Today in Movie Culture: What You Need to Know About 'Black Panther,' Deleted 'Coco' Musical Number and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Movie Set Up of the Day:

Black Panther hits theaters in just a few days, so Slate shows us what we need to know before going to see it:

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Character History of the Day:

Speaking of back story on Black Panther, here’s Screen Rant with the character’s evolution from comics to the big screen:

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Music Video Parody of the Day:

Nerdist parodies Jaden Smith’s “Icon” and its music video themed to the plot of Black Panther:

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Truthful Marketing of the Day:

In anticipation of Black Panther, Honest Trailers reminds us of the ups and downs of the Blade trilogy:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Kim Novak, who turns 85 today, receives direction from Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Vertigo in 1957:

Deleted Scene of the Day:

Coco directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina introduce a rough-cut deleted scene from the movie showing how it used to be more of a musical:

Dream Casting of the Day:

Tommy Wiseau dreams of playing The Joker instead of Joaquin Phoenix after a fan showed us all what he would look like in the role (via Heroic Hollywood):

Yes ! I want to be THE JOKER !

Fan art by @aitesamfarooq02 pic.twitter.com/dteVXDikgm

— Tommy Wiseau (@TommyWiseau) February 11, 2018

Filming Locations of the Day:

In honor of this week’s 25th anniversary of Groundhog Day, Moon Film showcases the real locations from the movie and what they look like now:

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Cosplay of the Day:

What if there was a cartoon depicting horror movie icons as babies? Here’s a cosplaying infant to show what Pennywise would look like:

Baby Pennywise pic.twitter.com/3Lji7rUGu3

— Club Stephen King ?? (@ClubSTEPHENKING) February 13, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Sphere. Watch the original trailer for the sci-fi classic below.

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