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Filmmaking Tip of the Day:

Not into product placement? Elliot Grove of Raindance instructs on how to use fake products in your movie with a link to some free labels and designs to use (via Filmmaker IQ):

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Movies in Real Life:

Photographer Francois Dourlen mashes pictures from movies with images of the real world. Here is one with characters from Finding Nemo, appropriate for D23 time. See more at Design Taxi:

Oldies but goodies

A photo posted by @francoisdourlen on Aug 10, 2015 at 6:34am PDT

Supercut of the Day:

Montages of the best bad guys in the movies are always enjoyable, so here’s another one (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

John Wayne gives Maureen O’Hara a little gift in The Quiet Man, appropriate for today being O’Hara’s 95th birthday.

Star Wars of the Day:

Here is a pretend poster advertising Tatooine as a travel destination. See more posters for other Star Wars locations at Design Taxi.

Video Essay of the Day:

With Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation still going strong in theaters, here’s a video essay on auteurism and the Mission: Impossible franchise (via The Playlist):

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Cosplay of the Day:

After Disney‘s bit event weekend, it’s essential that we share a favorite cosplayer dressed Robin Hood from this year’s D23 Expo (via Da7e Gonzalez):

Movie Takedown of the Day:

Roland Emmerich‘s Stonewall is already earning a lot of criticism, just from its first trailer. Here’s a parody of that trailer focused on the movie’s whitewashing of the true events and highlighting Emmerich’s reputation for disaster movies (via Film Drunk):

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Fan Art of the Day:

We shared one piece of fan art of depicting Ronda Rousey as Captain Marvel, but now here are five more, shared by Rousey herself (via Geek Tyrant):

Since the reddit AMA I’ve received so many badass Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel edits! There were so many cool ones I couldn’t pick just one to share – here’s 2 series of 2 Big thank you to contributing artists: @alexmurilloart (right) and Hugo Dourado (left)

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Since the reddit AMA I’ve received so many badass Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel edits! There were so many cool ones I couldn’t pick just one to share – here’s 1 series of 2 Big thank you to contributing artists: @bosslogix (two on right) and @salman.artworks (left)

A photo posted by rondarousey (@rondarousey) on Aug 15, 2015 at 9:22am PDT

Classic Trailer of the Day:

25 years ago today, My Blue Heaven hit theaters with Steve Martin as a mobster hiding out in suburbia under the watch of Rick Moranis and a very phenomenal Joan Cusack. Watch the original trailer below.

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Disney’s D23 expo naturally has a huge focus on their movies, but we all know the actual movies are only just one aspect of Disney’s ever-expanding empire. They’re also a theme park giant and today CEO Bob Iger announced that Disneyland in Anaheim, California and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida are both getting a bit bigger with dedicated Star Wars expansions.

Each park is going to be getting a dedicated Star Wars area that will take up 14-acres at each location. Those big chunks of land promis to transport “guests to a never-before-seen planet, a remote trading port and one of the last stops before wild space where Star Wars characters and their stories come to life.”

It won’t just be Tattooine-themed cantinas, either. Iger has said that there will be at least two signature attractions. The first will allow you to pilot the Millennium Falcon on a secret mission customized to the visitor, while the other will plant guests right in the middle of an epic Star Wars adventure.

We don’t know exactly how, or even when, Disney will be pulling off both of those feats, but we at least have some concept art to see what the areas will look like.

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On the first day of this year’s D23 Expo for Disney fans, a whole lot of news was announced about upcoming movies from Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. We also got to see a bunch of new stills and artwork for many of these titles. Here’s all you need to see and know, in alphabetical order by title:

Coco

This is Pixar’s long-in-development feature based on Dia de los Muertos, aka Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Coco is the name of a character in the movie, which is directed by Toy Story 3‘s Lee Unkrich, but 12-year-old Miguel is the protagonist. We didn’t get any new images, but you can see the logo in the event pic above beind Unkrich and producer Daria K. Anderson. Here is the current official synopsis, which is inspired by the idea of meeting your deceased family members: “Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion.”

Finding Dory

Pixar’s sequel to the modern classic Finding Nemo has Ellen Degeneres returning to voice Dory as she embarks on a trans-Pacific trip to find her family in Monterey, California (her parents are voiced by Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton). Nemo and his dad, Marlin (Albert Brooks), are also back, while new characters include the octopus pictured above. His name is Hank and he’s voiced by Ed O’Neill. There’s also a beluga whale named Bailey voiced by Ty Burrell and a whale shark named Destiny voiced by Kaitlin Olson. Look for this one in theaters next summer, starting June 17, 2016.

Frozen 2

“We’re hard at work” is all we’re told at this point about the highly anticipated sequel, courtesy of Disney Chairman Alan Horn.

Gigantic

The newest of the new is this just-announced movie based on the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Sure, Disney has already had Mickey Mouse climb through this tale once, but that was a short made almost 70 years ago and this is a very exciting (and beautiful looking — see above) feature that will have songs from the Frozen Oscar-winning team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is directing for a 2018 release. Here’s a plot synopsis:

Gigantic follows adventure-seeker Jack as he discovers a world of giants hidden within the clouds. He hatches a grand plan with Inma, a 60-foot-tall, 11-year-old girl, and agrees to help her find her way home. But he doesn’t account for her super-sized personality—and who knew giants were so down to earth?

The Good Dinosaur

We’ve seen a teaser for this upcoming Pixar feature, but we hadn’t know much about its plot until now. The original sotry sounds like it’s basically a Western focused on dinosaurs, one of whom gets a little human boy as a dog-like pet named Spot. Today we got a look at the antagonists, seen above, a T-rex trio consisting of a dad, voiced by Sam Elliott, and his son and daughter (AJ Buckley and Anna Paquin). Arlo, the main character, an Apatosaurus, is voiced by child actor Raymond Ochoa. This is coming up quick, hitting theater on November 25.

Moana

Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid) direct this South Pacific story from Walt Disney Animation. Here’s the official synopsis for the feature, which arrives on November 23, 2016: “Moana introduces a spirited teenager who sails out on a daring mission to fulfill her ancestors’ unfinished quest. She meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson), and together, they traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage.” Here’s a new logo for the movie:

Riley’s First Date

We got our first look at a clip from this short follow-up to Inside Out yesterday. But now here are some extra images from the film, which will be available on the hit Pixar feature’s Blu-ray:

Toy Story 4

This other hot Pixar sequel has been revealed to be a romantic comedy centered on the romance of Woody (Tom Hanks, returning as the voice) and Bo Peep, who is lost and must be found (note: the image above is from a previous installment). It’s apparently a love story inspired by that John Lasseter, who is directing, and his wife. Tim Allen and Don Rickles are also set to reprise their roles for the feature, which was scripted by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. It’s due in theaters June 16, 2017.

Zootopia

The latest announcement with this anthropomorphic animal feature from Walt Disney Animation is that Shakira has joined the cast as the voice of Gazelle, a pop star in the titular universe. She will also, of course, provide some new tunes for the movie’s soundtrack. She joins Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin as a fox and a bunny who team up in a buddy-cop scenario. Here’s what Shakira’s character looks like:

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Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:

Frame by Frame shows us how to shoot a subjective drug trip sequence like the one in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Alfred Hitchcock, who was born on this date in 1899, is either being fed some birthday cake by Doris Day (on her birthday, supposedly) or is in danger of being stabbed with a cake-covered knife. James Stewart looks on, as this is during the making of The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Scene Analysis of the Day:

CineFix looks at the already iconic hallway fight scene from Christopher Nolan’s Inception and the practical effects used to make it happen:

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Cosplay of the Day:

We are coming up on the 10th anniversary of the launch of Disney’s Fairies line of merchandising, so it’s a good time to share this perfect-looking Tinker Bell cosplayer (via All That’s Cosplay):

Movie Music Fun:

Hear what iconic horror scores sound like when played in a major instead of minor key (via Dangerous Minds):

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Movie Poster Fun:

While we’re on the subject of making horror movies less scary and while we’re still celebrating Alfred Hitchcock‘s birthday, below is a bizarre Czech poster for The Birds. See more interesting foreign horror movie posters at Dangerous Minds.

Supercut of the Day:

We see a lot of supercuts of chase sequences, so it’s time we got one of crashes — accidents involving cars, buses, trains, helicopters, scooters and more (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Star Wars of the Day:

As we get closer to Disney’s D23 event with its Star Wars presentation, here’s an infographic look at the movie’s influences on other movies and TV series, including Guardians of the Galaxy and Mad Max.

Poster Parody of the Day:

Here’s more Star Wars stuff, in the form of a parody of its old poster now focused on internet fights. See more College Humor movie poster parodies at Design Taxi.

Classic Trailer of the Day:

In addition to it being Alfred Hitchcock‘s birthday today, this weekend is the 75th anniversary of his film Foreign Correspondent, starring Joel McCrea and Laraine Day. Watch the original trailer below.

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Movie Mashup of the Day:

After all the art mashing up Mad Max: Fury Road with Adventure Time, it’s only natural we got a fake trailer for “Madventure Time” inspired by those pieces (via Devour).

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Mad Max: Fury Road, these War Boys bandanas make for some easy but very cool costumes (via Fashionably Geek):

Trailer Redo of the Day:

Let’s just let the YouTube description for this Fantastic Four tribute speak for its insane self: “4 Fantastic 4 trailers diced up and zippered together in 4 frame intervals, one frame at a time, 4 you.”

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Vintage Image of the Day:

A special hug goes out to John Cazale, who should have turned 80 today. Here is an image from The Godfather Part II, one of his unfortunately few films:

Supercut of the Day:

If blood makes you squeamish, then this is the worst possible supercut for you. For the rest of you, enjoy the splatter from such movies as American Psycho, The Shining and of course everything by Quentin Tarantino (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Fan Art of the Day:

This poster by Deviant Art user CAMW1N redoes the interrogation scene from The Dark Knight with Ben Affleck‘s Batman and Jared Leto‘s Joker (via First Showing):

Star Wars of the Day:

As for professional movie artwork of the day, here’s a great limited edition Star Wars: The Force Awakens print by Mark Englert that will be available at Disney‘s D23 event this weekend (via Gallery 1988):

Directorial Influence of the Day:

Video essayist Jorge Luengo is back with a side-by-side look at Martin Scorsese‘s influences on Boogie Nights:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons The Lion King is similar to and different from Frozen:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the opening of Werner Herzog‘s Grizzly Man. Watch the original trailer for the documentary below.

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Movie Recasting of the Day:

We’ve seen a mashup recasting Pierce Brosnan in the Spectre trailer, now it’s Roger Moore‘s turn (via /Film):

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

In honor of Straight Outta Compton coming out this week, Honest Trailers slams the Eminem movie 8 Mile:

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Production Diary of the Day:

From the 2012 documentary Too Young to Die, Heath Ledger‘s father offers a glimpse at the actor’s journal used while preparing for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight (via Legion of Leia):

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Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Today is the 65th anniversary of the theatrical release of the animated short Popeye Makes a Movie, in which Popeye makes a movie. Watch it in full here:

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Star Wars of the Day:

One of the most clever fan-made food items based on the Star Wars movies is a tauntaun cookie with candy guts that you can tear out of its belly. But now you need a candy Luke Skywalker to stuff into the vacancy (via Neatorama).

Supercut of the Day:

If you like Arnold Schwarzenegger movies just for the explosions, all you need is this video (via Devour):

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Supercut master Jacob T. Swinney presents all of Spike Lee‘s head-on (usually fourth-wall-breaking) shots in three minutes for Press Play:

Movie Trivia of the Day:

In honor of another stoner comedy coming out (American Ultra), CineFix lists seven things you probably don’t know about Dazed and Confused:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Now You See It explores sexual, particularly phallic, symbolism in film, featuring parts of Alien, A Clockwork Orange and more:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

10 years ago today, Judd Apatow premiered his feature debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in Hollywood. Watch the original trailer, which doesn’t make it seem nearly as funny as it really is, below.

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Character Origin of the Day:

Wonder what happened after young Peter Quill was abducted by a spaceship at the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy? Below is part of an animated look at Quill/Star-Lord‘s origin story via the upcoming cartoon series. See the second part plus an animated origin for Groot at Geek Tyrant.

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Fake Trailer of the Day:

Speaking of characters who appear in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vulture made a trailer for a modern MCU-based reboot of Howard the Duck:

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Movie Meme of the Day:

The “Straight Outta ____ ” promotional meme for Straight Outta Compton is being employed for some great movie-related gags. Here are two favorites:

Straight Outta John Hurt #Alien thanks to Niel McGuggon pic.twitter.com/EVWHKADeV9

— Phil Edwards (@Live_for_Films) August 8, 2015

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— Ali Arikan (@aliarikan) August 8, 2015

Music Video of the Day:

It’s not a random pairing for Paul Thomas Anderson to direct the music video for Joanna Newsom‘s new single, “Sapokanikan,” which you can watch below, as she recently co-starred in his movie Inherent Vice (via The Playlist).

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Twelve men are lined up for this behind-the-scenes look at the original Ocean’s 11, starring Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Who can name the guy who isn’t part of the titular bunch?

Cosplay of the Day:

Snow White the assassin needs no assistance from any manly hunters (via KamiKame):

Fan Art of the Day:

If you like badass versions of Disney Princesses, check out Tess Fowler’s post-apocalypse take on all the ladies of Disny animated features. See individual character designs at Fashionably Geek.

Movie Truth of the Day:

The 1993 documentary Flyin’ Cut Sleeves is about NYC gangs in the ’70s and a story that seems to have inspired the plot of The Warriors. Watch the film in full below and learn more at Dangerous Minds.

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Filmmaker Parody of the Day:

You could add fake explosions to any home movie and say it’s directed by Michael Bay and voila instant filmmaker parody. But this one in particular made me laugh a little too much:

Two Dogs In The Garden – directed by Michael Bay pic.twitter.com/hoh5xRuzEp

— The Poke (@ThePoke) August 9, 2015

Classic Trailer of the Day:

On this day in 1950, Billy Wilder‘s masterpiece Sunset Blvd. had its world premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Watch the original trailer below.

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The Important News

Casting Net: Channing Tatum finally signed his deal for Gambit. Will Smith will star in Collateral Beauty. Colin Farrell will star in the Harry Potter spinoff. Samuel L. Jackson and John C. Reilly are heading to Kong: Skull Island.

Franchise Fever: Felicity Jones might be playing a character from Star Wars Rebels in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Two more Bad Boys movies are on the way. Pez and Dungeons and Dragons are the franchises of the future. Jurassic World 2 will not be about dinosaurs chasing people on an island.

Remake Report: Sony is remaking Jumanji. New Line is rebooting A Nightmare on Elm Street again.

New Directors/New Films: Peter Berg might direct a Boston Marathon bombing movie.

Re-release Report: The Hobbit trilogy is returning to theaters with extended editions. The first six Star Wars movies are being re-released again on Blu-ray for a new steelbook set.

Box Office: Tom Cruise had one of his best opening weekends ever.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Zoolander 2, Deadpool, The Last Witch Hunter, The Intern, By the Sea, Hitman: Agent 47, Stonewall and Everest.

Watch: An honest trailer for the previous Fantastic Four movies. And an analysis of the Deadpool trailer.

See: Exclusive images from Mistress America.

Watch: The pilot for a Clerks TV show that never aired.

See: The new Ghostbusters cast visited a children’s hospital in costume.

Watch: The new Lexus hoverboard in action.

See: What the suburbs from Edward Scissorhands look like now.

Learn: Why the Angry Birds movie will be the next Lego Movie.

Watch: The best defense of CG you’ll ever see.

See: The Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation scene Tom Cruise had to be talked into.

Watch: “Uptown Fun” sung by the movies.

See: A Lion King animator’s tribute to Cecil the Lion.

Learn: Everything you need to know about Michael Mann.

Watch: Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg parody awkward junket interviews.

See: How It Follows is carrying John Carpenter’s torch.

Watch: A test reel for Shrek featuring Chris Farley as the original lead voice.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Monthly Movie Guide: Everything you need to know about the movies in August.

Geek Movie Guide: Everything geeky you need to see and buy in August.

Marvel Movie Guide: Review of Fantastic Four.

R.I.P.: Remembering the Hollywood players we lost in July.

Comic Book Movie Guides: An infographic on the history of the Fantastic Four. The pros and cons of an R-rated Deadpool movie.

Horror TV Series Guide: Why you should be watching the Scream TV show.

Horror Movie Guide: All the latest horror movie news and goodies.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s your guide to everything hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week. And here’s your guide to all the new indie and foreign films you need to see.

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Movie Truth of the Day:

Nerdist’s Kyle Hill takes the occasion of a new Human Torch portrayal (in Fantastic Four) to discuss the truth about spontaneous human combustion:

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Supercut of the Day:

Not to be confused with another video we shared recently titled “Meet the Villain” here’s an all new, all great supercut of the best movie villains (via Devour):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

In honor of tonight’s GOP debate, here’s Donald Trump meeting Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) in 1992’s Home Alone 2: Lost in New York:

Classic Cartoon of the Day:

60 years ago today, the Chuck Jones-directed Merrie Melodies short Jumpin’ Jupiter, starring Sylvester, Porky Pig and the birdlike Jupiterian (currently seen in commercials), opened in theaters. Watch it below.

Movie Trivia of the Day:

Here are 15 things you might not know about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone via Screen Crush:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Gladzy Kei gives us “Battle Princess Jasmine” based on the character from Disney‘s Aladdin (via All That’s Cosplay):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Alex Kalogeropoulos mashed up John Carpenter‘s The Thing and David Robert Mitchell‘s It Follows, to show the similarity of their hidden threats (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Filmmaker In Focus:

James Cameron‘s movies are a “cinema of flesh and metal,” according to this video by Martin Kessler:

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Movie Location Vacation of the Day:

Here’s a side-by-side view of what the suburban neighborhood used for the setting of Edward Scissorhand looks like today, in case you were hoping to ever look for the pastel-colored houses (via /Film):

25 Years Ago Edward Scissorhands was filmed near my house

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Russ Meyer‘s cult classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! turns 50 years old today. Watch the original trailer below.

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