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Dark Knight Rises actor finally confirms the movie's secret villain. Plus Tons of Spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man!

Alasdair Wilkins — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 PST

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Michael Fassbender will keep Magneto ambiguous in the X-Men: First Class sequel. Two actresses join Tom Cruise for Oblivion. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will be bigger than The Matrix. Plus huge updates for Fringe, Once Upon a Time, and more! More »

Warner Bros. wants Ben Affleck to direct The Stand, but can he control the crazy?

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:05:00 PDT

Warner Bros. wants actor-turned-director Ben Affleck to adapt Stephen King's mammoth novel for a feature film. But can Affleck whittle down all the crazy into a single film? We highly doubt it. More »

What to Keep and What to Ditch from a Movie Version of The Stand

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:04:19 PDT

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Harry Potter director David Yates says he's interested in turning Stephen King's The Stand into a multi-movie series. Good luck — this is a task that could make Potter look like a cakewalk. More »

Joseph Gordon-Levitt might be joining Batman 3 after all! Plus who will be Lois Lane in the Superman reboot?

Alasdair Wilkins — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:00:00 PST

Tom Hardy might not be the only Inception star who is joining The Dark Knight Rises, as Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks for a role. We've got confirmation that Anne Hathaway won't just be playing Selina Kyle. Now that Henry Cavill is Superman, the search is on for Lois Lane - and some familiar names are being rumored for the role. An Ender's Game movie takes shape, James Cameron still wants to do Battle Angel, a third Bill & Ted is very much a possibility, and more on the swashbuckling adventures on Doctor Who! More »

The End Is Near! A collection of the greatest end-of-the-world signs

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:50:41 PST

What's the perfect fashion item to be wearing when disaster strikes? A big sign that says "The End is Near." So we rounded up our favorite signs that forewarn the end of days — or at least made us laugh. More »

Tis The Season For Tesla, Frankenstein And This Week's Comics

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT

You can tell that we're getting closer to Hallowe'en, just by looking at this week's new comic releases: Vampires! Zombie plagues! Frankenstein's Monster! Nikolai Tesla! Okay, maybe not that last one. But these are still Comics We Crave. More »

Death And Decay Infect This Week's Comics

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:00:21 PDT

Maybe it's contrariness on the part of the comic book industry, but just as we change clocks and start thinking about spring, this week's comics are all about death and the undead. Wha' hoppen? More »

Who Is The Greatest Sci Fi Writer?

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDT

According to the trailer for the comic version of The Stand premiered at Marvel's Ultimate Universe (Yes, it has nothing to do with the Ultimate Universe, I know; I wasn't the one who played it), Stephen King is "the greatest science fiction, fantasy and horror writer of our generation." Now, I'm tempted to give him the title of "Highest Selling Fantasy And Horror Writer of our Generation," but science fiction? Really? I'm not convinced that King deserves that title - Does The Tommyknockers really give him the edge into the SF genre? - but who does? Use and abuse the comments section below, people: I want to know. More »