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It's a damn shame that there aren't enough official t-shirts and posters from Duncan Jones' amazing space drama Moon. And the director is hoping to rectify that, by polling the public on whether they'd buy more Moon merchandise. More »
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While visiting the set of Cowboys & Aliens we couldn't help but reminisce about past alien battles with Sam Rockwell. Imagine our surprise when he revealed where his Galaxy Quest character's inspiration spurred from — honestly, it makes perfect sense. More »
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Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig put some old timey bullets into the alien hide of a mysterious space invader in the first-ever trailer for Cowboys & Aliens. It's a first look at Jon Favreau's alien/western mashup movie. More »
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We got an early look at Wednesday's Cowboys & Aliens trailer. Daniel Craig's alien-fighting cowboy puts James Bond to shame; Harrison Ford has never been nastier; and this really is both a serious western and serious alien invasion movie. More »
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Sam Rockwell has joined Jon Favreau's Cowboys And Aliens comic book adaptation — making this movie possibly the geekiest undertaking happening right now, thanks to a cast that also includes Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde. More »
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We're all familiar with Sam Rockwell's brutal hero from Jared Hess' Gentlemen Broncos. But what about his metafictional other half, the femmed-up Brutus? Check out our exclusive behind-the-scenes clip with the superhero that Rockwell nicknamed the "Transvestite Captain Kangaroo." More »
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While we're ecstatic that Avatar's loathsome original song didn't warble it's way into an Oscar nomination, those blue aliens and a few others did squeeze out a few of our favorites. Here's a list of the biggest genre snubs. More »
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According to director Duncan Jones, Moon isn't being given out as a screener to members of the Academy. If this is true, and it seems so, this greatly hurts Moon's chances on Oscar night. More »
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With Gentlemen Broncos taking a beating from the critics, why should you see it? Because it's actually a warm and funny piece of metafiction that celebrates creativity and embracing your weird side. Plus, who could resist Sam Rockwell's battle stag? More »
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There's a mini Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion happening inside Jared Hess' science-fiction-loving film Gentlemen Broncos. Can you figure out the link? Plus the director reveals his Krull roots. More »
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Sam Rockwell, the space hero in Jared Hess' new film Gentlemen Broncos, waxes philosophical about working with Tim Allen on the set of Galaxy Quest in this weird behind-the-scenes clip. More »
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Ever wonder what Moon, Duncan Jones' indie film on isolation, space-madness and conspiracy theories would be like as a childrens' cartoon? Well, wait no more: here are some fake sketches of Sam and Gerty's super happy space fun time show. More »
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We never really understood what Sam Rockwell really meant when he described his character from Gentleman Broncos as Captain Kangaroo in drag. Now that the new trailer is released, we see his double-sided hero is even crazier than he described. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5336948&view=rss&microfeed=true Sam Rockwell, who played Sam Bell, the isolated lunar worker in Duncan Jones' film Moon, will reprise the role in Jones' next project. In a recent interview Rockwell confirmed that his character would make a cameo, or "something like that." [Cinematical] More »
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Think it's impossible to get the one over on the sly, one-liner-spouting Tony Stark? New Iron Man 2 bad boy Sam Rockwell revealed how his character, Justin Hammer, sticks it to Tony: by being a better ladies man. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Check out Ronald Chevalier's world, where Sam Rockwell plays a superhero character who's a "transvestite Captain Kangaroo." Plus we're digging up the real folklore vampires and new stills from Cargo which is already being buzzed as the new Moon. More »
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Alone with his robot on a remote lunar station, Sam is about to head home after a three year contract. That's when things get weird in Moon, which is lucky for you if you like smart, original science fiction stories. More »
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San Diego, Chicago, Boston... everyone's going to get a ride on the friendly Moonbase robot Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey). The indie's trek across the U.S. has begun, with a new list of cities where it's opening soon. [Moon] More »
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We sat down with Moon director Duncan Jones and talked evil robots, scientific inspirations behind the film and how scifi needs to catch up to comic book movies. Check out the full video interview and new clips from the film. More »
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The new poster for Duncan Jones' Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, shows a sterile metallic environment in which Rockwell wanders, lost and confused. Click over to Ain't It Cool to see the whole thing. More »
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A new trailer for Duncan Jones' Moon shows just how hauntingly lonesome Sam Rockwell's soujourn on that lunar mining station will be. Good thing Kevin Spacey's a robotic barber. We also found some spoilery clips. More »
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Duncan Jones' Moon starring Sam Rockwell as a space miner, has finally released some footage. And it looks just as beautiful and lonely as we predicted. More »
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The dark but beautiful space-isolation movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, is finally starting to explain why our astro-miner starts losing his mind. More »
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Mickey Rourke, who is riding on the shoulders of delighted critics for his kick-ass performance in The Wrestler, is joining the cast of Iron Man 2 along with the always-great Sam Rockwell. More »
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These stills from Sam Rockwell's new movie Moon bring some serious cold shudders. We've been eagerly following the development of Duncan Jones' creepy space tale about an isolated astronaut with rage issues stationed at a remote moon for three years. It's about space madness - and what happens when giant corporations abuse science. More »
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The hero of upcoming superhero comedy Gentlemen Broncos is played by Sam "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" Rockwell, who says his character has "two sides" — a self who appears in an original novel written by a teen, and a self who appears in a plagiarized novel written by a guy who steals the hapless teen's idea. Rockwell, out this week in Choke, shared a little character insight with us on what he called his "Flash Gordon drag gueen" character and working with Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement, who plays the plagiarizing author. More »
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Sam Rockwell's lonely job as a space miner finally gets some robotic company, in the shape of Kevin Spacey. Rockwell, the star of new movie Choke, told io9 that Spacey will be lending his voice to the robot in Duncan Jones' new scifi picture Moon, and he spilled some more details about the space madness he faces during his long lunar sojourn. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Sam "Zaphod" Rockwell furrows his brow in the first pic from Moon, directed by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones (aka Zowie Bowie). This picture shows a bit more of the film's lonely "lost in space" plot centering around Rockwell's character Sam Bell, who's stuck on a moon alone for three years and has a life-changing personal experience. From the look of his beard and hair, it looks like Bell is passing the 2 year mark. Click through to see Moon's new poster — and the old movie poster it rips off. More »
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Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) will star in Moon, a new movie about a man who gets trapped on the moon for three years. It's directed by Duncan Jones, aka Zowie Bowie, the son of singer David Bowie and the cameraman at David's 50th birthday bash. Rockwell says he's grown this new Beelbebroxian beard to play the lunar castaway. Image by WENN Photos. [MTV Movies] More »
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