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First 'Star Wars' Spin-off Film Goes to 'Godzilla' Director Gareth Edwards

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:04 PM PDT

Hot off the monster box office opening of Godzilla, director Gareth Edwards has landed a highly coveted gig. He will direct the first Star Wars stand-alone film, based on a screenplay by Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli), due in theaters on December 26, 2016. Edwards made his directorial debut with the atmospheric and dreamy Monsters, which imagined a near future in which an alien invasion has changed the landscape of civilization. He put his creative stamp on the new version of Godzilla, rebooting the the creature to such great effect that two sequels have already received the green light. Edwards is attached to direct those as well, but production is still in the planning stages, and it sounds like the Star Wars project is ready to go Now the speculation turns to which characters...
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Here's the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' Postcredits Stinger Explained

Posted: 22 May 2014 08:00 PM PDT

Stay through the credits of X-Men: Days of Future Past and you will be treated to one final scene. However, if you don't read comics and your only exposure to the X-Men is what's in the movies, you may be left asking yourself, "Wait, who is that guy?" Let's explain. Warning: The following will explain exactly what's in the postcredits stinger of X-Men: Days of Future Past. It reveals nothing else about the movie, but consider this your spoiler warning. The scene is of a robed figure standing on a sand dune in the desert, a legion of worshippers chanting below him. His arms are raised and in the distance we see him building one of Egypt's great pyramids with nothing but the power of his mind. As the camera moves from his back to his front, it's...
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The Last Sci-fi Blog: Why Harrison Ford Should Say No to 'Blade Runner 2'

Posted: 22 May 2014 07:00 PM PDT

Welcome to The Last Sci-fi Blog, our biweekly column about all things science fiction in movies. Last week, one of the weirdest press releases in a long time hit the Internet: the producers of the upcoming sequel to Blade Runner were seeking Harrison Ford's involvement. They weren't announcing his casting. They weren't announcing that they were in talks. They were announcing that they wanted him to join the cast, talking up the screenplay and sounding more like desperate teenagers trying to get a girl to go on a date than film producers hoping to make a follow-up to one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. But let's not spend any more time making fun of their press release. Instead, let's focus on why Harrison Ford should decline their...
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Poster-Crop Quiz: Can You Guess These Time-Travel Movies?

Posted: 22 May 2014 06:00 PM PDT

Check your flux capacitors, readers, because it's time for another Poster-Crop Quiz. In honor of the new X-Men flick hitting theaters, we're celebrating our own days of future past... that is to say time-travel movies of the past... nevermind, paradox. We have gathered together posters from 10 of our favorite time-travel movies, and then accidentally sent them to the ancient era of the Vikings. When we brought them back to the present, they had been hacked to pieces. See if you can identify the posters from their sliced and diced remains, leaving your guesses in the comment section below. The first person to correctly name all 10 posters will receive a shout-out in next week's quiz. Be quick, time is of the essence. To kick things off, we thought we'd...
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5 Reasons Why 'Edge of Tomorrow' Is the Event Movie to Beat This Summer

Posted: 22 May 2014 05:00 PM PDT

In a summer stuffed with event movies meant to dazzle with larger-than-life effects while extending already established franchises, Edge of Tomorrow slides in as one of the season’s wild cards – an explosive sci-fi action movie billed as “Groundhog Day inside an alien invasion,” starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in giant, weaponized suits. Will it get lost among its more buzzed-about reboots and sequels, or will Edge of Tomorrow quietly edge out its competition in terms of story, characters, action and general entertaining badassery? Oh, it’s most certainly the latter. Edge of Tomorrow leaps onto the summer-movie playing field with ferocious tenacity, expertly balancing large-scale action with humor, tension, courage and the kind of flawed heroes...
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The YA Countdown: All the Latest News About 'Divergent,' 'Hunger Games,' 'The Maze Runner' and More

Posted: 22 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

Welcome to the YA Movie Countdown, our resident expert’s biweekly guide to young-adult book-to-film adaptations. With one 2014 young-adult book-to-film adaptation out and doing quite well and four more on the way, there’s an abundance of promotional material and news flooding the Web. There’s loads to sort through and quite a bit that’s worth knowing and seeing in the mix, so we’ve narrowed it down so that you can check out the best of the best. Divergent   DVD and Blu-ray Release: Divergent is still killing it at the box office, but it’s already gearing up to rock the home-release charts, too. On August 5, Lionsgate will make the film available to own. If you’re gunning for a copy, you’ll have three options...
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The Roger Ebert Doucumentary 'Life Itself' Gets a Wonderful Trailer

Posted: 22 May 2014 03:00 PM PDT

This April marked the one-year anniversary of Roger Ebert’s passing. The film community pushes on, but it just isn’t the same without him. Champaign, Illinois recently celebrated his memory at Ebertfest — the annual film festival founded by the wonderfully snarky film critic. And we now have a trailer for the biographical documentary based on the writer’s 2011 memoir, Life Itself. Hoop Dreams director Steve James heads up the production, with Martin Scorsese as executive producer, which is set for a theatrical/On Demand/iTunes release on July 4. The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic’s life is explored through touching stories, video excerpts (featuring late friend and critic compadre Gene Siskel from At the Movies) and more. Michal Oleszczyk, writing for...
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See How Godzilla's Awesome New Roar Was Created

Posted: 22 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT

  Godzilla stormed the box office last weekend. The reboot of the famous monster movie, which first roared into theaters back in 1954, features a revamped radioactive creature with a brand new roar. The original roar is one of most famous sound effects in the history of cinema. In the ‘50s, the filmmakers attempted to invent Godzilla’s howl by mixing animal sounds together, but it was unsuccessful. Japanese composer Akira Ifukube had the idea to use a musical instrument instead. The iconic roar was born when a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin was rubbed against the string of a double bass. It took the new team of filmmakers, under director Gareth Edwards’ supervision, to come up with a new roar — which you can learn about in this great video...
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Watch: The Schmoes Review 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

Posted: 22 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT

The Schmoes, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis, not only have their Schmoes Know Movie Show on Movies.com—they're reviewing movies for us too. You can watch more of their reviews here.   X-Men: Days of Future Past     MORE FROM AROUND THE WEB: ZergNet (function() { var zergnet = document.createElement('script'); zergnet.type = 'text/javascript'; zergnet.async = true; zergnet.src = 'http://www.zergnet.com/zerg.js?id=15794'; var znscr = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; znscr.parentNode.insertBefore(zergnet, znscr); })();
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Rumor: 'Gravity' Director Alfonso Cuaron Offered 'The Shining' Prequel

Posted: 22 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT

When you win an Oscar for Best Director, job offers come flying in at a fast and furious rate, which is what Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron is currently experiencing firsthand. Warner Bros. seems very hyped on working with the filmmaker on another project, and it's now reportedly offered him two big gigs based on existing properties. We reported earlier that he's been approached about directing the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but now rumors are circulating that he’s also been offered a spookier project as well. The guys over at The Schmoes Know report that sources tell them Cuaron has been approached about directing a prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic haunted-hotel flick The Shining. The Overlook Hotel has been a...
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