{"id":10597,"date":"2017-02-08T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-beauty-and-the-beast-as-a-harry-potter-sequel-the-evolution-of-keanu-reeves-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-02-08T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-beauty-and-the-beast-as-a-harry-potter-sequel-the-evolution-of-keanu-reeves-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-beauty-and-the-beast-as-a-harry-potter-sequel-the-evolution-of-keanu-reeves-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Beauty and the Beast' as a 'Harry Potter' Sequel, the Evolution of Keanu Reeves and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mashup Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Surprise! It turns out Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast <\/em>is actually a Harry Potter <\/em>sequel about Hermione falling in love with Lord Voldemort, according to this impressive Pistol Shrimps mashup:<\/p>\n

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Parody Posters of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This weekend, John Wick: Chapter 2 <\/em>goes up against Fifty Shades Darker<\/em>, so here are some official posters for the former lampooning the latter:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of John Wick: Chapter 2<\/em>, in honor of the sequel here’s Burger Fiction with an evolution of Keanu Reeves: <\/p>\n

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Filmmaker Influence of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See how much Oscar nominee Moonlight <\/em>was influenced by the work of Wong Kar-wai in this side-by-side comparison video by Alessio Marinacci (via IndieWire<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

James Dean, who was born on this day in 1931, outside a dressing room trailer on the set of Giant <\/em>in 1955:<\/p>\n

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Fan Theory of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With a sequel currently in the works, a theory about a character from Pixar’s The Incredibles <\/em>is explored by ScreenRant:<\/p>\n

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Toy of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Pixar movies, this Voltron<\/em>-like transforming toy that combines Toy Story <\/em>character figures into one massive robot actually exists and can be purchased (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Plot Hole Fill-In of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ever wonder how Indiana Jones rides the submarine all the way to the Nazi base in Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>? Ranker animates an answer:<\/p>\n

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Supercut of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>, here’s a montage from The New Inquiry of movie heroes taking out Nazis:<\/p>\n

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Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Big Fat Liar<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Paul Giamatti classic below. <\/p>\n

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<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39beauty-beast39-as-39harry-potter39-sequel-evolution-keanu-reeves-more\/22116?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mashup Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Surprise! It turns out Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast <\/em>is actually a Harry Potter <\/em>sequel about Hermione falling in love with Lord Voldemort, according to this impressive Pistol Shrimps mashup:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Parody Posters of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This weekend, John Wick: Chapter 2 <\/em>goes up against Fifty Shades Darker<\/em>, so here are some official posters for the former lampooning the latter:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of John Wick: Chapter 2<\/em>, in honor of the sequel here’s Burger Fiction with an evolution of Keanu Reeves: <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Influence of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See how much Oscar nominee Moonlight <\/em>was influenced by the work of Wong Kar-wai in this side-by-side comparison video by Alessio Marinacci (via IndieWire<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

James Dean, who was born on this day in 1931, outside a dressing room trailer on the set of Giant <\/em>in 1955:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Fan Theory of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With a sequel currently in the works, a theory about a character from Pixar’s The Incredibles <\/em>is explored by ScreenRant:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Toy of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Pixar movies, this Voltron<\/em>-like transforming toy that combines Toy Story <\/em>character figures into one massive robot actually exists and can be purchased (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Plot Hole Fill-In of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ever wonder how Indiana Jones rides the submarine all the way to the Nazi base in Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>? Ranker animates an answer:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Supercut of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>, here’s a montage from The New Inquiry of movie heroes taking out Nazis:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Big Fat Liar<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Paul Giamatti classic below. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}