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Header Photo:Occupythe Death Star.
The AV Clubwonders Why do horror filmmakers lose their edge as they age?
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Check outphotosofTobey Maguirefrom the Sydney, Australia set ofThe Great Gatsby.
Universal Pictures will beproducinga feature adaptation of theRobert Ludlumthriller novelThe Janson Directive, which a script byJohn Hlavin.
Father/sonGhostbusterscosplay
Warner Bros hasacquiredThe End, a science fiction/drama spec script written byAron Eli Coleitewhich “focuses on three completely different storylines that are interconnected by the fact that the players in each one are trying to reconcile the fact that the world is going to end.”
TARDISTeapot
Vanguard Animation ispartneringwith Arc Prods to produce a Computer animated 3D heist film titledThe Nut House.
WatchMad MenminusJanuary Jones
InContentionlists the Top 10 scary PG-rated films
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Mark Welser’s poster forJohn Carpenter’sThe Thing.
Overall L.A. film activitydropped15% last week
Supercut: Evil Laughter From Movie VillainsBloombergis reporting that iTunes creator Jeff Robbins is in charge of prepping an Apple TV Set For Late 2012
We’ve already written about this in our extensive coverage ofToy Story 3easter eggs, butsomeonehas created a image showing Sid’s cameo appearance in the third Toy Story film.
Brent Schlendersharesa personal story about howSteve Jobstest screenedToy Story:
The most enlightening meetings often were ones that Steve himself initiated, usually with a telephone call to my home out of the blue and always with a very specific purpose in mind. One Saturday morning in May 1995, he rang up and asked me to grab my two grade-school-age daughters and bring them over to his house in Palo Alto right away. “I’m watching Reed this morning, and I’ve got something cool to show them” was all he would say. When we arrived, 3-year-old Reed Jobs greeted us at the kitchen door, wrapped in blue and red silk scarves and screeching, “I’m a witch!!!” After making some popcorn and getting the kids some juice, Steve led us into the den and slapped a VHS cassette into the player. The music swelled and a stream of illegible, pencil-drawn storyboards simulating the opening credits of a movie flashed on the screen. And then, suddenly, an entirely new kind of animation burst forth in full color. All three kids were spellbound, even though the full animation had been completed for only half the movie. The soundtrack was finished, but entire scenes were only partially animated or in storyboard form. It turned out that this was an early cut of Toy Story, the movie that would put Pixar on the map after its premiere six months later. The board of directors hadn’t even seen this much of it. But this was market research, Steve Jobs-style. When it was over, he asked my kids (not me), “Whaddya think? Is it as good as Pocahontas?” Greta and Fernanda nodded vigorously. “Well, then, is it as good as The Lion King?” Fernanda replied, “I won’t be able to make up my mind until I see Toy Story five or six more times.”
WatchFreddy Vs. Jason– The Rematch
Mashablelists 5 Ways Netflix Can Stop the Bleeding
French artist Maxime Marycreatedthis illustration of Mola Ram fromIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
TV.comlists TV’s Top 10 Damsels in Distress
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Track the ratings of 13 current genre shows withBlastr’s new chart
The historic Red Vic Movie Theater in San Francisco is nowbecominga Food Startup Space
Check out anew posterforMission: Impossible Ghost Protocol.
In August 2012, Disney Editions willpublisha new 192-page hardcover entitled The Toy Story Films: An Animated Journey, written by animation historian Charles Solomon, author of The Art of Toy Story 3:
“[The book] recounts the origin and growth of one of the most significant and successful franchises in Hollywood history. Readers… will discover interviews… artwork… and untold details of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs that the filmmakers experienced while creating such unforgettable characters.”
Etsy seller Zygmunt Jarzembowskicreatedthis At-Attack Lamp which features superheros riding An AT-AT Into Battle
Moviefonelists The 18 Worst Wide-Release Opening Weekends of 2011Check outthe fifthSherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsPosterIO9lists the 10 Most Far-Fetched Future DystopiasSeea 200-inch Full HD Glasses-Free 3D Display, the world’s largest.BADwonders when will theParanormal Activityfilms go PG-13
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They are nowsellingVader, Stormtrooper, Millennium Falcon and X-Wing ice trays.
Pajibalists I Wouldn’t Mind The Probing: The 20 Sexiest Aliens Of Film And Television
A BeautifulCorpse BrideCosplay
Open Road Films willreleaseSilent Houseon March 9th 2012 nationwide.
HelpScott C figure out which 5 Great Showdowns will be released in the new Great Showdowns print set.AV Clubtakes a look at precocious pop-culture kids.Tim Burtonhascreateda hot air balloon named B. Boy for the 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Cinepolisplansto expand luxury cinema concept in Southern California.
Empirehas premiered a new quad poster forMagic TripBuzzFeedlists the Top 15 Underrated Horror Flicks
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TheDoctor Whos of Whoville t-shirt.
Magnolia PicturesacquiredU.S. rights toFernando Meirelles’s360, which starsRachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Ben Foster, Jamel DebbouzeandMoritz Bleibtreu.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlespumpkincarvings.
Check outthe posterfor Laika’sParaNorman.
John Lasetter, the principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, and chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, will bereceivinga star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Gadget Reviewlists the top 23 Star Wars costumes.Movies.comlists 8 Great Long Distance Romances
Scott C’s latestGreat Showdownsillustration is an homage toHocus Pocus.
Pajibalists 20 Facts AboutThe Princess BrideThat Might Leave You Craving a Nice Mutton, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich
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Ingri:Dahl islaunchingexclusive top quality 3D glasses.
WhatCulturelists 10 future icons of horror.Andrew Stantonhastweeteda photo of theJohn Carter of Marsproduction sign: “If you saw this on the roadside in the UK, Utah or LA over the last two years, you were close to Mars.“Film.comwonders if a silent film can still win best picture.Edgar Wrighttweeteda teenage photo of himself dressed as Ash from the Evil Dead films.
DirectorJoe Danteprovides audio commentary for the trailer ofThe Undeadin the latest edition ofTrailers From Hell.
