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Cool Stuff: WETA’s District 9 Exosuit Statue At Comic-Con, WETA Workshop unvieled the newest District 9 collectable, a statue of the Exosuit from the film. Modeled with fanatical attention to detail by Weta Senior Modelmaker David Tremont and art directed by Greg Broadmore, this piece has been created by the very same artists and craftsmen who worked on the movie. Produced in a strictly limited edition of only 600 world wide and being such an incredibly detailed model, the Exosuit is likely to be very popular and we recommend pre-ordering to avoid disappointment....

Crank Co-Directors Neveldine And Taylor Move To Television, Develop Zeroes For NBC Can you shoot a TV show on roller skates? Seat of the pants madmen directorsMark NeveldineandBrian Taylor, the guys that made the twoCrankmovies on a budget with tiny prosumer cameras and other low-fi tech, are set to provide NBC with a new one-hour show that will be (no real surprise here) a “high-intensity” drama about crisis situations. THRsays the show is calledZeroes, and the idea is to skip all the boring “buildup leading to the crisis,” and jump right into the super-tense last hour of the situation....

Deadpool Wears Pink To Raise Funds For ‘F*** Cancer’ Initiative Wade Wilson is not a fan of cancer. So it’s no surprise thatDeadpoolhas partnered withOmazein a fundraising campaign to fight the disease. The Merc with a Mouth released a Deadpool Omaze campaign video to raise funds for an initiative appropriately titled “F*** Cancer.” Donning a super-pink suit in place of his usual blood-red,Ryan Reynoldssat down as Deadpool to tell fans about theF*** Cancercampaign (whose site appears to be down at the time of publication, probably due to increased traffic)....

Details Emerge About New ‘Thundercats’ Cartoon Series Whenword got outthat Cartoon Network would be reimagining the classic 1980s cartoonThundercatsin 2011, fans were simultaneously excited and nervous. The excitement centered on the reality of seeing new adventures with characters like Lion-O, Panthro, Cheetara and Tygra. But the word “reimagining” raises huge red flags. What exactly does it mean? Well one of the show’s producers,Michael Jelenic, released a few small details that should ease fan trepidations....

Did WALL-E Make Appearances In Toy Story, The Incredibles And Cars? A new video has turned up online claiming that if you look closely, you can findWALL-Ein the background of certain scenes inToy Story, The IncrediblesandCars. And I wouldn’t put it past the guys at Emmeryville. If you watched the teaser trailer for WALL-E than you know that the cute little robot was just one of the creations to come out of a now infamous lunch that was also responsible for Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc and a Bugs Life....

Director Seeks Fake Date For Real Movie Premeire? We usually try not to focus on the personal lives of actors or directors, but this caught our eye. Someone has posted oncraigslistclaiming to be a director looking for a date to a big hollywood movie premiere which is happening the last week of June. You can read the posting below followed by our thoughts on which director it could be (if this is in fact real):...

Every Downton Abbey Season Ranked Worst To Best It was surprising when “Downton Abbey” debuted in 2010 and wasn’t a scathing sociological critique of the last gasps of the English caste system. As it turns out, creator Julianne Fellowes and ITV-watching Brits didn’t need another reminder that keeping the working class living in the basements of the landed elite wasn’t the fairest system ever devised. Something else was afoot. See, “Downton Abbey” is the rare piece of prestige TV that doesn’t preach....

Every Song We Heard In Peacemaker Episode 5 This article containsspoilersfor “Peacemaker” episode five. Proceed with caution. Eat peace, motherf***ers! It’s that time again for another hearty helping of"Peacemaker.“With a new episode on HBO Max comes more exciting new jams from acclaimed filmmaker and top-tier mixtape maker James Gunn. So here are a few more to add to your playlist to rock out to throughout your day. That is when you’re not trying to master the steps fromthe show’s opening credits sequence....

First ‘Cinderella’ Trailer And Poster: Teasers For Kenneth Branagh’s Live Action Fairy Tale A glass slipper is the focus of attention once more this November in Disney’s live actionCinderella. Directed byKenneth Branagh,Lily James(Downton Abbey) plays the title character whose evil stepmother (Cate Blanchett) has it out for her. The girl sneaks to a Ball to meet a prince (Game of Thrones’Richard Madden) and, well, you know the story. But you’ve never seen it like this....

Gentlemen Broncos Movie Trailer I’ve been looking forward to seeing footage fromGentleman BroncosbyJared Hess, and a trailer is now online atApple. The film follows a high school kid (Sky High’sMichael Angarano) who goes to a fantasy / sci-fi writer’s camp, where the most famous sci-fi author in the world (Flight of the Conchords’Jemaine Clement) steals his book idea. We see each author’s version of the book acted out, withSam Rockwellin the lead each time....

Horror Icon Bela Lugosi’s Incredible Life Story Is Now A Comic — Check Out Some Exclusive Art It’s been 90 years since Bela Lugosi portrayed the titular Count in the classic 1931 film, “Dracula.” Lugosi’s performance as the most famous of all vampires helped establish the character’s iconography — his suave demeanor andvampire vords— and he would forever be identified with the role. However, in addition to Lugosi’s professional triumphs onscreen, he had his share of personal troubles offscreen....

How I Met Your Father Pays Loving Tribute To Bob Saget The entertainment world was shocked earlier this month when “Full House” star, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” host, and beloved comedianBob Sagetpassed away. Since his death, manyheartwarming tributeshave been shared by his friends, family, co-stars, and fans. One of the most touching ones came from"How I Met Your Mother" star Josh Radnor. While Radnor played Ted Mosby on the popular CBS sitcom, Saget lent his voice to Future Ted Mosby as the character tells his kids the titular tale that the whole show exists around....

John Williams Will Return To Score ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’ In news that is simultaneously not surprising in the slightest but also a complete and total relief,John Williamshas revealed that he will return to compose the score forRian Johnson’sStar Wars: Episode 8. This will be the eightStar Warsfilm scored by the legendary composer, whose iconic and instantly recognizable melodies and themes are as important to this universe as any character on the screen....