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Header Photo: “Easy Being Green, It Is Not” illustration featuring Yoda and Kermitby artist Peter de Sève.
Phillip Noyce, who directed the pilot for ABC’s upcoming tv seriesRevenge, hassigneda first-look development/exclusive directing deal with the network.
Today’s t-shirt ofRIPT Apparelis aHunger Games/Survivor-inspired design “Forever Everdeen”.
Family GuycreatorSeth MacFarlanehassigned onto updateCarl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Fox will air MacFarlane’sCosmos: A Space-Time Odysseyin 13 parts during primetime.
Today’s t-shirt of the day onTeeFuryisDr Horrible-inspired design “Horribly Evil”
Paul W.S. Anderson’sThe Three Musketeersisset to openthe Tokyo International Film Festival on October 22nd 2011.Check outthe poster forGuy Moshe’sBunraku, which starsJosh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman, Kevin McKiddandGackt.
TV legendPatty Dukewillguest starin a season 2 episode of CBS’Hawaii Five-0as “an Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother of a murder victim.”
Residents of Oceanside, CA arepreservinga 124-year-old bungalow used inTop Gun, while “handing three other historic homes on the block over to the wrecking ball.”
Hayao Miyazaki’snext filmis an autobiography. Although the Anime News Network says that producer Toshio Suzuki “did not specify if the work is Miyazaki’s own autobiography, or an adaptation of another person’s autobiography.”
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Dwayne Johnsontweeteda photo of himself as Roadblock inJon M. Chu’sGI Joe 2.
Slacktorylists famous movie quotes as if spoken by a proper englishman.NOLAlists the most Under-appreciated Films of the Last Decade.Sideshow Collectiblesis selling aLord of the Ringspolystone statue of the Snow Troll.Rankerlists The 12 Most Hilariously NegativeSmurfsReviews.
Stefancreatedthis poster forHunger.
DenOfGeekwonders if Hollywood has lost the ability to end a blockbuster movie?Watcha clip fromDon’t Be Afraid of the Dark.
Artist/sculptorLawrence Noble, who has created some memorableStar Warsposters and sculptures, haslauncheda website showcasing his many works.
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Sideshow Collectibles has updated their site with a preview page for their Darth Maul Bronze Statue.
ARC Entertainment and XLrator Media haveacquiredNorth American distribution rights to the rock and roll comedyKilling Bono, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Terry Gilliamdemonstrates how to creates cut-out animationsin a clip from 1974.Elliot Handler, founder of Mattel, Inc.,diedat the age of 95.Brave Little Toastertattoo.
Best-selling authorJoe QuirkissuingSony Pictures alleging that the story from one of his books,The Ultimate Rush, was ripped off for their upcoming action moviePremium Rush.
You can now buya $110 8.5-foot tall inflatable Stay Puft Marshmallow Man fromGhostbusters.BuzzFeedlists ten celebrities you didn’t know were screenwriters.
Cronenbergt-shirt.
Rejectsoffers a brief history of the flamethrower in films.
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Iron Gianttattoo.
Showtime hasannouncedpremiere dates forCalifornication, Shameless, andHouse of Lies: January 8th 2012.
James Staytecreateda poster forAttack The Block.
Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio in the 1978 filmGrease,diedWednesday night.Watcha clip fromJohn Landis' Burke & Hare , the horror comedy starringSimon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla FisherandTom Wilkinson.Simon Curtis’My Week With MarilynstarringMichelle Williamswill make its world premiereat the 2011 New York Film Festival as a Centerpiece Gala selection.UltraCulturetakes a look at directors with viewfinders.
Rock iconAlice Cooperwillproduce"Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare" as a horror maze for Universal Studios Hollywood’s “Halloween Horror Nights.”
What ifGame of Throneswas an 8-Bit video game?
Don MischerandBrett Ratnerareproducingthe 84th Academy Awards,
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Terrance and Phillipcosplay.
Mr. BeanstarRowan Atkinsonreportedlyreceived “minor injuries” in a car accident yesterday.
Run a Zombie-infested 5K obstacle course in Baltimore this October.
Warner Bros. hasacquiredfeature film rights toNate Simpson’s Image Comics comicbookNonplayerwith producersRoy Lee(The Ring) andDavid Heyman(Harry Potter).
In the latest edition ofTrailers From Hell, directorJohn Landisprovides audio commentary to the trailer forThe Ladies Man.
George Miller’sMad Max: Fury Roadwill no longer film in Broken Hill, New South Walesdue to the weather.
