Today in Movie Culture: The Best Tommy Wiseau Cosplay, Imagining Samuel L. Jackson in 'Star Trek' and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Cosplay of the Day:

See a bunch of Tommy Wiseau fans cosplaying as the infamous filmmaker for a contest promotion tied to The Disaster Room:

Very proud to announce the runners up and grand prize winner of The Tommy®, the 1st and only award for uninhibited creative expression inspired by Tommy Wiseau. #ImADisasterArtistpic.twitter.com/GHyTPLoxN5

— A24 (@A24) December 1, 2017

Dream Casting of the Day:

With Quentin Tarantino working on a Star Trek movie, BossLogic jokingly shows us what it could look like with the obligatory Samuel L. Jackson role:

Next @StarTrek is going to be lit @SamuelLJacksonpic.twitter.com/sQfcY1puXD

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) December 5, 2017

End of Year Countdown of the Day:

Here’s a video list by Leigh Singer counting down Sight & Sound’s poll results for the best movies of 2017:

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Fan Theory of the Day:

Just in time for this week’s new Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom trailer, here’s MatPat with a theory that the premise of Jurassic World was an inside job:

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Mashup of the Day:

We’ve seen fan art of Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy as Mary Poppins, but now he’s been inserted into the eponymous classic Disney movie:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Fritz Lang, who was born on this day in 1890, directs a big scene for the 1927 sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Learn all about Armie Hammer, who is garnering Oscar buzz for his performance in Call Me By Your Name in this video by Jacob T. Swinney for Fandor:

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Remixed Movie of the Day:

Eclectic Method turned Die Hard into a Christmas dance mix using sounds from the holiday-set action movie:

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Movie Homages of the Day:

Jarvis City compiled all the movie and TV shows paying tribute to The Shining in this supercut:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 75th anniversary of the release of the original Cat People. Watch the re-release trailer for the horror classic below.

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