Page 2: Captain America, Grease, Frank Marshall, Dark Crystal, Mark Zuckerberg, Labyrinth, The Thing, Academy Awards, Battlestar Galactica, Inception
What is Page 2?Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included46different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If you have any interesting items that we might’ve missed that you think should go in /Film’s Page 2 –email us!
Header photo: /Film reader Erik Zünder from Argentina has sent me photos of hisSpider-Manand…Academy Awardsarm tattoos.
FearNetlists From Horror to Oscar: 10 Scary Movies from This Year’s NomineesMTVhas published a preview from the officialTransformers: Dark of the Mooncomic book prequelTransformers: Rising Storm.
Hobbit nerdgasm —Ian Mckellentweeted: “I saw Bilbo in 3D today.”
Clutchlists The Best Gifs From The 2011 Best Picture Nominees
Shepperton’s famed Pinewood Studios will be opening an outpost in the Dominican Republic. [movieweb]
Watch the movie trailer forRobin Blazak’s R-rated comedyCougar Hunting, opening in theaters on April 8th 2011.
Johnny DepptellsHeroComplexthat he likedSgt. Rockand theSub-Marineras a kid.
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ThePlaylisthas published photos fromNick Cassavetes' ensemble dramaYellow, which stars Sienna Miller, Lucy Punch, Ben Foster, Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Luke Wilson, and Hank Azaria.
Sony Pictures has issued a press release about tomorrow’s anniversary of The Battle of Los Angeles to promote the upcoming movieBattle: Los Angeles:“The Battle of Los Angeles: 69 Years Later, Still No Explanation”
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A CGC 9.6 copy ofAvengers #4, the first Silver Age appearance ofCaptain America, went for $91,500 at ComicLink auction. [bleedingcool]
Incontentionhave published the second part of their Top 10 shots of 2010 list.
DC superheroes re-imagined as bizarro zombies on the cover of Action Comics #857, createdGooncreatorEric Powell. [tyrant]
Vulturelists The Seven Best Spazzes on Last Night’s Parenthood
Watch another so-bad-its-good clip fromAtlas Shrugged.
The soundtrack forSucker PunchfeaturesBjörk, Emiliana Torrini, Queen& cover songs byEmily Browning. [playlist]
Did you know that superproducerFrank Marshallplayed the doomed German flying wing pilot inRaiders of the Lost Ark? [twitter]
Paramount, Warner Bros., MGM, Disney, Universal and Fox have settled out of court with Family Edited DVDS, which has been marketing and distributing films stripped of objectionable content. [ESQ]
Take a look at the comic book cover art forThe Dark Crystal, which will be available for Free Comic Book Day 2011. [CBB]
Fox has extended its order forAmerican Dadthrough the 2012-13 season. [variety]
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Alternative toThe Social Network: Bluewater Productions has just published a 48-page comic book which tells the true origin story of Facebook founderMark Zuckerberg. [mashable]
Real Steelgets a PG-13 rating from the MPAA. [ROS]
Watch 19 Seconds ofJames FrancoandAnne Hathawaypracticing theirGreaseOscar routine.
Mr. Brainwash was a ham in high school says Judith Krischer, who L.A. street artist andExit Through The Giftshopstar Thierry Guetta’s English as a second language class at Fairfax High School in the mid-1980s. [24 frames]
Laz Marquezcreatedthis posterforThe Social Network.Saving Private Ryanco-starAdam Goldberghas been cast in CBS' gritty cop drama pilotRookies. [EW]Yahoohas posted a clip fromDrive Angry 3D.
China’s biggest-ever homegrown directorJiang Wensays thatMartin Scorseseis the only director who ever influenced his work behind the camera. [THR]
ArtistAlex Mandrahaspostedsome concept art he created forBlack Swan.
Vulturelists The 15 Most Trivial Things We Learned on the Oscar Campaign Trail
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The Forcehas posted a clip of Chewbacca’s appearance onThe Clone WarsSeason 3 finale.Cinematicallisted the Top 10 Weird and Wonderful Oscar Statistics You May Have Missed. For instance, did you know that 1956 short filmThe Red Balloonwon an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, despite having zero dialogue?
Universal Studios Singapore have opened aBattlestar Galacticaroller-coaster. [io9]
Shock Till You Dropspoilers the opening of theBloody Valentine 3Dsequel which you might not ever see.
Cambridge, Ontario-basedKandy Cakescreated these amazingJim Henson’sLabyrinthcookies. These are so precious that I would feel bad eating them. [thepages]
Help Mattel decide what Ghostbusters prop they should make a replica of next. [proton]
Introducing The Brown Goblin: The World’s First Pooperhero? Ewwwwwww [superbooyah]
Rumor has it that Apple will release a new version of Final Cut Pro this Spring. [techcrunch]
Mike Mitchellcreated this piece ofWilly Wonkaart.Io9lists 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman
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Patrick Schoenmakercreated these two illustrations made for the upcomingStar WarsGalaxy 6 trading cards set from Topps.
Marvel has announced an animatedThor: Tales of Asgarddirect-to-video movie. [IGN]
Fro Design companycreated these two posters forThe Thing. Both are available as 11x17 limited edition poster prints for $25 each.LikeMelists The 10 Worst Special Effects in Big Budget Movies.
CobbFromYourDreamshas posted thisInceptionposter. (thanks to /film reader getdoh for the tip.)Moviefonelists Top 25 Oscar Best Picture Winners: ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Annie Hall’ and More
