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Spike Jonze Directs Beastie Boys Action Figures in Don’t Play No Game That I...
As many people know, Spike Jonze got his start directing TV commercials and music videos, including what is arguably one of the greatest music videos of all time, the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”. Now...
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Battleship Trailer Starring Liam Neeson and Rihanna
May 18th, 2012 is going to be an historic day… one that could change all of our lives forever. That day marks the release of Battleship, a major Hollywood blockbuster based on a board game, and if...
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Ridley Scott’s Monopoly Movie Picks Up a Pair of Writers
With the exception of Peter Berg’s Battleship, it has been starting to look like cooler heads might prevail when it comes to the recent board game and retro toy craze in Hollywood. Most of the...
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Nike to Officially Release Back to the Future Self-Lacing Shoes (UPDATED)
Update: It looks like the shoes aren’t self-lacing after all, they just light up. More to come… Update #2: The shoes will be auctioned off on eBay for charity, 150 per day over 10 days for a total of...
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Zombieland Sequel Heads to TV, Writers Take on Micronauts for J.J. Abrams
If you’re a fan of Ruben Fleischer’s Zombieland, listen up! We’ve got a pair of Zombieland-related news stories for you this week, starting with an update on the sequel. As it turns out, Zombieland 2...
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Mattel to Actually Release a Back to the Future Hoverboard
Having recently revisited the Back to the Future Trilogy on Blu-ray for our latest premium podcast, it’s pretty clear that the movies have left an indelible impression on pop culture. The vision of...
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Happy Madison Sets Up a Tonka Truck Movie
Logic would dictate that since Battleship sunk at the box office earlier this summer, any and all future movies based on board games or toys should be put out of their misery. Unfortunately, logic is...
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation Director in Talks for He-Man Movie
Back in the mid-2000s (and particularly around the time Michael Bay’s Transformers hit theatres), there was a mad scramble in Hollywood to acquire the rights to as many ’80s cartoons as possible....
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Transformers 4 Will Feature a Brand New Cast of Robots Too
Earlier this year we learned that Michael Bay would be returning to direct a fourth Transformers movie and that it would be a partial reboot featuring a whole new cast of human characters. This news...
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Hungry Hungry Hippos Movie in the Works
If you were hoping that the failure of Battleship at the box office this past summer meant that we were finally out of the woods when it comes to board game movies, you may be dismayed by this next...
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Disney Now Looking to Acquire Hasbro?
In case it wasn’t clear after Disney acquired both Marvel and Lucasfilm for $4 billion each, the Mouse House is officially on a buying spree, looking to swallow up as many entertainment properties as...
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Cool T-Shirt Alert: More Than in Your Eyes (for Transformers and Say Anything...
We don’t post about stuff like this too often, but I thought I should draw your attention to a cool t-shirt that’s on sale today over at ShirtPunch for one day only. It was designed by our friend Nuno...
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Hot Wheels Movie Gets a Director
Just when you thought the ridiculous Hollywood trend of basing blockbuster movies on toy lines was all but dead, Legendary Pictures is bringing it back with a vengeance. This week they’ve finally...
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Jeff Wadlow to Rewrite and Possibly Direct Masters of the Universe
Despite having spent over a decade in development hell, Hollywood simply refuses to give up on a new live-action He-Man movie. A couple of years ago, Sony acquired the rights to the franchise from...
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Mondo Announces Plans for Toys and Other Pop Culture Collectibles
After spending the last few years transitioning from pop culture t-shirts to limited edition movie posters and art prints, Mondo is now branching out again. Based in Austin, Texas, the company is an...
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Playmobil Movie in the Works
For better or worse, the success of The Lego Movie had a major impact on Hollywood earlier this year and now we’re continuing to see many similar properties being brought to the big screen. Warner...
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G.I. Joe 3 Might Also Include M.A.S.K. and the Crimson Twins
Like most children of the ’80s, I grew up watching G.I. Joe and Transformers, but by far my favourite toy line and cartoon of the era was essentially a combination of both. M.A.S.K., which stands for...
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Paul Feig in Talks to Direct Play-Doh Movie
I have to admit, my initial reaction to this next news story was that it was a leftover April Fool’s joke still floating around on the web. But after giving it another second to sink in, it seems...
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A Lego Brickumentary Trailer
Although we’ll have to wait a couple more years to see any of the sequels or spin-offs from The Lego Movie, there is at least one Lego-related movie hitting theatres later this year. A Lego...
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Jem and the Holograms Movie Trailer
You’d think that in this day and age that anyone making a movie based on a pre-existing property or franchise would understand that the number one rule is to stay as close as you can to the source...
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