Forget about your Wall-Es and your R2-D2s. As "Terminator Salvation" will prove to audiences this weekend, like so many sci-fi flicks before it, robots are simply not to be trusted. Their cold logic, susceptibility to tampering and tendency to regard human beings as "inferior" are all red flags. Real world concerns like the threat of nuclear annihilation and global warming are important of course, but killer robots will be the end of us all if we're not careful.

As I mentioned above, Skynet's 'Terminator' machines are just one example of the constant robot threat we all face. Prescient Hollywood creatives have been warning us for years, decades even, that our species will eventually be crushed beneath a cold, metal fist. Consider these examples… Read more...

This weekend, audiences will be perched on the edges of their seats as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) works to save Vatican City from the destructive potential of a single gram of antimatter in "Angels & Demons." Unless Hollywood’s power players lose their collective minds, it likely won’t be the last time the human race is threatened by a fictional destructive device either. It certainly isn’t the first. Just take a look at these other Hollywood-spawned weapons of mass destruction. Look at them and take heart in the fact that most of them won't ever exist. Probably. Read more...

#1. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" ($31 million)
#2. "Four Christmases" ($13.3 million)
#3. "Twilight" ($8.01 million)
#4. "Bolt" ($7.51 million)
#5. "Australia" ($4.29 million)

20th Century Fox may have had a weak year at the box office -- but "The Day the Earth Stood Still" came through for them over the weekend, grossing $31 million domestically, and $70 million worldwide.

Then again, it was an easy weekend for "Earth," with only two new films to compete with -- Freddy Rodriguez and John Leguizamo's "Nothing Like the Holidays," which came in at #7 with $3.5 million, and the animated "Delgo," which brought in a sad $915,840, and didn't even crack the top ten. Read more...

Story by Todd Gilchrist

Come December 9, 2008, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" will enjoy the widest release in motion picture history. In addition to showing the upcoming sci-fi flick (watch exclusive clips here) on earthbound screens worldwide starting on Friday, December 12, Fox intends to transmit the film into deep space, qualifying DTESS’ opening as “the world’s first galactic motion picture release,” according to a studio announcement.

When the movie -- which stars Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly -- hits theaters Friday, Fox, working with Deep Space Communications Network in Cape Canaveral, will simultaneously transmit the film through space at 186,000 miles per second. Civilizations orbiting Alpha Centauri will be able to view and blog about the film starting in 2012, which means that human audiences should receive their reviews of Reeves’ performance by 2016, accounting for an eight-year roundtrip communication time. Read more...

We're only a short while away from the December 12 release of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," and now we've got a couple exclusive clips to whet your appetite for this remake of the sci-fi classic. So watch below as extraterrestrial Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) informs earth babe Helen (Jennifer Connelly) that the planet and everyone on it are, like, totally screwed.

When you're through with that, click here to watch another exclusive clip of Will Smith spawn Jaden pleading with Connelly to let him kill everything in sight. Kids today.

Part of me loves that 20th Century Fox has been sneaking all this footage of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" early and often. Then there's part of me is hoping there will be something cool left to check out on December 12th when it opens. I'm going to ignore that second part of me and revel then in this brand new trailer we're debuting exclusively. Won't you join me? It's got more Gort and more action! What more can you ask for?!? Check it out below or click here for a larger version.

Check out all of brand spanking new "Spoilers" exclusives ("Watchmen" or "Twilight" anyone?) right here!

- Vin Diesel and Rob Cohen to go “XXX” again, as Columbia Pictures puts second sequel, “The Return of Xander Cage,” on the fast-track. (Variety)

- An extended, catch it before it gets taken down, preview for “The Day the Earth Stood Still” pops up online. (Fan Blog)

- Things we lost in the fire: Universal Studios reportedly set to re-open King Kong ride – only this time basing the experience on Peter Jackson’s re-make. (Jim Hill Media)

- Jack White turns red (with anger) over use of his Bond theme in Coke commercial. (BBC)

- The literary world lost a true genius over the weekend, but could David Foster Wallace’s death propel an “Infinite Jest” movie to the big-screen? (CHUD)

- Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn meet under the mistletoe in trailer for “Four Christmases.” Bonus Jon Favreau action included. (Yahoo)

- Mike White HAS written a script for “School of Rock 2,” and it “made him cry.” (Defamer)

- Hilary Duff joins “Stay Cool,” about an author forced to confront an unrequited high school crush. Duff will play a sexy senior. (THR)

- Mark Millar confirms news from MTV, says a “Wanted” sequel is already in the works. (Millar World)

- First poster for “The Day the Earth Stood Still” hits net. (Film1)

- Frank Miller talks about CGI in his latest blog for “The Spirit.” (Comic Book Movie)

- What will happen to Stan Winston Studios with the passing of Stan Winston? (AICN)

- Just for fun: George Lucas and the Threat from Iran. (Movie Moran)