The universe is full of evil masterminds, whose schemes seem too brilliant to defeat — until, of course, they're defeated. But often, those schemes depend on one lowly minion, and if you just took out that henchperson, the masterplan would never have gotten off the ground. Here are 10 evil schemes that depended on an…
The Art and Industry of Making Monsters
By Geoff Manaugh. This winter, while out in Los Angeles on a trip for Venue, I had the enormous pleasure of stopping by special effects house Spectral Motion — responsible for the effects in Hellboy, X-Men: First Class, and Pacific Rim, among others. I visited with Nicola Twilley to interview Mike Elizalde, CEO of
Eye-Popping New Concept Art from Avengers, Green Lantern and X-Men:…
A ton of new concept art has come out from some recent superhero movies — most of it focusing on different character and costume designs, which didn't make it to the screen. Plus this totally amazing drawing of Tony Stark falling off Stark Tower while his Mark VII Iron Man armor snaps into place around him.
The Most Adorable Zombie Ever: Check out the first Warm Bodies trailer!
Yesterday, we witnessed the zombie apocalypse in full-on Hollywood tentpole style, with the World War Z trailer
Deleted Scenes from Our Favorite Movies We Wish We Could See
Some of our favorite movies have left us with long, lingering questions. Like how does Bane eat? And what sort of mental damage does a giant dog dragon inflict on a couple of kids in the real world? And so many other unanswered questions.
The First Class sequel will be the most epic, mythic, ambitious X-Men…
The Robocop reboot adds another awesome actor to the mix. Charlie Day reveals Guillermo del Toro's larger-than-life approach to Pacific Rim. Jurassic Park 4 is seriously happening, according to the producer. Plus new videos and photos from the sets of Iron Man 3, Once Upon a Time, and Supernatural!
How Actual Science Can Make Science Fiction Stories Cooler
How do the minds behind Battlestar Galactica, Prometheus, X-Men: First Class, and Torchwood go about juggling science fact and science fiction, to tell a believable story? Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait hosted a panel at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday to discuss this issue, along with the making and breaking canon in…
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger preparing to make two new Terminator movies?
It's been a long, winding road from the failure of Terminator Salvation to a new movie in the Terminator series. Now original star Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's ready to make two new movies very soon. But is this for real?
Charlize Theron reveals all the latest secrets of Prometheus and Mad…
The producers of The Amazing Spider-Man go in-depth with their big reboot. A certain True Blood character isn't going anywhere. Anna Torv looks ahead to Fringe's final season. Plus tons of new release dates for tons of big science fiction movies!
Ridley Scott's Prometheus might actually get an R rating!
A major question surrounding Prometheus is how it could live up to the intensity of the original Alien — while still getting that all-important PG-13 rating. But now, the head of Fox revealed he won't compromise the movie for the sake of hitting the PG-13 mark.
