First Look: Astro Boy, Kristen Bell Plug Into Comic-Con
The 21st century update of Osamu Tezuka’s classic anime series Astro Boy, sneak-peeked Thursday at Comic-Con International, stars Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as the...
View ArticleTwilight Stars Talk Werewolves, New Moon
SAN DIEGO — The impossibly gorgeous trio of Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed swooped into the Wired Cafe during Comic-Con International to wax about New Moon, the sequel to red-hot teen...
View ArticleOlivia Wilde Talks Tron Legacy, Light Cycles
SAN DIEGO — Olivia Wilde was born two years after Tron came out in 1982. Now she’s starring in the sequel to the sci-fi classic, Tron Legacy, set to hit next year. Wilde (pictured) took a break from...
View ArticleDistrict 9 Rises From Ashes of Halo
SAN DIEGO — Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp were in New Zealand three years ago doing preproduction on what they thought was going to be the big-budget movie adaptation of Halo. Instead, they wound up...
View ArticleJackie Earle Haley Revives Freddy Krueger in New Nightmare
SAN DIEGO — Jackie Earle Haley immediately got hit with the obvious question when he talked to reporters Friday about reviving serial killer Freddy Krueger in next year’s A Nightmare on Elm Street...
View ArticleJosh Brolin, Megan Fox, Jonah Hex: Match Made in Comic Heaven
SAN DIEGO — In the belly of the Comic-Con International beast, Josh Brolin came right out and said it: He doesn’t actually like comic books. “I didn’t read comic books when I was a kid,” Brolin told a...
View ArticleCylons, Watchmen and Zombies Take Comic-Con 2009
SAN DIEGO — Sci-fi fans tend to eat, sleep, breathe and bleed the things they’re passionate about. And, yep, they dress like them too. Some get-ups at this year’s Comic-Con International skewed a...
View ArticleRobert Downey Jr.: Down for the Cause of Sherlock Holmes Sequels
SAN DIEGO — Robert Downey Jr. has three words for Sherlock Holmes fans who worry that his portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth departs too radically from traditional iconography: Do your...
View ArticleIron Man 2 Blasts Into Comic-Con, More Badass Than Ever
SAN DIEGO — How do you top a movie that took a lesser-known character from the Marvel Comics universe and turned him into the most badass big-screen superhero to date? That’s the dilemma faced by Iron...
View ArticleNew Prisoner Footage, Comic Break Out Online
Fans on the hunt for new material from the upcoming reboot of ’60s psy-fi series The Prisoner hit the mini-mother lode during Comic-Con International last week. The mind-numbing veil of secrecy over...
View ArticleFirst Look: Megan Fox’s Jonah Hex Poster
Josh Brolin’s gnarly faced title character gets the moody profile shot while Megan Fox grabs the spotlight for the first poster hyping Jonah Hex. Warner Bros.’ upcoming movie adaptation of the DC...
View ArticleStargate Universe Babes Reveal Sexy Wookie Mating Call
SAN DIEGO — Finding a real live woman at Comic Con International is pretty much like hitting two grand slams in one inning then going on to win the lottery in two different states. Getting three of...
View ArticleTraining Aside, Making G.I. Joe Was ‘Vacation’ for Actor
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, the actor who plays Heavy Duty in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, says portraying a military recruiter in the upcoming action flick turned out to be “like a vacation.” The...
View ArticleGiveaway: Plastic Man Stars in Mattel’s Comic-Con Prize Pack
Mattel honors a spring-loaded “bo-oi-oi-oi-oing” rendition of Plastic Man along with other pulp fiction freaks this week with a new series of action figures molded in the style of vintage DC Comics....
View ArticleNew Posters: Thor, Captain America Invade Comic-Con
If the Thor and Captain America movies look as good as these newly released posters, 2011 should be a good year for superheroes. The new Thor poster, to be unveiled at Comic-Con International, features...
View ArticleMorgan Spurlock Geeks Out for Comic-Con Documentary
Morgan Spurlock put himself front and center in his previous documentaries on junk food and product placement, but he stays out of the picture to focus on ordinary geeks in his new film Comic-Con...
View ArticleThe Monitor: Next Stop, Comic-Con
Can you feel Comic-Con in the air? I can, though I'm unclear whether it's anticipation or simply environmental haze caused by thousands of nerds thronging outside Hall H. So as we speak -- not now but...
View ArticleJunot Díaz Aims to Fulfill His Dream of Publishing Sci-Fi Novel With Monstro
Junot Díaz is one of the most popular and acclaimed authors writing today. His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, became a major bestseller, and he's been the recipient of a long string...
View ArticleBattle Bots Fight Kaiju in Epic First Trailer for Pacific Rim
The first trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is here. And it is spectacular.
View ArticlePhoto Galleries | SXSWesteros: Rad Game of Thrones Original Art Show From Mondo
For this year's South by Southwest, Mondo asked a slew of artists to do their own interpretations of Game of Thrones. Check out the pieces from their ensuing gallery show, which opens here Friday.
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