{"id":11716,"date":"2017-05-22T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-alien-covenant-easter-eggs-tom-hardy-as-venom-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-alien-covenant-easter-eggs-tom-hardy-as-venom-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-alien-covenant-easter-eggs-tom-hardy-as-venom-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Alien: Covenant' Easter Eggs, Tom Hardy as Venom 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

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

\n\tNow that Alien: Covenant <\/em>has opened and dominated the box office, here’s Mr. Sunday Movies with all the Easter eggs and other references you might have missed:<\/p>\n

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Movie Score Performance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>composer Michael Giacchino conduct a new version of a familiar theme song in this video shared on Twitter:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tWho’s ready for your friendly neighborhood you-know-who?@SpiderManMovie<\/a>@MarvelStudios<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/iSHk4IvVgk<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Michael Giacchino (@m_giacchino) May 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tSpeaking of Spider-Man<\/em>, Tom Hardy has been cast as the new Venom, so BossLogic shows us what he might look like in the role:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tWorked on Tom Hardy as Venom with @comicbook<\/a> today, personally I love the casting because I love tom \ud83d\ude00 pic.twitter.com\/4indLVl10c<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) May 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tLayer upon layer upon layer, here’s a video of The Avengers watching Lego Batman watching Superfriends watching the Justice League <\/em>trailer:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Superhero Movie Parody:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIn this Saturday Night Live <\/em>sketch, Dwayne Johnson pokes fun at how amazing superheroes’ costumes are with a possible nod to his role in The Scorpion King<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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

\n\tLaurence Olivier, who was born on this day 110 years ago, directs while in costume as the title character on the set of Hamlet <\/em>in 1947:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAdam Mckay is celebrated as a master of smart dumb comedy in this video essay by Patrick (H) Willems (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

\n\tWatch Adam Savage build an animatronic C-3PO additon to his Chewbacca costume:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Car Botz <\/em>is the old school Russian Transformers <\/em>knockoff that never was, and it stars Tommy Wiseau as the President of the United States:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

\n\tToday is the 25th anniversary of the release of David Fincher’s Alien 3<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Alien <\/em>sequel below.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

<\/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-39alien-covenant39-easter-eggs-tom-hardy-as-venom-more\/22651?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

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

\n\tNow that Alien: Covenant <\/em>has opened and dominated the box office, here’s Mr. Sunday Movies with all the Easter eggs and other references you might have missed:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Movie Score Performance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Spider-Man: Homecoming <\/em>composer Michael Giacchino conduct a new version of a familiar theme song in this video shared on Twitter:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tWho’s ready for your friendly neighborhood you-know-who?@SpiderManMovie<\/a>@MarvelStudios<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/iSHk4IvVgk<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Michael Giacchino (@m_giacchino) May 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tSpeaking of Spider-Man<\/em>, Tom Hardy has been cast as the new Venom, so BossLogic shows us what he might look like in the role:<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tWorked on Tom Hardy as Venom with @comicbook<\/a> today, personally I love the casting because I love tom \ud83d\ude00 pic.twitter.com\/4indLVl10c<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) May 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tLayer upon layer upon layer, here’s a video of The Avengers watching Lego Batman watching Superfriends watching the Justice League <\/em>trailer:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Superhero Movie Parody:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tIn this Saturday Night Live <\/em>sketch, Dwayne Johnson pokes fun at how amazing superheroes’ costumes are with a possible nod to his role in The Scorpion King<\/em>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

\n\tLaurence Olivier, who was born on this day 110 years ago, directs while in costume as the title character on the set of Hamlet <\/em>in 1947:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAdam Mckay is celebrated as a master of smart dumb comedy in this video essay by Patrick (H) Willems (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

\n\tWatch Adam Savage build an animatronic C-3PO additon to his Chewbacca costume:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Car Botz <\/em>is the old school Russian Transformers <\/em>knockoff that never was, and it stars Tommy Wiseau as the President of the United States:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

\n\tToday is the 25th anniversary of the release of David Fincher’s Alien 3<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Alien <\/em>sequel below.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

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