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The gory, R-rated trailer for Repo Men, plus 32 new pics!

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Watch the R-rated trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Repo Man, then check out our gallery of images from the movie, below.

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Why did Neil Gaiman move to the U.S.? It was the books!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 23:45

We've never been to Neil Gaiman's house (well, not since that unfortunate restraining order incident, which we don't plan to go into right now), but reporter Serena Altschul got inside for a segment that ran Oscar day on CBS Sunday Morning. The piece was timed to take advantage of the buzz surrounding Coraline's nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, an award which of course went to Up, but even so, there's still plenty of fascinating info here about the author of The Graveyard Book.

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UPDATED: Krasinski NOT Captain America; search expanded

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 22:14

The beginning of March has come and gone without official word about who will play The First Avenger: Captain America, but Deadline Hollywood is now debunking a rumor, first reported by Fox 411, that The Office's John Krasinski had a lock on the role.

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Cool new Battlestar version of Beasties' 'Sabotage' video

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 21:05

Ever since the Beastie Boys enlisted director Spike Jonze to shoot the video of their 1994 hit Sabotage in the manner of a 1970s cop show, enterprising Webheads have recut their favorite shows to create their own version of the video, and the latest has hit the Web: one using images from Syfy's own Battlestar Galactica, below.

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Spartacus star has cancer, but outlook is good

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:40

Sad news for fans of Starz's Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Star Andy Whitfield has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and will begin treatment immediately in New Zealand.

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Smokin' lesbian werewolves in love: Jack & Diane

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:17

Here's something you don't see every day: a lesbian werewolf movie.

It's called Jack & Diane (no relation to John Mellencamp's song, we presume, as Jack here is a girl), and it stars the incredibly hot Juno Temple (Year One) and Olivia Thirlby and is directed by Bradley Rust Gray.

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Roger Corman reveals the secrets of Sharktopus!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 19:09

Dinoshark vs. Sharktopus? Maybe. Dinocroc vs. Supergator? It's on, baby.

B-movie master and new Oscar honoree Roger Corman is on a roll. The legendary producer will unleash Dinoshark this Saturday on Syfy, and it'll be followed soon after by Sharktopus and—are you ready?—Dinocroc vs. Supergator and possibly even Dinoshark vs. Sharktopus. The trick, Corman explained during a recent exclusive interview, is to know just how far to extend a franchise.

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Hot Tub Time Machine says F U to time-travel science

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:59

Let's be honest: We're not going to go see Hot Tub Time Machine for an in-depth analysis of time travel. The story of four dudes who go back to the '80s via a Jacuzzi to relive their youth is an excuse to marvel at how different the '80s were and, oh, yeah, naked boobies.

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Ultimate sci-fi TV pilot guide: Your favorite shows of the future

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:29

TV pilot season is a result of what happened on television the previous fall, and considering that the only sci-fi or fantasy "hit" of the season was The CW's The Vampire Diaries, with other new shows performing marginally and returning shows like Heroes fading, the broadcast networks aren't feeling a lot of love for the fantastic. In fact, CBS doesn't have anything in the pipe at all.

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Syfy's Merlin is back in April with new conflict, romance!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 18:00

Syfy announced that it will air the U.S. premiere of the second season of Merlin on April 2, following the spring return of Stargate Universe.

Merlin will debut at 10 p.m. ET/PT after SGU at 9.

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Hu'go "Hur'ley" Re'yes and other Avatized sci-fi stars

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 17:30

If your first thought when you saw Ben Stiller as a Na'vi at the Oscars Sunday night, was "Gee, I wonder what every other Hollywood celebrity I've ever seen would like like Avatized," you're in luck, because that's exactly what Photoshop wizard Robert Paulson has been trying to do ever since James Cameron's blockbuster was released.

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Men in Black 3 to star ... Sacha Baron Cohen!?

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 16:30

Is Borat about to make sexy time with the Men in Black? Industry insiders report that Columbia Pictures is finally having casting conversations about its third entry in the MiB franchise, and some of the names that have popped up are, well, unusual, according to Bloody Disgusting.

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Did your favorites make it into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame?

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:30

The Science Fiction Museum and SF Hall of Fame announced that this year's Hall of Fame inductees will be Octavia E. Butler, Roger Zelazny, Douglas Trumbull and Richard Matheson.

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Sexy Tron Legacy teaser trailer: babes and light cycles!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 05:17

Remember that teaser trailer for Tron Legacy we told you about? It's now live and you can view it above.

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George Kirk meets Amidala: Official Thor movie details!

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 02:13

Paramount and Marvel released the official synopsis and cast list for its upcoming Thor, starring Star Trek's Chris Hemsworth and Star Wars' Natalie Portman, which you can read below.

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Felicia Day comes to Syfy in fantasy tale Red

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:15

Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) will portray a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie Red, which is slated to premiere in 2011.

We last saw Felicia in the series finale of Dollhouse, and who can forget the music video of Do You Want to Date My Avatar? (below)

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Canadian cafe owner claims Avatar was HIS idea

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:01

If you make the highest-grossing movie of all time (even if you don't win big Oscars), you're going to get sued by someone, and in the case of Avatar, it's by a guy who runs a cafe in Vancouver, Canada.

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Oscar snubs Farrah Fawcett: We don't, and here's our tribute

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:30

If you're like us, you watched Sunday night's Oscar "In Memoriam" section and said, "Wait, where's Farrah Fawcett?" The actress may have been best known for her role on TV's Charlie's Angels, but she also appeared in several movies, including the sci-fi films Logan's Run and Saturn 3.

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Babylon 5 creator takes over Superman, Wonder Woman

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:01

Good news for comics fans: Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who's no stranger to the world of comics, will be taking over DC Comics' Superman and Wonder Woman titles on an ongoing basis, starting in July. (We reported on this a bit earlier.)

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Everything you need to know about sci-fi TV this week

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 20:30

There's some big things happening with sci-fi, action and paranormal TV this week as Chuck directs Chuck, Jack has another tough day on 24, the boys of Big Bang Theory battle it out for the title of Lord of the Rings, Ben faces his own mortality on Lost, Chance hooks up with an old flame on Human Target, Mr. Yang returns with a little Hitchcockian flair on the Psych season finale, Patrick Jane faces a super virus on The Mentalist, Allison visits the past on Medium, Zoe makes a romantic connection on Caprica, and Syfy goes all Dinoshark on us.

Here's what we have to look forward to on sci-fi, action and paranormal TV this week.

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