Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise Celebrate Jerry Bruckheimer's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star



The duo came out to support the producer, whose credits include Depp's upcoming The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean films and Cruise's Top Gun, among numerous other movies.

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R.I.P. Gary David Goldberg, creator of Family Ties and Spin City



Gary David Goldberg, the Emmy-winning writer who created two long-running hit sitcoms in "Family Ties" and "Spin City," died yesterday from brain cancer in Montecito, California. He was 68. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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R.I.P. Richard Matheson



Perhaps his most indelible teleplay was "Nightmare At 20,000 Feet," starring William Shatner—whom Matheson would later send to new heights of over-acting with his sole Star Trek script, "The Enemy Within”—with Shatner facing off against a malevolent gremlin aboard a cross-country flight. The script, adapted from Matheson's own short story, serves as a sort of distillation of his life’s work by pitting a flawed but ordinary hero against the inexplicable, then forcing him to overcome his demons to save the day.

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Friday, June 21, 2013

Why Fan-Made Movie Trailers Are Often Better Than the Real Thing

“Fans were suffering through the promotion, but held out hope that the Super Bowl Ad was going to be a big moment where Disney started getting it right,” Sellers told Wired. “That night, fueled by frustration and perhaps a few margaritas, my buddy Mark Linthicum and I decided to download everything Disney had put out to date and make our trailer.”

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Art of the Trailer



In a world where fans follow the latest trailers with rabid devotion, the movie preview has become a genre unto itself—and a viral sensation. Here’s what makes these shorts so epic.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Netflix to Air New DreamWorks Animation Shows



The agreement is Netflix's largest deal ever for original first-run content. It allows DreamWorks Animation to launch original shows based on its characters and franchises into the TV market as a branded collection of shows.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Superman: When did THAT happen?

When did Superman fly for the first time? When did Kryptonite become a thing? When did Lex Luthor show up?



Superman firsts.



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