers, the complete World War Robot and even brand new Robocop. If you ask nicely, your retailer will even do the robot. More »
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Could Darren Aronofsky's RoboCop reboot be left to rust? Rumor has it that in the wake of Avatar's success, the up-for-sale MGM doesn't want to greenlight Aronofsky's RoboCop vision unless he's willing to make it in 3-D. And he's not. More »
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Wolverine, out on DVD recently, is a great example of one of the silliest clichés in escapist entertainment: someone reclaims his/her true humanity and unique individuality — by killing everyone in sight. What the hell is this about? More »
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If there's one thing that the science fiction of our youth taught us, it's that the future will be almost comedically tough, meaning that lawmen of the future will have to be even tougher just to get the job done. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5382354&view=rss&microfeed=true MGM has been given two-and-a-half months' freedom from loan repayments to avoid bankruptcy. The troubled studio has forbearance until December 15th to try and sort out funding to save projects like The Hobbit and Darren Aronofsky's Robocop remake. [Deadline Hollywood] More »
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You think your city's leadership is bad? Just look at these 10 stand-out examples of terrible mayors and awful city leaders from science fiction and urban fantasy. They steal, they kill, they won't give the people air! More »
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Tyler Stout designs incredibly detailed screenprinted movie posters that give classic science fiction films an updated look while offering newer movies a touch of vintage Hollywood charm. More »
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