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Writer Seth Grahame-Smith explains why Tim Burton's Dark Shadows isn't your ordinary summer movie. Not one but two Beauty and the Beast movies are headed our way. Plus a Game of Thrones actor joins Tom Cruise in Oblivion! More »
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Gary Oldman reveals a hint about the end of The Dark Knight Rises. Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield explain how they approached reinventing Spider-Man. The Hobbit gets a much-needed infusion of Scottish. Plus Game of Thrones, The River, and more! More »
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An acting heavyweight joins Ender's Game. Joss Whedon debunks the hot new Avengers rumor. Roberto Orci discuss the script for the Star Trek sequel. Fringe prepares for its first ever Astrid-centric episode. Plus there's a new photo of Karl Urban in Dredd! More »
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Last night, the first ever teaser trailer for the fifth season of True Blood aired. While not much is shown, it's important to note that the entire video is a tease for something (or someone) returning out of the ground. More »
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Doctor Strange takes a huge step forward, while Iron Man 3 might start filming early. A photo reveals the back of a Batman villain's head. Terminator 5 will return to the franchise's R-rated roots. Plus the last word on Chuck! More »
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Joss Whedon reveals the greatest challenge of writing The Avengers — and some new toys give our first look at an important vehicle. Do we know the fate of a major Walking Dead character? The Crow reboot rises from the dead. Plus literally everything you need to know about Chuck's series finale! More »
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The head of Marvel Studios debunks two of the biggest Avengers casting rumors, while an unexpected source promises the craziest cameo yet. Plus Man of Steel adds a vital character from Superman mythos, and there are more details on the new show from Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies. More »
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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 »
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This weekend, the Underworld series returns, and once again vampires will resume their endless war against the Lycans. (Plus the humans, this time.) These days, we're used to thinking of vampires and werewolves as mortal enemies — but vampires have also fought an assortment of much weirder foes. More »
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Two British thespians join Chris Evans on board a post-apocalyptic train in Snow Piercer. Ti West's low-budget space movie The Side Effect finds its star. Plus tons of hints for Supernatural, True Blood, The Walking Dead Chuck, Grimm, and more! More »
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The next season of True Blood may reveal the origins of a fan favorite character. The newly cast Richard Schiff talks playing Dr. Hamilton in Man of Steel. Plus new images for Amazing Spider-Man, Hunger Games, and much more! More »
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Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, and Ciaran Hinds take us inside the new Ghost Rider. Batman quotes existential philosophy in The Dark Knight Rises. Plus more on Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, Chuck, Being Human, and The Vampire Diaries. More »
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This was a sexy year. We discovered strange fetishes and alien mating rituals. We explored undiscovered outposts of sensuality. And we delved into some of the most extreme visions of human connection you could possibly imagine. Plus, True Blood and Game of Thrones kind of shredded the envelope. More »
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What are the most amazing moments this new golden era of television gave us? We've rounded up the very best bits from a whole year of TV watching — and some of the very worst. More »
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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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Science fiction and fantasy devoured our hearts and minds in 2011. The year's hit movies, bestselling books and buzzed-about television shows were dominated by genre fare — and a handful of people played a key part in making it happen. More »
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This was the year of beefcake. Sorry, Sucker Punch — the biggest genre spectacles of the year were all about half-naked men, with bodies so sculpted that they look like the muscles on Tim Burton's Batsuit. But which science fiction and fantasy properties had the best half-naked men? There's only one way to decide... with democracy. And photos. More »
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The Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel might feature some talking apes. Ridley Scott drops more Prometheus hints. Bruce Campbell will be in Oz, the Great and Powerful. Plus what's next on Doctor Who and American Horror Story! More »
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Emma Stone breaks down Gwen Stacy, The Amazing Spider-Man's love interest. The gritty Paradise Lost movie hits a snag. Robert Kirkman promises more death on The Walking Dead. Plus Andy Serkis talks the next Planet of the Apes movie! More »
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Another day, another supposed description of the Dark Knight Rises prologue. Avengers costar Jeremy Renner explains Hawkeye's appeal. Game of Thrones might feature a genuinely unexpected plot twist. Darren Aronofsky looks for a new star for his bible epic Noah! More »
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Move over Flopsy (Vampire Bill), Mopsy (Vampire Eric), and Cottontail (Jason Stackhouse)! The real deal is (rumored) to be coming to True Blood. That's right folks, the man who invented the steely-eyed-furrowed-brow-head-tilt and is filled with so much testosterone he can impregnate ladies with a gaze is ready to punch first and ask questions later, Bon Temps-style. If this rumor is correct, then True Blood is back! More »
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Christopher Nolan reveals the unexpected similarities between Batman and Bane. Andrew Stanton discusses the Martian monsters of John Carter. See new set photos from The Hobbit and Game of Thrones, and get the lowdown on the new True Blood characters! More »
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How will The Dark Knight Rises put Batman through more pain than he's already faced in the first two Christopher Nolan films? And what will Batman learn from this torment? Christian Bale explains how The Dark Knight Rises will force Bruce Wayne to confront who he really is. More »
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Andy Serkis reveals what it's like to shoot The Hobbit at 48 frames per second. Aaron Eckhart's I, Frankenstein casts an awesomely demonic villain. The director of The Host is making a post-apocalyptic train movie. More »
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The Dark Knight's prologue simply introduced the Joker, but could next month's IMAX prologue for The Dark Knight Rises be doing much, much more? An insane new description suggests the prologue will completely change everything before the actual movie even begins. More »
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Batman takes to the skies in new Dark Knight Rises photos. Tarsem Singh talks up his kinder, gentler Snow White movie. Casting details are revealed for the 300 sequel. Plus John Barrowman reveals his dreams of a Doctor Who movie! More »
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Is Matthew Modine's character in The Dark Knight Rises a hero or villain...or both? One X-Men: First Class actor thinks a sequel will happen. The 300 sequel might have found its star. Plus True Blood adds a new regular vampire! More »
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Henry Cavill discusses how Immortals prepared him for Superman. James Mangold drops some more Wolverine story hints. Familiar actors are spotted on the Hobbit set. And is Scarlett Johansson's alien sex movie Under the Skin really an alien sex movie? More »
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Television shows are like sports teams: Sometimes they just have an off season. (And sometimes they just dive down a terrible hole and get trapped forever.) When a science fiction or fantasy show has a terrible no-good year, it's especially noticeable, because the fantastical plot devices get dumber and the world-building gets sloppier. More »
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Rhys Ifans explains the emotional story behind The Amazing Spider-Man. At least one person thinks Shia LeBeouf will be back for more Transformers. Learn about True Blood's newest characters. Plus sequel news for Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and The Incredibles! More »
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James McAvoy explains the challenge of doing an X-Men: First Class sequel. Brian Grazer says the budget cuts have made The Dark Tower even better. Gale Anne Hurd discusses The Walking Dead's future... and inadvertently suggests an awesome possible guest star! More »
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Last night's Scream Awards was an epic celebration of horror, science fiction and comics, as the Hollywood elite gathered to toast Ed Brubaker, Peter Dinklage and gore. Here are our favorite weird and awesome moments. More »
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Jason Statham responds to the Transformers rumors. James Cameron drops a ton of new hints about how Avatar 2 and 3 will explore wild new settings. And will a beloved but dead character return to Game of Thrones? More »
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Disney gave us all a little G-rated True Blood action with a touch of Teen Wolf in the mix, in an upcoming episode of Phineas and Ferb. Guests voice actors Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin and the Teen Wolf himself, Michael J Fox, stopped by to give you a sneak peek from the fake vampire film, The Curse of Candace! More »
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The great thing about science fiction and fantasy is that they're full of surprises — you just never know what the universe will have in store. Like, sometimes, a totally random, surprising, shocking death. More »
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Our favorite vampire vixen, True Blood's Kristen Bauer van Straten, will get a chance to play the role she was born for. In a very special Once Upon a Time episode Pam will become the one, the only, Maleficent! More »
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We are, most people would agree, in the midst of a Golden Age of Television. Since the late-1990s, the programming that's been pumped into our homes has been as good as it's ever been — and, in many respects, better than the movies that have long sat atop the Pop Cultural Quality Pile. But why aren't we also in a Golden Age of Genre TV? More »
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While the 4th season of True Blood had a lot of "precious fairy vagina," and a few great Pam one-liners, it's time to call it what it was, a dud. When the big season finale pits a nightie-wearing ghost grandma against a 50-year-old witch, you've got big trouble in Bon Temps. And don't even get us started on the were-panthers. More »
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