{"id":11521,"date":"2017-05-05T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-in-star-wars-the-real-writer-of-deadpool-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T04:30:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-in-star-wars-the-real-writer-of-deadpool-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-in-star-wars-the-real-writer-of-deadpool-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Tommy Wiseau in &#039;Star Wars,&#039; the Real Writer of &#039;Deadpool&#039; and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-39star-wars39-real-writer-39deadpool39-more\/22580?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-39star-wars39-real-writer-39deadpool39-more\/22580?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201705\/mcdslit_ec006_h.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPistolShrimps cut Tommy Wiseau from his cult movie <em>The Room <\/em>and inserted him into scenes from the <em>Star Wars <\/em>movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Talk Show Appearance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em>, watch how elated megafan Adam Scott is when Mark Hamill surprises him on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Theory of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDeadpool breaks the fourth wall a lot in <em>Deadpool<\/em>, but is the character the writer of his own movie? MatPat argues that he is:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMarvel presents a video of cosplayer Sidney Cumbie becoming Yondu from <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn honor of his <em>Guardians <\/em>sequel&#8217;s release, here&#8217;s James Gunn on the set of his feature directorial debut, <em>Slither<\/em>, with cinematographer Greg Middleton in 2005:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnother filmmaker with a new sequel to his own great sci-fi movie is Ridley Scott. Here is a bunch of trivia about the <em>Alien: Covenant <\/em>director via ScreenCrush:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKeanu Reeves says &#8220;whoa&#8221; a lot in his movies and early commercials, as seen in this supercut:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Food of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn Fandor&#8217;s latest <em>Film to Table<\/em>, Jason English shows us how to make a souffle inspired by <em>Sabrina<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPop Culture Detective explores a problematic trope labeled &#8220;Born Sexy Yesterday&#8221; as featured in such movies as <em>Tron: Legacy<\/em>, <em>The Fifth Element <\/em>and <em>Splash<\/em> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/born-sexy-yesterday-video-essay\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis weekend is the 20th anniversary of the Cannes premiere of <em>The Fifth Element<\/em>. Watch the original teaser trailer for the sci-fi classic below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-39star-wars39-real-writer-39deadpool39-more\/22580?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Tommy Wiseau in &#039;Star Wars,&#039; the Real Writer of &#039;Deadpool&#039; and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-39star-wars39-real-writer-39deadpool39-more\/22580?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tommy-wiseau-39star-wars39-real-writer-39deadpool39-more\/22580?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201705\/mcdslit_ec006_h.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPistolShrimps cut Tommy Wiseau from his cult movie <em>The Room <\/em>and inserted him into scenes from the <em>Star Wars <\/em>movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Talk Show Appearance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSpeaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em>, watch how elated megafan Adam Scott is when Mark Hamill surprises him on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Theory of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tDeadpool breaks the fourth wall a lot in <em>Deadpool<\/em>, but is the character the writer of his own movie? MatPat argues that he is:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tMarvel presents a video of cosplayer Sidney Cumbie becoming Yondu from <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn honor of his <em>Guardians <\/em>sequel&#8217;s release, here&#8217;s James Gunn on the set of his feature directorial debut, <em>Slither<\/em>, with cinematographer Greg Middleton in 2005:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnother filmmaker with a new sequel to his own great sci-fi movie is Ridley Scott. Here is a bunch of trivia about the <em>Alien: Covenant <\/em>director via ScreenCrush:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tKeanu Reeves says &#8220;whoa&#8221; a lot in his movies and early commercials, as seen in this supercut:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Food of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn Fandor&#8217;s latest <em>Film to Table<\/em>, Jason English shows us how to make a souffle inspired by <em>Sabrina<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Video Essay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tPop Culture Detective explores a problematic trope labeled &#8220;Born Sexy Yesterday&#8221; as featured in such movies as <em>Tron: Legacy<\/em>, <em>The Fifth Element <\/em>and <em>Splash<\/em> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/born-sexy-yesterday-video-essay\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis weekend is the 20th anniversary of the Cannes premiere of <em>The Fifth Element<\/em>. Watch the original teaser trailer for the sci-fi classic below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(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-11521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521","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=11521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}