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M. Night making Unbreakable 2, but as a Night Chronicles film

Thomas Mill — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:32:21 -0500

If you're an M. Night Shyamalan fan who's been waiting to see the long-promised Unbreakable sequel, well...we're not sure how you're going to feel about this. On the plus side, M. Night had an idea for Unbreakable 2 that he's excited about and that's going to be made into a film.

Stephen Hawking says the universe doesn't need God

Thomas Mill — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:54:14 -0500

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking says the universe is perfectly capable of creating itself, thank you very much, and it doesn't require the existence of God or a God-like outside source to get things started.

Fan creates amazingly satisfying retconned theory of Lost

Jon Cohen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0500

Many people were disappointed with the way Lost ended, and even those who liked the ending still had lots of unanswered questions after the finale. Well, prepare to get some answers, because a diligent fan who goes by the name of That John Locke just found a way to take all the theories about Lost floating around the Internet and turn them into one unifying explanation that actually seems to make more sense than the show itself did.

Jane Espenson tells us about Torchwood's 'intense' next season

Thomas Mill — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:41:28 -0500

Jane Espenson is one of the most beloved science fiction TV writers out there, and also a very busy one. She's worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse, Caprica and a whole bunch of other shows, and now she's working on the new season of Torchwood.

19 upcoming superhero movies you need to know about

Jon Cohen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:15:00 -0500

Ever since Spider-Man came out in 2002 and set all kinds of records for making money, the movie industry has gone crazy for superheros. Eight years on, they just keep on coming. We've had some great ones (Iron Man, The Dark Knight) along with some not-so-good ones (Wolverine, Fantastic Four).

Over the next three years we're going to have the chance to see more than a dozen superhero films, mostly from Marvel and DC, but also a few others. To help keep track of it all we've created this handy guide to the 19 most notable titles that are supposed to come out (some more tentatively than others) through 2013.

Warning: How bringing babies to the movies can spoil Inception

Blastr Staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:41:55 -0500

Moviefone debuted a new weekly comic strip yesterday. This one's about Inception. We laughed.

True Blood spoilers for the Season 3 finale AND for Season 4

Jon Cohen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:50:00 -0500

The True Blood season-three finale is going to air next Sunday, Sept. 12, which pretty much means now is the time to start talking about season four. On cue, E! Online has pieced together info on some of the characters who'll be coming back next year, which means not only that they have a head start on spoiling season four, but that they're also spoiling the season-three finale by letting you know who won't be dying.

Marvel plans to fill Captain America film with super easter eggs

Jon Cohen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Marvel's grand plan to release a bunch of individual superhero movies leading up to the ensemble adventure of Joss Whedon's Avengers film apparently involves hiding easter eggs all over the place.

First, shocking look at David Tennant in Fright Night

Nathalie Caron — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:42:39 -0500

When it was announced that David Tennant had scored the role of Peter Vincent in the Fright Night remake, the collective sound of millions of squeeing fans from the Doctor Who/David Tennant community was probably heard all over. Today, we now have our very first look at what the actor looks like in the role, and it's really, REALLY interesting. And kind of shocking.

Image of the Day: Dragon vs. B-25 Bomber from Sucker Punch

Blastr Staff — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:13:50 -0500

A new image from Zack Snyder's upcoming film Sucker Punch, showing more of the dragon/B-25 fight we saw in the trailer, appeared today on Cruel Films.

Neil Gaiman's Sandman being developed for TV, minus Neil Gaiman

Thomas Mill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:48:08 -0500

Neil Gaiman's landmark literary comic series The Sandman is being developed by Warner Brothers as a TV series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That's the good news. The bad news is, Neil isn't actually working on it.

Angelina Jolie accidently kills the sci-fi blockbuster Gravity

Thomas Mill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:28:39 -0500

Gravity was going to be a big 3-D sci-fi film billed as Cast Away in space, with Angelina Jolie playing the Tom Hanks bit (no word on what Wilson would be made from). The problem is, Angelina doesn't actually want to be in the film, and now Gravity might never get made.

Syfy starts work on Neverland, a 4-hour prequel to Peter Pan

Blastr Staff — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:06:51 -0500

This was first announced back in March, but today Syfy said production is going to start next week on its four-hour Peter Pan prequel called Neverland. It's being written and directed by Nick Willing, who worked on Syfy's Tin Man and Alice, which were reimaginings of The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland.

A homemade Sharktopus plush toy!

Thomas Mill — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:35:55 -0500

This Sharktopus plush toy showed up on the Blastr desk today, apparently made by the boyfriend of a friend of someone who works at Syfy (and a Sharktopus enthusiast). As mutant shark/octopus homemade plush toys go, we give it an A+.

Secret hidden glyphs permeate the new Fringe poster

Blastr Staff — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:38:15 -0500

Fox released a new poster for Fringe, and it's stuffed full of hidden glyphs. Of course the fans over at Obsessed Fringey have already found 10 of them, which you can see in the image above.