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io9MoviesJ.J. Abrams Will Produce Oh, the Places You’ll Go! as Part of a Dr. Seuss Cinematic Universe
Growing up, before you started reading comic books or watching action movies, odds are you experienced the words of Dr. Seuss. Well, in the upcoming years, Dr. Seuss will join those popular genres on the big screen as his stories get their very own cinematic universe from Warner Bros. Animation. Things will begin in 2024 … Continued
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io9MoviesYour Name Live-Action Remake Finds a New Director in Lee Isaac Chung
The live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s modern classic Your Name has a new director. Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) has been brought aboard to helm this new take on the blockbuster anime, as well as rewrite the script. As reported by Deadline, Chung will direct the new adaptation of 2016 anime Your Name; seemingly, he’s set to … Continued
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io9MoviesJ.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Is Working on a Supernatural Revenge Thriller Called The Pinkerton
Warner Bros. is heading to the weird Wild West for a new movie. The studio has announced it’s picked up a spec script for a supernatural revenge thriller called The Pinkerton, written by F9’s Daniel Casey for J.J. Abrams Bad Robot production company. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio “preemptively snatched” the spec script for … Continued
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io9TelevisionKeith David Still Longs for a Gargoyles Reunion
Work on Venom 2 begins later this year. JJ Abrams is teaming up with Warner for new shows and films. Gamma speaks (well, whispers) in a creepy new teaser for The Walking Dead. Plus, what’s to come on Batwoman and Legacies. To me, my spoilers! Venom 2 According to Production Weekly, Venom 2 begins filming … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Your Name Remake Just Landed a Spider-Man Director
Marc Webb, director of two Amazing Spider-Man movies as well as the whimsical 500 Days of Summer, has been hired by J.J. Abrams, Bad Robot and Paramount to direct the live-action remake of Makoto Shinkai’s masterpiece, Your Name. Deadline broke the news and also provided a few details on how the anime is being changed … Continued
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io9TelevisionDiego Luna on the Cassian Andor Star Wars Show, Updates From Morbius, and More
Bad Robot has revealed two more sci-fi projects. Food company General Mills, of all companies, wants to get in on the cinematic universe trend. John Marrs’ The One is heading to Netflix. Plus, what to expect from the DC/CW slate soon, and more Twilight Zone casting. Spoilers get! Fantasy Island Deadline confirms Lucy Hale has … Continued
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io9TelevisionBirds of Prey Has Found Its Cassandra Cain
Is there still hope for a Ghostbusters 3? Tom Hanks joins Miguel Sapochnik’s new post-apocalyptic project. The CW wants in on the world of fairytales. Plus, Felicia Day returns to Supernatural, Godzilla vs. Kong just keeps on casting half of Hollywood, and more snippets from Mary Poppins Returns. Spoilers, away! Birds of Prey Variety reports … Continued
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io9TelevisionUpdates From Godzilla vs. Kong, Jonny Quest, and More
Godzilla vs Kong casts an Iron Fist star. Lego Batman Movie and potential Nightwing director Chris McKay could bring Jonny Quest to the big screen. The CW wants a lot more of the new Charmed. Plus, Swamp Thing could be adding another DC villain, and casting rumors for the Game of Thrones prequel. Spoilers get! … Continued
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The Director of Overlord Is OK With You Thinking He Made a Cloverfield Movie
When you hear the words “Bad Robot,” you think of Cloverfield. You think of Lost. You think of J.J. Abrams. What you don’t think of is a hard-R rated World War II movie with zombies. But if director Julius Avery has his way, that’ll all change very soon. Avery is the director of Overlord, which … Continued
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World War II and Zombies Combine in the Kinetic, Intense, Overlord
Overlord is not what you’re expecting. Trailers and early buzz have pumped it up as a “Nazi zombie” film which, while true, doesn’t quite do it justice. Actually, Overlord is first and foremost a fairly typical, behind enemy lines war film about a group of soldiers who need to complete a mission. It just so … Continued
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io9TrailersIn the First Overlord Trailer, Something Horrible Lurks in the Shadows of World War II
We’ve been hearing for ages about Overlord, Bad Robot’s latest J.J. Abrams-connected movie about zombie-like creatures at the height of World War II, but now we finally have a look at its scare-filled take on what is already one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. Directed by Julius Avery, Overlord follows a group of … Continued
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io9Here’s a Mysterious Teaser for J.J. Abrams and Stephen King’s New Hulu Project, Castle Rock
The first collaboration between Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams, author Stephen King, and Hulu yielded 11.22.63, an eight-episode time-travel drama about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Next up, apparently: a project called Castle Rock that looks squarely aimed at fans of King’s classic best-sellers. Bad Robot posted a YouTube link scribbled on Abrams’ stationery, with … Continued
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J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Are Making a World War II Zombie Movie
Bad Robot has just hired a director to film a movie called Overlord, which is about American soldiers fighting Nazi zombies in World War II. Julius Avery, who made the Ewan McGregor movie Son of a Gun, is that director, according to Variety. The idea comes from the mind of J.J. Abrams, director of The … Continued
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The Director of 10 Cloverfield Lane Explains All About That Wild Ending
We all went into 10 Cloverfield Lane wondering how it connects to the original Cloverfield. We walked out of it analyzing the totally bonkers ending, and realizing the thriller is actually a kind of heroic origin story. io9 spoke with director Dan Trachtenberg, who explained why the ending was the whole point of the movie. … Continued
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io9Cloverfield Is as Mysterious Today as It Was in 2008, and That’s Why We Still Love It
Eight years after its release, the mere mention of Bad Robot’s found footage film Cloverfield is still a lightning rod. Whether people love it or hate it, everyone has a strong opinion about it. We saw that play out recently when a seemingly unrelated film was revealed to be titled 10 Cloverfield Lane, and everyone … Continued
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Cloverfield‘s Old Viral Marketing Machine Is Up and Running Again for 10 Cloverfield Lane
Remember how Cloverfield came out of nowhere and then dumped a pile of viral marketing on us to keep interest in the then-mysterious movie high? Well, its sibling movie, 10 Cloverfield Lane, is operating in much the same way. Let’s break this down: Back when the trailer for Dan Trachtenberg’s movie came out last month, … Continued
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io9TrailersWatch The Mysterious New Trailer That Makes You Think It’s Cloverfield 2 (UPDATED)
These days, you hear about movies years before they’re made, and we see trailers months before they hit theaters. So back in 2007, when Bad Robot released a trailer for a monster movie called Cloverfield without any fanfare, it was a happening. And they just did it again. Thursday night, multiple reports started coming in … Continued
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io9J.J. Abrams Is Making A Thomas Edison Movie, But What About Tesla?
J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is secretly working away on a Thomas Edison biopic. But will it show him electrocuting an elephant? TheWrap is reporting that Paramount and Bad Robot are teaming up yet again to make a Thomas Edison film that will “depict the legendary inventor as a rugged eccentric genius.” Honestly, the … Continued
