Today in Movie Culture: 'The Matrix' Recast With Will Smith, Mark Hamill Hilariously Redubs Han Solo Dialogue and More

By Christopher Campbell

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Recast Movie of the Day:

What if Will Smith hadn’t turned down the part of Neo in The Matrix? The Unusual Suspect shows us what that looks like in this terrific mashup:

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Redubbed Movie of the Day:

In the latest edition of Bad Lip Readings, Mark Hamill guest-voices Han Solo’s lines in a redub of Star Wars: The Force Awakens:

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Movie Franchise Parody of the Day:

Since Logan is so popular with its R rating, XVP Comedy added R-rated content to the other Wolverine movies:

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Movie Franchise Recap of the Day:

With The Fate of the Furious coming out in a week, Burger Fiction runs through the evolution of the Fast and the Furious franchise:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Barry Levinson, who turns 75 today, directs Steve Guttenberg and Tim Daly on the set of Diner in 1981:

Actor in the Spotlight:

While promoting the home video release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Alan Tudyk reprises his voice roles from Zootopia, Frozen and more (via Geek Tyrant):

Movie Deconstruction of the Day:

This video by Zackery Ramos-Taylor shows the brilliant mirroring of shots in the two halves of Lion through side-by-side comparison:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts shared this tribute to both his movie and his beard:

This fan art of Kong with a beard cracks me up. pic.twitter.com/8XlQbnn8HE

— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) April 6, 2017

Cross-Promotion of the Day:

Baby Groot and the Geico Gecko team up to sell car insurance and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in this cute new ad (via Geek Tyrant):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

With the remake of Going in Style opening this week, check out the trailer for the 1979 original starring George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg:

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