Today in Movie Culture: Imagining Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio, Designing the 'Annihilation' Creature and More

By Peter Martin

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

Casting Rendering of the Day:

Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to play Mysterio in the next Spider-Man movie, so BossLogic shows us what that might look like:

Wanted to make a quick one today for the post. #mysterio Personally I’m still not too sure on this role for him, he is a dope actor and would love to see Jake in a role he could dive deep into. That being said, if they do the character justice writing wise then I’m all for it. pic.twitter.com/5H7jwSy3iM

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) May 22, 2018

Creature Design Breakdown of the Day:

See how the terrifying bear creature from Annihilation came to be, from design to effects work, in this video from /Film:

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Remade Trailer of the Day:

Brick Force Studios redid the final Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in Lego:

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Easter Eggs of the Day:

Here’s another look at all the Easter eggs and references in Deadpool 2, this one from ScreenCrush:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Richard Benjamin, who turns 80 today, directs Peter O’Toole in his Oscar-nominated performance on the set of the 1982 movie My Favorite Year:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Fandor looks at the career of Spike Lee in honor of his success with BlacKkKlansman at the Cannes Film Festival:

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

For the 10th anniversary of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, CineFix shares a bunch of trivia about the Indiana Jones franchise:

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Truthful Marketing of the Day:

In honor of this week’s release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Honest Trailers takes down the Star Wars Holiday Special and other spin-offs:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Wallace Shawn was at Motor City Comic Con over the weekend and found his old friends from The Princess Bride:

INCONCEIVABLE !

Photo : https://t.co/6sfUmGd5SB #MotorCityComicCon #PrincessBride pic.twitter.com/Oz6lowUhA6

— Ejen @ Fanime 2018 (@cosplayamerica) May 22, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Watch the original trailer for the classic movie below.

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