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Cool Stuff: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Box Sets Bring Back Classic Playmates Action Figures While NECA has been releasingwaves of outstanding new figuresinspired by theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesanimated series,Playmates Toyshas been re-releasing the classic action figures that were on shelves back in the 1990s. For those who haven’t been keeping up with theTMNTcollectibles racket, this year will give you a chance to get all the necessary action figures you need with two box sets featuring Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo, master Splinter, their nemesis Shredder, and more....

Cool Stuff: Jay Shaw’s Blue Underground Mondo Gallery Show For their third gallery show, theMondoteam tapped up and coming artistJay Shaw(who also goes by Iron Jaiden) to create seventeen posters based on the films ofBlue Underground. The resulting show,Don’t Go Out Tonight, is a beautiful European influenced ode to the fantastic cult classics of the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties featuring films likeDjango, Q The Winged Serpent, Emanuelle in America, The New York Ripperand many more....

David Cronenberg On Pushing The Body To Its Limits In Crimes Of The Future, His First Film In 8 Years [Interview] The body isn’t just a vessel for the soul; it’s a vessel for performance, for experimentation, for breathing life into something new. We are vehicles for evolution by default, and thus it stands to reason that some time in the future, we may bear witness to ourselves evolving in real time, becoming that something new....

Did You Know: Hot Rod Was Written For Will Farrell? Did You Know:Hot Rodwas actually written for Will Farrell? We met with The Lonely Island Boys Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer earlier today and they shared with us the following story: This woman Pam Brady had written it. She had written for the South Park series, then she co-wrote the South Park movie, co-wrote Team America with Matt and Trey....

Director Rupert Wyatt Explains Why He Left The Long-Developing ‘Halo’ TV Series A TV series adaptation of the hit video game seriesHalohas been stuck in development for years. Just recently, the series set up at Showtime made some progress by hiringRobin HooddirectorOtto Bathurstto be at the helmof what will be quite the expensive sci-fi series. But before that,Rise of the Planet of the ApesdirectorRupert Wyattwas supposed to executive produce the series and direct a few episodes....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Ticket Sales Begin On Wednesday, New Promo Reveals “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” will hit theaters on June 16, 2025, and today we have a new teaser trailer with a new line of dialogue and what appears to be a smidge more footage? I’m not going to say that I’m 100 percent sure; even though I’ve been watching every single thing about this film, it’s all starting to blur....

Domestic Box Office Up 91% Compared To 2020, But Still Down Sharply From 2019 We are mere days away from putting another year in pandemic land behind us. Admittedly, 2021 was less horrific and isolating than 2020 for many of us, but it was not exactly the miracle turnaround year that everyone hoped it would be going into it. Particularly as it relates to the movie business, as the box office has certainly rebounded in a big way compared to last year, though it is nowhere near where it was in 2019 before the world was upended....

Ewan McGregor’s Daughter Has A Cameo In Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 2 The second episode of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” brings us to yet another spot in the galactic underbelly, as our favorite retired Jedi hermit picks up the lightsaber in an adventure that has major One Last Job vibes. At the end of the first episode, young Princess Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) has been kidnapped, and Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) beseeches Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) to stop sulking and find the precocious future Rebel leader....

First Poster For ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D’ It’s only October 2011 but Hollywood is already gearing up for October 2012. Lionsgate in particular will have a very bloody month. That’s when they’re expected to debut their latest acquisition, Adam Wingard’sawesome horror/thrillerYou’re Nextas well as the latest installment inThe Texas Chainsaw Massacreseries,The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D. Set for release July 03, 2025,The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3Dignores everything that came after the 1973 original by picking up immediately after the Tobe Hooper film left off....

Freeform’s 25 Days Of Christmas Marathon Kicks Off Today – See The Full Schedule It’s here. When the clock struck midnight on December 1, something stirred over at the Freeform offices, where they readied themselves for another 25 days of their now-iconic Christmas marathon. It happens every year, and they play (mostly) the same movies every year, but there’s something especially comforting about theFreeform 25 Days of Christmas Marathon, which offers us the respite of sentimental classics and beloved cartoons....

Harmony Korine Might Direct ‘Tampa’ After His Cheech & Chong-Esque Comedy Harmony Korine’sThe Trapis on pause. Al Pacino, Benicio Del Toro, Idris Elba, Robert Pattinson, and James Franco were set to star in the film, which is about an insane-sounding feud between a musician (Elba) and his old, ex-convict buddy (Del Toro). The project was financed and ready to go, but after Korine had some personal problems with an actor who was initially attached to the project, a delay occurred....

How A Car Commercial Impacted The Marvel Cinematic Universe When we talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’re largely talking about Marvel Studios movies – at least until those Disney+ shows debut. Yes, TV series likeAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,Agent Carter, and the Marvel Netflix shows were technically set in that same universe, but let’s be real: so far, the movies are the non-comic stories with the biggest sense of importance. They’re the ones thatcount....

IngloUrious BastErds The Weinstein Co today sent out a press release announcing last week’s start of production onQuentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII filmInglouriousBasterds. You might notice that both words are misspelled, much like the early screenplay that got leaked onto the internet a few months back. That is the official title of the film, likely in an attempt to distinguish itself from the 1978 Enzo Castellari film which inspired Tarantino. You can read the full press release after the jump, which features a full cast and crew listing....