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The Most Famous Drum Machine Ever Made Gets Its Own Documentary

If you’re a fan of hip hop or electronic music, you’ve heard that sick, signature beat of the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer. Heck, if you’re a fan of music in general you’ve probably heard it, because the 808 is the most famous drum machine ever made. And now, it’s got its own documentary. With commentary…

WB Announces A Ton Of New DC Movies, Including Who’s Playing The Flash

Warner Bros. just unleashed their new line up of films, spilling out a whole bunch of new movie announcements and full-scale superhero franchise reboots. This includes a standalone Wonder Woman movie, a Suicide Squad film and a brand new Flash (which they’ve already cast!!!). UPDATE. According to Ben Fritz of the Wall Street Journal, Warner…

Teenager recreates Hollywood classics in stop motion Lego video

Commissioned by Warren Elsemore, author of the book Brick Flicks: 60 Cult Movie Scenes & Posters Made from Lego, Morgan Spence has created a two-minute stop motion video of several iconic movie scenes. From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to Dirty Dancing there are some really creative builds and this short video is just great. Spense has…

Pixar Artist’s Time-Imploding Book Series Timeless Will Be A Feature Film

Now this is an odd, but grand, idea for both a movie and a book. Former Pixar artist Armand Baltazar is currently working on a book series where all the timelines have overlapped, and the world and all its population exist in present day. It’s called Timeless and it’s also going to be a movie.…

Mudbloods Proves Quidditch Is the Only Game Where USC Roots for UCLA

The rivalry between the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California is a deep one, and any one of those schools cheering for the other is an incredibly rare sight. And yet, that’s exactly what happens in this exclusive clip from the Quidditch documentary Mudbloods. Mudbloods, directed by Farzad Sangari and…

My Goodness, These Book of Life Clips Are Gorgeous

There is absolutely no doubt in our minds that Jorge R. Gutierrez’s animated movie Book Of Life will be stunning. The images and trailer alone have given us so much to look forward to, and now there are clips—gorgeous, cheeky clips of the wonderful world of the dead. Take a look. https://gizmodo.com/the-book-of-life-trailer-is-so-beautiful-it-will-give-y-1583328068

Here’s What Wonder Woman’s Origin In Batman V. Superman Will Be

BvS producer Charles Roven accidentally revealed the origin of the new DC cinematic universe’s Wonder Woman. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but just in case some folks consider it a spoiler for Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, I’ll put it after the jump. The movie Wonder Woman will very unsurprisingly…

What Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady might have looked like in the TMNT film

Although this year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie only dealt with Shredder, it looks like some point a plethora of villains from the Turtles past were going to show up – including the loveably goofy henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady from the TMNT cartoon! UPDATE: Images removed at the request of Aaron Sims Co. This concept…

Is This Concept Art From The Teenage Mutant Ninja Alien-Turtle Movie?!

Artist Tsvetomir Georgiev just released a bevy of unused villain concept art for the Michael Bay-produced TMNT movie, seemingly back from the first draft when the Turtles were going to be aliens. Which means this may be the first look at “Schrader,” the soldier-Shredder William Fichter was supposed to play. Supposedly the early draft of…

Robert Downey Jr.’s In Captain America 3. And It’s to Start Civil War

We may finally know what Robert Downey Jr. was talking about when he said that there he was working on a deal with Marvel to do something that wasn’t Iron Man 4. According to Variety, Downey’s in the final stages of negotiations that’ll bring Tony Stark in to Captain America 3 and begin the movies’…

These Star Wars Propaganda Posters Make Us Want To Join The Empire

Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance may have had justice on its side, but the Empire had some of the coolest-looking ships and designs overall. And now, a new book called Star Wars: Imperial Handbook includes some great-looking Imperial propaganda. We’ve got an exclusive sneak peek. The Imperial Handbook comes out tomorrow, in a deluxe slipcover that…

Now Underworld Is Getting Two New Movies And A TV Series

I hope you like your vampires gun-toting and weather black leather catsuits, because if Len Wiseman has his way, you’ll be seeing a lot of them. At NYCC the director announced that two Underworld movies were in development — one of them possibly starring with Kate Beckinsale! — as well as a TV series. Obviously,…

The Mortal Instruments will finish out life as a television series. The first film, based on the Cassandra Clare novel, fizzled in the box office and the sequels were cancelled. Now, Constantin Film has hired Helix showrunner Ed Decter to shepherd to project to TV. There’s no broadcaster yet. [The Hollywood Reporter]

The Just-Released Wytches Comic Book Is Becoming a Movie

That was pretty fast. After debuting at New York Comic Con, Wytches has been picked up by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. Keep an eye on Plan B, since they’ve picked up a fair number of genre projects since partnering with New Regency. Plan B’s producing team of Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy…

A Treasure Trove of Hollywood History On The Redesigned Oscars Website

Oscar fever is traditionally a seasonal affliction, but not anymore. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just redesigned its website and added a veritable goldmine of archival clips and pics from its gigantic permanent collection that goes way beyond the awards themselves. The original site was built back in 2008, but only offered…

The First 10 Minutes of Birdman: It Was Fucked Up and I May Love It

At the Birdman panel at New York Comic Con on Friday, Michael Keaton said that when he was approached about the movie, he was told that they couldn’t describe the film to him. And, he said, having done it, he understands why: “Even now, I’ know m not sure what happened.” That is pretty much…

Now Sources Say A Labyrinth Sequel Is NOT In The Works

Yesterday, a one-sentence aside in a Variety article sent rumors flying that The Jim Henson Company is working on a sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth. Now, because life is cruel, it’s looking like that may not be the case. https://gizmodo.com/the-jim-henson-company-is-apparently-working-on-a-labyr-1644770305 Yesterday afternoon, an unnamed source told Entertainment Weekly that, sure, there’s always talk of doing a…

Which Movie Wasn’t As Amazing As The Version In Your Head Beforehand?

Sometimes you see a trailer for a movie, and you can just picture how it’s going to go. The glimpses of cool visuals in the trailer, and the intriguing hints you pick up, write themselves into a whole story in your head. And then… the actual movie can’t compare. Which movie was way, way better…

A Shot-For-Shot Remake Of Empire Strikes Back, Made By Hundreds Of Fans

What happens when you ask hundreds of Star Wars fans to remake short segments of Episode V—with toys, animation, and amateur actors—and cut them together into a single film? You get The Empire Strikes Back Uncut, a sometimes silly, sometimes remarkable feature-length tribute to the film. This is, of course, the sequel to the Emmy-winning…

Automata Is Brilliantly Original Science Fiction, Ruined By Cliches

We all cry out for original genre movies that aren’t just cashing in on existing franchises. But it’s sad when an original film comes out, and it just rehashes the classics, even more slavishly. It’s even more heartbreaking when you get a movie like Automata, which has a clever, original idea. And smothers it in…