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With Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight stampeding into movie theaters this week, it's time to collect every energon cube, activate the space bridge, and retreat…back to the 1980s! The original animated Transformers series remains fondly remembered for its colorful depictions of heroic Autobots, evil Decepticons, and their galaxy-spanning adventures. Ranking the top 20 characters from the original series is akin to picking your favorite kid.

One of the greatest moments of Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, Florida this year was a total surprise: when John Williams emerged from behind a curtain with a full symphony orchestra, and did a medley of his incredible and instantly recognizable themes from the film. This fall in New York City, fans can double down, hearing his iconic film scores live as played by the New York Philharmonic while watching the films that they so beautifully accompany. It's the latest event in this, the 40th Anniversary year of the famous franchise.

To many starstruck fans, comic book artists wield as much magic and power as the supeheroes they draw. But in reality, it's not so much magic as hard work, grit, and determination.

The story of what really happened behind the scenes of Disney’s Han Solo movie is starting to come out, and it sounds like ousted directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were a bit too free-wheeling for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars machine.

It's the day before Friday, and you know what that means: Happy Thorsday!

That's right, we've officially re-dubbed this particular day of the week in honor of one of our favorite Avengers (the best Avenger, in my opinion, with Cap a very close second). In honor of Thor himself, remember to drink lots of coffee (without the smashing of mugs), and if you have the chance to square off against one of your work friends in a gladiator-style fight to the death a la Thor: Ragnarok, TAKE IT.

Barring all that, check out some of our favorite links from the day!

If you've seen John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), then you've obviously experienced the horror of what that shapeshifting alien does to the unsuspecting humans (and dogs) inside Outpost 31. If you're a horror nerd, you've most definitely appreciated what it took to bring those nightmare-inducing effects to life.

Another day, another new Star Trek: Discovery goodie.

While yesterday gave us our first look at Jason Isaacs totally rocking that new Starfleet uniform as the Discovery’s Captain Lorca, today we have our first peek at one of the show’s new (old?) transporter rooms. Because yes, there will be more than one.

Iron Man apparently won't be the only member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to come visit Spider-Man in his own franchise.

One of the most exciting aspects of Spider-Man: Homecoming is that Robert Downey Jr. shows up in the movie as Tony Stark/Iron Man, acting as Peter Parker's mentor and collaborator while continuing to integrate Spidey's world into the MCU and vice versa.

The next DC Universe Original Movie from DC Animation is following in the footsteps of last year's The Killing Joke and Return of the Caped Crusader and heading to theaters for a special one-night-only screening hosted by Fathom Events. Batman and Harley Quinn will head to movie theaters nationwide in the U.S. on August 14, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. local time.

Being Thor isn’t easy.

Dream Casting is an imaginative look at the casting process of potential Hollywood movies based on comics and other media. This isn't about the movies that are being made, this is about the movies that should be made, and who we think should star in them.

James Cameron’s Avatar sequels just added a Game of Thrones alum to the cast.

Nickelodeon is digging into the vault for its next original project, reviving the beloved Nicktoon Rocko’s Modern Life with an hour-long TV movie.

In 2010, Joey Stern and Josh Siegel attended the only gay panel at New York Comic Con. The panel was so packed there was standing room only. Seeing such enthusiasm to attend the panel made it clear to Stern that there was a desire for a way to connect with this kind of content.

Cosmological natural selection is the new Darwinism.

Previously titled Saw: Legacy, the new Saw flick headed to theaters this Halloween has been given a much better title by naming it Jigsaw, after the franchise's psychopathic orchestrator of twisted justice. Tobin Bell played the diabolical deliverer of death, but his character is now deceased, with his master plans still being enacted by misguided acolytes.

Incidentally, Jigsaw was the preferred first title of the debut film written by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. So if anything, the latest sequel is finally bringing things full circle.

On June 25, 1982, John Carpenter's reimagining of Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World (which itself was actually an adaptation of John W. Campbell Jr.'s novella Who Goes There?) hit theaters as The Thing. Terrifying, visceral and moody, Carpenter's pressure-cooker exploration of man's paranoia in a remote outpost in Antarctica was not exactly embraced by critics or mainstream audiences, who preferred to go in droves to see that nice alien, E.T.

We’re exactly a year away from the premiere of Jurassic World 2, and to whet our appetite for the upcoming blockbuster film, Universal Pictures has released a new poster revealing the movie’s official title.

Directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, A Monster Calls) from a script by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly (Jurassic World), the new dino-filled movie will be titled Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

While Neill Blomkamp takes a bit of a break from Hollywood, the filmmaker is getting back to his roots with some independent shorts — and the latest one is straight off the VHS cassette from the 1980s.

The up-and-coming director of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night has followed up that acclaimed horror-Western hybrid with something equally strange.

In The Bad Batch, filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour mixes one part Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and one part El Topo, shakes them up vigorously and creates a surreal, psychedelic and often nightmarish excursion into a near-future America that -- as weird as it is -- doesn't feel too far off from reality.

Not everyone may know this, but Once Upon a Time (that'd be back in 2014), Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled) was working on Universal Pictures and Working Title’s live-action Little Mermaid movie, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale.

Well, that didn't take long. After learning that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have left Disney’s standalone Han Solo film earlier this week, Lucasfilm and Disney have tapped veteran filmmaker Ron Howard to step in and take over the project.

After playing a key role in Marvel Comics’ universe-reshaping Secret Wars event, the Fantastic Four have largely been sidelined over the past year or so — but is Marvel’s First Family getting back together? Or at least a few of them?

Back in 1987, Mattel released the greatest dolls in their history and the coolest non-Barbie Barbies ever: Spectra Dolls.

Spectra, the leader of the Shimmerons of Planet Shimmeron, and her friends had "heard the buzz" about this Earth place and decided to travel here to find out what made it so cool, so NATURALLY they chose to do this in the '80s.

After brilliantly casting Glenn Close as the lead in the zombie comedy pilot Sea Oak, Amazon has now found its showrunner, the pilot’s director, and added two cast members.

Because Mars has been having enough fun.

Astronomers have just announced the discovery of a pretty unusual binary system: A white dwarf and a brown dwarf orbiting each other. That's pretty rare, so as cool as that is — and I'll explain why in a sec — even better is how ridiculously close together they orbit: They're separated by a mere 310,000 kilometers, closer than the Moon is to the Earth!

Go with us aboard a journey on the Nostromo for it was on this day in 1979 that Alien premiered and pretty much changed everything.

Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Sigourney Weaver and almost literally everyone else you've ever loved on screen, let's start with the trailer ...

It was only announced a day ago, but we already have a look at some pages from Image Comics’ newest series, The Realm, by Seth M. Peck and Jeremy Haun. The comic book mashes up two unlikely genres—high fantasy and post-apocalypse—to bring readers a uniquely magical view of the end of the world, and beyond.

Here’s the official synopsis from the publisher:

If your childhood was squarely planted in the '80s or '90s, then there’s a good chance your bedroom was littered with a number of Hasbro toys like Transformers, G.I. Joe, M.A.S.K., ROM, or Micronauts. I don’t know about you, but Hasbro ruled everything around me -- get the money, dollar-dollar bill ya'll, right? Everyone I knew was having Toy Story-like adventures with their Hasbro toys (including me) and had a fleet of 3.75-inch G.I. Joes taking on ROM or a few choice Transformers.

Mo-cap actor extraordinaire Andy Serkis has been breathing life into Caesar since 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. After reprising the role three years later for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Serkis will once again play the iconic simian leader in War for the Planet of the Apes, slated for a July release.

Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman is a cross-generational hit and it seems the entire world is under Gal Gadot's spell as she hurtles across battlefields and braves the immortal evil of Ares.

Capitalizing on this fevered interest in the Amazonian princess, a new comic series from Dark Horse is pairing her with the Hyborian Age hunk, Conan the Barbarian, to determine the fate of these classic combat-tested warriors.

The 2018 Venom movie from Sony Pictures is shaping up. Now that Tom Hardy is ready to don the deadly symbiote suit, he's going to need someone to fight, and that villain will reportedly be Carnage.

The reveals about Star Trek: Discovery just keep coming fast and furious this week, and now we have our first look at Jason Isaacs on the new Star Trek series.

The Harry Potter alum will be playing Capt. Gabriel Lorca, who’s described as “a steely Federation Starship Captain who’s considered a brilliant military tactician.” The actor, who's shown his range in high-concept dramas like the short-lived Awake, is totally rocking that Starfleet uniform.

Another week, another Hump Day hurdle. But if you're reading this: congratulations! You've officially made it halfway through.

Father's Day may have passed but there's never a bad time to hear touching stories about fathers and their kids building bonds, especially when it’s bonding over making giant metal robots. 

The '80s are a bottomless treasure trove of pop culture gems, one of which was the fantasy sitcom, Out of This World.

It looks like Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s animated Spider-Man has snagged more Grade A talent. Previously, it was announced that Shameik Moore (Netflix’s The Get Down) would voice Miles Morales, while X-Men Origins: Wolverine alum Liev Schreiber would play the main villain. According to The Tracking Board, two more actors have been brought into the fold.

DC's Dark Nights: Metal is creeping into comic shops during the simmering heat of summer and to prep readers on this less-than-sunny event series by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, DC is dropping two solo prelude comics, Dark Days: The Forge and Dark Days: The Casting. We already gave you a peek of this month's The Forge and now we're offering up a fresh look at The Casting, which lands in comic shops on July 12.

Here's the official solicitation synopsis:

Warner Bros.’ long-gestating Twilight Zone movie is finally back on track, with the studio nabbing Christine Lavaf (Fringe, I’Human) to write the screenplay.

According to Variety, the movie is set up at Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, with DiCaprio producing alongside his partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran.

When we asked Ashley A. Woods to draw on camera for SYFY WIRE's ongoing sketch video series, she threw us a bit of a curveball. The emerging artist, whose stunning line work for books like Stranger Comics' Niobe: She Is Life and BOOM! Studios' hit fantasy adventure series Ladycastle is getting her an increasing amount of acclaim and attention, decided she wanted to focus on inking for her video. Using watercolors, no less.

Artist Ralph McQuarrie is one of the most important facets of the entire Star Wars universe, as it was his transporting concept art depicting a galaxy far, far away that helped George Lucas ultimately sell Star Wars to 20th Century Fox's Alan Ladd Jr.

As Wonder Woman continues to stretch its legs at the box office, the original Diana has revealed she almost showed up in the DC blockbuster — and she remains game for a role in the sequel.