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That's right — the movie about aliens coming to Earth to wipe out humans is going to be broadcast into space. But the director, Scott Derrickson, doesn't want to be blamed. More »
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I knew it - Keanu isn't real; he's made up of sex toys and goo. At least, parts of him are, according to MastersFX's Todd Masters, who worked on special effects for The Day The Earth Stood Still. He recently revealed that some of the movie's designs involved a whole lot of sex toys. Some spoilers ahead, which explain why this week's blockbuster is sexier than a boutique dildo. More »
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Michael Rennie, stoic actor and first to don the silver spaceman duds in the 1951 classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, has left Neo some mighty big space boots to fill. Don't take our word for it — just check out this exclusive clip from one of the featurettes from the new TDTESS DVD re-release, and find out what went into making Rennie the definitive Klaatu. More »
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With every passing week, Fox's remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still looks more and more like Independence Day, and less like the original. The remake still seems like a bad idea, but if Keanu and co. want to go down this splodey path, they'd better be ready to bring it, Michael Bay-style. Producer Erwin Stoff explains, in a new interview, how the original was more of a cautionary tale, and how they tried to keep that theme in the new one...but with Gort shooting down planes with his Cylon eye. More »
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Big robots in tiny spaces is apparently all the rage these days. A brand new The Day The Earth Stood Still international trailer shows Gort all locked up in some kind of military facility, just like Megatron in Transformers. The trailer, below, is full of extra Gort goodness, including more scenes of his Cylon eye kicking ass in battle. More »
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Fox has unleashed fans on the face of Gort, Klaatu's robot bodyguard from The Day The Earth Stood Still. The studio asked artists and enthusiasts to dream up what the giant robot guardian would have looked if they'd had a say in the remake. Apparently a lot of them wanted him to look like the Silver Surfer mixed with Ork blood. We've grabbed a few pics of the different ideas, and made a Gort gallery for your enjoyment. More »
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Mad Men's Don Draper is in the cast of The Day the Earth Stood Still? Why is the studio not publicizing the hell out of this? Jon Hamm is a god among skinny hipster emo men. He's a man reclaiming manliness, and we've the first photos released of him in this Keanu-laden flick. Plus, we've got full frontal Gort in the new 5-minute trailer. Check out the up-close stills of Hamm and some hot Gort action too. More »
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