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Spike Jonze's weird, sad robot movie gets a weird, cool Web site

2010-02-09T20:12:24Z

]]>Remember that odd, wistful trailer for Spike Jonze's weird robot romance movie, I'm Here?

Jack Bauer and 24 to torture terrorists on the big screen!

2010-02-09T18:46:48Z

24 to torture terrorists on the big screen!" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/05/24_KieferSutherland_season7finale-thumb-550x252-18023.jpg">]]>The following takes place between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Jack Bauer is taking on a challenge he's never faced before ... making a movie. In a conspiracy of Hollywood proportions, 20th Century Fox's film and TV studios are working to turn Fox's 24 television series into a film for the big screen, according to Variety.

Star Wars reimagined with Paris subway tickets

2010-02-09T18:39:03Z

Star Wars reimagined with Paris subway tickets" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/02/Star_wars_Paris_Subway_2-thumb-450x338-33511.jpg">]]>Here's something cool: A French artist has sculpted tiny, exquisite origami/paper replicas of Star Wars ships out of Paris subway tickets.

Awesome, non?

Hedge fund buys Terminator rights: Now what?

2010-02-09T18:15:24Z

Terminator rights: Now what?" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/05/TerminatorSalvation_T800-thumb-550x310-18077.jpg">]]>In the popular consciousness, it would seem that the only force more nefarious than Skynet is a hedge fund, so it comes as huge irony that Pacificor has outbid Lionsgate and Sony Pictures for the rights to the Terminator franchise.

We won't bore you with the details, but the hedge fund prevailed in an auction of the rights by Halcyon Holding Corp., which had been pushed into bankruptcy by the very fund that ended up winning the rights, according to Deadline Hollywood:

Big shock: James Cameron might NOT direct Avatar 2

2010-02-09T17:55:27Z

Avatar 2" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/Avatar_Cameron_china-thumb-550x366-31124.jpg">]]>As James Cameron heads into the home stretch of making sure every human being who hasn't seen his film Avatar gets to the theater, talk is naturally turning to exactly what the King of the World will be working on next. And he revealed that he might NOT direct a sequel.

We caught up with Cameron at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where he received the fest's Modern Master award, and he said that he hasn't completely settled on his next project, but added that he certainly won't be taking another 12-year sabbatical before getting behind the camera again, as he did between Titanic and Avatar.

Epic spoilers for Sam Raimi's 20,000 Leagues reboot

2010-02-09T17:45:33Z

20,000 Leagues reboot" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/02/20000_leagues_Giant_Squid-thumb-550x372-33509.jpg">]]>Now that Disney has pulled the plug on McG's proposed Captain Nemo movie, it looks like a competing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea project from Spider-Man's Sam Raimi has an open field.

It's not yet clear whether that film will move forward, but we're still intrigued by the idea of a Raimi version of Jules Verne's classic science fiction tale. Craig Titley wrote the screenplay for Raimi's Stars Road Entertainment. (Raimi is producing, not directing.)

Green Lantern's villain has a new father

2010-02-09T17:28:03Z

Green Lantern's villain has a new father" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/03/greenlanternmovie-thumb-550x299-14522.jpg">]]>Tim Robbins—who has been carving out a career as the dad in such films as City of Ember—will play another one in the upcoming Green Lantern movie.

HUGE Superman news: Supes to get Dark Knighted?

2010-02-09T17:11:48Z

Superman news: Supes to get Dark Knighted?" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/01/DarkKnight_ChristopherNolan-thumb-550x293-10952.jpg">]]>Warner Brothers is going to try to reboot its Superman franchise yet again, but the big news is that they're enlisting the man who turned Batman into one of the biggest movies of all time: The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan.

According to Deadline Hollywood:

News briefs: Draco is haunted; Smallville scores

2010-02-09T17:00:00Z

Smallville scores" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/04/HarryPotter_Waylett_Felton-thumb-350x265-15982.jpg">]]>Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter fims, will join Twilight cast member Ashley Greene and Sebastian Stan in The Apparition, a supernatural horror movie for Joel Silver's Dark Castle genre label, Variety reported; the story centers on a young couple haunted by a supernatural presence unleashed during a college experiment.
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Neo, John Connor and 9 other awesome sci-fi hackers

2010-02-09T16:00:00Z

]]>Now that Fox has effectively boarded up Dollhouse, we should take a moment to reflect on the near-apocalypse Topher created just by being the best hacker he knew how to be.

But memorable character that he was, Topher is just one in a long line of computer cowboys who go beyond the binary and make quick work of microprocessors. Check out these great hackers who give computer geeks a good name.

Caprica's Alessandra Torresani is HOT in NSFW Maxim pics

2010-02-08T20:56:23Z

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6 reasons The Wolfman may be the best monster remake ever

2010-02-08T19:29:58Z

The Wolfman may be the best monster remake ever" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/02/Wolfman_claws_small-thumb-550x298-33427.jpg">]]>If you are a fan of the original 1941 werewolf movie The Wolf Man, then you should be very pleased with the upcoming remake from Universal Pictures, slightly renamed The Wolfman.

That's because star/producer Benicio Del Toro, a longtime Universal monster fan who helped develop the remake, wanted to honor the original in a way that appealed to modern audiences. (Spoilers ahead!)

After a series of mishandled remakes of classic Universal monster movies—Van Helsing anyone?—we think the studio may have finally got it right with this one. Here's six reasons why. (Click on the images for larger versions.)

Why Michael Shanks thinks Stargate SG-1 is history

2010-02-08T19:00:00Z

Stargate SG-1 is history " src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2009/04/Stargate_MichaelShanks_flashlight-thumb-550x307-17149.jpg">]]>It looks like Stargate SG-1 may finally be dead, at least according to star Michael Shanks, who played Dr. Daniel Jackson on the series, which ran for 10 seasons and spurred two DVD movies in 2008 and two Syfy spinoff series.

"Given the amount of time lag that's gone on between us doing the movies, I suspect that we might be very far away from, if ever, doing another DVD movie. This might be the closing of the book on that particular [chapter of the] franchise," said Shanks, whom we caught up with while he was promoting his guest-starring role as Hawkman in The CW's two-hour film Smallville: Absolute Justice.

In a real-life Avatar, natives seek Cameron's help

2010-02-08T18:33:14Z

Avatar, natives seek Cameron's help" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/01/Avatar_Hallelujah_mountain-thumb-550x306-32846.jpg">]]>If there were a real-life tribe of Na'vi, a la James Cameron's Avatar, who were threatened by an unscrupulous mining company, who do you think they'd turn to for help?

A: a paraplegic Marine downloaded into the body of one of their own? Or B: a Hollywood movie director?

In the cast of the very real Dongria Kondh tribe in eastern India, the answer is B, according to the U.K. Guardian newspaper:

Star Wars' Owen, Grindhouse girl in The Thing

2010-02-08T17:52:20Z

Star Wars' Owen, Grindhouse girl in The Thing" src="http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/02/Mary_Elizabeth_Winstead_grindhouse-thumb-550x311-33419.jpg">]]>We've got great casting news for that upcoming prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing: Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Grindhouse, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) and Joel Edgerton (Uncle Owen in Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith) will star.