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VOTD: ‘Bloom,’ From Audio/Video Remix Artist Pogo By Russ Fischer/June 22, 2011 2:23 pm EST Here’s the latest video from film/audio remix artist Pogo. Bloom combines a good number of Disney video and audio sources (Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid and more) as well as some chords from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Watch it after the break. On the vid’s YouTube page, Pogo explains: This is the video for my track ‘Bloom’, a patchwork of vocals and musical chords from various Disney films....

VOTD: Skyway Flyer’s California Dorks (Parody Of Katy Perry’s California Gurls) By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 12:00 am EST I don’t consider myself a dork, but I’m proud to be a California geek. Regardless, this music music video by Skyway Flyer titled California Dorks, a parody of Katy Perry’s California Gurls, made me smile. Watch it now embedded after the jump. Skyway Flyer’s California DorksThe Original Song/Video: Katy Perry’s California GurlsLYRICS: VERSE 1 I know a place Where the pixel count is higher Chill at Echobase We’re like the Rebels to the Empire Sippin’ Mountain Dew We’ll get some In’ N Out for breakfast Gotta big screen TV We’ll watch some Avatar on Netflix PRECHORUS You could search Google Maps But nothing comes close to the golden coast Once you log in with us You’ll be falling in love Oh Ohohohohohoh CHORUS California dorks We’re unforgettable Disneyland like Four times a week Sunkist soda pop and Flux Capacitors Ohohohohoh Oh Ohohohohohoh California dorks We’re undeniable Star War toys And watching John Locke YouTube represent Now put your hands ups Ohohohohoh Oh Ohohohohohoh...

Watch 10 Minutes Of ‘Prometheus’ Deleted Scenes, See Several New Making-Of Images By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2012 3:56 pm EST That’s because 10 minutes of deleted scenes from the film have made their way online: six scenes in total. They certainly give some of the characters more motivation and personality but there’s no real answers here. Just fat that was pretty expertly trimmed. After the jump, check out the interesting, but also kind of boring footage, as well as a bunch of gruesome behind the scenes images and concept sketches....

Will Edgar Wright Shoot ‘The World’s End’ Or ‘Ant-Man’ This Year? By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2012 1:30 pm EST This year things have been seemed to be pretty active in Edgar Wright’s career. There was the announcement that he is attached to direct a Disney update of the old The Night Stalker TV show, first of all. That was followed by a tease that Ant-Man could be forthcoming, as well as the very real announcement that the Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz trio of Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost would finally reunite for The World’s End....

‘Bridesmaids’ Star Melissa McCarthy Joins ‘The Hangover 3’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 20, 2012 11:30 am EST Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy is in talks to appear in Todd Phillips’ next Hangover sequel The Hangover III. According to Variety, if McCarthy is able to find time in her busy schedule (she’s currently juggling her tv show Mike & Molly with a bunch of other film projects) the role in the threequel would be “small....

‘Contraband’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Is Forced Back Into A Life Of Crime By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2011 10:56 am EST Here’s the trailer for Contraband, the remake of smuggling thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Giovanni Ribisi. Wahlberg plays a guy who escaped his former criminal life, but is drawn back into smuggling when his wife’s brother (Caleb Landry Jones, from X-Men: First Class) gets into trouble. Baltasar Kormákur, an actor and producer on the original film, directs this version....

‘Crazy Eyes’ Trailer - Lukas Haas Is A Poor Little Rich Boy By Angie Han/May 11, 2012 11:00 am EST Between Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, Steve McQueen’s Shame, and now Adam Sherman’s Crazy Eyes, I’m starting to suspect that being rich and handsome and having lots of sex is the worst possible fate that could befall a guy. Especially, it seems, if you’re in L.A. — a city where, as Crazy Eyes star Lukas Haas morosely notes in a voiceover, “if you’re one in a million, there are still seven more just like you....

‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ Blu-Ray Trailer Plus ‘Phantom Menace 3D’ Update By Germain Lussier/Aug. 12, 2011 4:30 pm EST Not that it ever really went away, but we’re about to get another big dose of Star Wars. Star Wars: The Complete Saga is coming to Blu-ray on September 16 and the marketing blitz will soon begin and continue right through the holidays. Then, once that’s over, the first (and maybe final) Star Wars 3D film will be ready to hit theaters when Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is released in 3D on February 10....

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2’ Panel: Kristen Stewart Vs. A Mountain Lion [Comic-Con 2012] By Germain Lussier/July 12, 2012 5:00 pm EST In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, you will see Kristen Stewart wrestle with a mountain lion. She also jumps waterfalls in a single bound, climbs mountains and hugs Robert Pattinson really hard. At the first Hall H panel of San Diego Comic Con 2012, director Bill Condon (via video) and the cast and crew of the November 16th film screen the first seven minutes of the movie, most of which centers on Bella’s first time acting like a vampire....

‘True Grit: Mean Business’ Tells Part Of Rooster Cogburn’s Story In Comic Book Form By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2011 4:00 pm EST True Grit will soon be opening in Europe and the UK, and to promote the film in the UK Paramount has done something a bit unusual. The studio commissioned a comic book that re-tells part of the story of Marshall ‘Rooster’ Cogburn’ (Jeff Bridges). It’s a tale heard for the most part in the film, when Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) first sees the Marshall testifying in court....

8 New Character Posters For ‘A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2011 6:30 am EST Considering A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas is a 3D, drug-induced Christmas story, it’s obviously going to be crazy. The first trailer bolstered that point as did the first batch of posters. Yahoo has just premiered a new batch of posters and after looking at these, “crazy” doesn’t seem to be a strong enough word to describe what we’re going to see come November 4....

Adam Sandler Wants To Beat Black Dynamite To Making A Comedy Western, With ‘Ridiculous 6’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2012 1:45 pm EST Last we heard about the possible sequel to Black Dynamite, Michael Jai White was saying that they were designing the sequel as “a western comedy in that spirit of Blazing Saddles.” But whenever that happens, and I very much hope that it does, there might already be competition from another western comedy....

Casting Bits: Holt McCallany In ‘Gangster Squad’, Julia Stiles And America Ferrera In ‘It’s A Disaster’, Dennis Quaid In ‘What To Expect’, Jennifer Love Hewitt And Ivan Sergei In ‘Jewtopia’ By Angie Han/July 19, 2011 12:00 pm EST Last season, FX’s boxing drama Lights Out entered the canon of brilliant-but-cancelled television series, when piss-poor ratings brought about its demise despite plenty of critical love. Thankfully, things seem to be working out better for the series’ acclaimed star, Holt McCallany, than they did for the show....

Casting Notes: Julia Stiles Officially Joins Dexter; Justin Theroux In Wanderlust; Jason O’Mara In Terra Nova By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2010 1:13 pm EST After the break, Iron Man 2 writer Justin Theroux gets Wanderlust, and Spielberg’s TV series Terra Nova may have a lead actor. Justin Theroux has an interesting career. When his name comes up I still think of Mulholland Drive before anything else — his turn as the petulant movie director in David Lynch’s film defined him for me....

Charlie Kaufman And Catherine Keener Teaming Up For HBO Comedy Series By Angie Han/May 22, 2012 5:00 am EST Technically, HBO is television, no matter what their highfalutin slogan claims, but when they make room for wonderful ideas like this one I can kind of see their point. Charlie Kaufman and Catherine Keener, who last worked together on Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, are set to team up at the premium cable channel for a new half-hour comedy....

Disney Abandons Annie Awards, Fearing Dreamworks’ ‘Dragon’ Would Defeat ‘Toy Story 3’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2010 3:00 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures have announced that they are completely abandoning the Annie Awards, an yearly award show focusing on animation. The International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood has held the ceremony since 1972, and Disney has sponsored the awards for every year since it’s creation. Why has the mouse house turned their back on the Annies?...

District 9 Star Sharlto Copley Joins I Am Number Four By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2010 7:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. He will join Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker and Beastly star Alex Pettyfer , who is set to play the lead character – Four. According to HeatVision, Copley will be playing the man who “hailed from the alien world’s serving class but now is the title character’s adult guardian and mentor....

Douglas Booth Will Be Romeo Opposite Hailee Steinfeld’s Juliet By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2011 4:26 pm EST Briefly: I get the idea that yet another version of Romeo and Juliet isn’t something that people are wildly keen to see, but that isn’t putting the brakes on the film that Carlo Carlei (Flight of the Innocent) will direct based on a script by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park). The main reason to be interested in the movie, for me at least, is that it is looking like it will be the sophomore feature from True Grit breakout star Hailee Steinfeld....

Dwight Yoakam And Dennis Quaid Set For Billy Bob Thornton’s ‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2011 5:30 pm EST Last year Billy Bob Thornton started to talk about a late ’60s-set family drama called Jayne Mansfield’s Car. He and Tom Epperson wrote the script, in part as a response to the fact that Mr. Thornton wasn’t all that taken with a lot of the films being made lately, and he plans to direct it this year....

Entertainment Tonight Visits Set Of ‘The Hangover Part II’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 11, 2011 9:30 am EST In a summer that’s filled with giant robots and superheroes, Warner Brothers is hoping we all just want to get lost in Thailand. The Hangover Part II is scheduled for release May 26 and it features the original Wolf Pack - Doug (Justin Bartha), Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Alan (Zack Galifanakis) – taking a trip to Bangkok to celebrate Stu’s marriage to Jamie Chung....