Today in Movie Culture: See the Canceled 'Mad Max' Anime, Plus: Lexus Reveals a Real Hoverboard and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Mad Max Anime of the Day:

At one point Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller was planning to tell Furiousa’s origin story through anime. That didn’t happen, but images of what it would’ve looked like have now arrived online. [via CBM]

Hoverboard of the Day:

Here’s yet another real-life hoverboard, just in time for 2015. But this one is by Lexus and looks a bit more like the ones in Back to the Future Part II. Watch an ad for the new hoverboards, which aren’t quite available yet, below.

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Cosplay of the Day:

If you’re a fan of both The Big Lebowski and Doctor Who, then “The Dood” is your new favorite cosplay of all time (via Neatorama):

Movie Redo of the Day:

Imagine if there was an old school style Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind video game. It’d look sort of like this 8-bit animation remake from CineFix:

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Art of the Day:

This print spotlighting the Ghostbusters firehouse is part of artist Tim Doyle’s new gallery show, “UnReal Estate.” See more pieces inspired by Blade Runner, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and more plus details on the exhibit at /Film.

Filmmaker in Focus:

For Slate, Jacob T. Swinney shows how David Fincher only likes his movies to look yellow or blue:

Vintage Image of the Day:

Lee Marvin and his horse in Cat Ballou, which opened 50 years ago today. Marvin went on to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his performance, and in his acceptance speech he confessed that half the award belongs to the horse.

Custom Car of the Day:

The car cost $5,000 and the details put into replicating the Intercepter from the Mad Max movies cost another $120,000. Worth it (via Geekologie):

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Custom Motorcycle of the Day:

Where does one get this wonderful toy? Check out a customized trike inspired by the Batmobile design from Tim Burton‘s Batman movies (via Geekologie):

Vintage Trailer of the Day:

In honor of Disney announcing a Charles Darwin adventure movie today, and this week being the 55th anniversary of the premiere of Stanley Kramer‘s Inherit the Wind at the Berlin Film Festival, here’s the original, Kramer-introduced trailer for the latter:

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