{"id":13523,"date":"2017-10-30T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-zachary-levi-as-shazam-thor-franchise-recap-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-zachary-levi-as-shazam-thor-franchise-recap-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-zachary-levi-as-shazam-thor-franchise-recap-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Zachary Levi as Shazam, &#039;Thor&#039; Franchise Recap 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-zachary-levi-as-shazam-39thor39-franchise-recap-more\/23260?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-zachary-levi-as-shazam-39thor39-franchise-recap-more\/23260?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201710\/49917b63465730e94ee2084ef2c637a7_l_188x188.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Casting Rendering of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Zachary Levi has been cast as the lead in DC&#8217;s <em>Shazam! <\/em>so BossLogic shows us what he could look like as the superhero below. There&#8217;s also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/924780817561219072\">a caped version<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Had a little time this morning to work on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZacharyLevi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZacharyLevi<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shazam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shazam<\/a> so excited for this movie, hope we get <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRock<\/a> Black Adam showing up <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KfRUPpDulf\">pic.twitter.com\/KfRUPpDulf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/924097497902886914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Franchise Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>Thor: Ragnarok <\/em>opening this week, ScreenCrush recaps what&#8217;s happened in the <em>Thor <\/em>and other MCU movies leading up to the sequel:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Title Explanation of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Also in honor of his new movie coming out this week, here&#8217;s Chris Hemsworth explaining what the title means:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of people explaining things, here&#8217;s a video from Minute Physics giving a rundown of time travel in movies (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/the-morning-watch-disney-interns-short-film-ventana-different-kinds-of-time-travel-more\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Halloween Decoration of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Halloween is tomorrow, so here&#8217;s a look at one of the best movie-themed pumpkin carvings of the year:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Porg Pumpkin is the best pumpkin. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/starwars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#starwars<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/halloween?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#halloween<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTfOxztGQB\">pic.twitter.com\/vTfOxztGQB<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Bryan Young (@swankmotron) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swankmotron\/status\/925011495267680257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Custom Made Prop of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>For anyone dressing up as Blade for Halloween, here&#8217;s Baltimore Knife and Sword making a replica of his sword from the movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Everyone loves dress up and horror movies at Halloweentime, so here&#8217;s an interesting intermingling of two movies being shot at the same time at Elstree Studios in 1978 (Mason was making <em>Murder by Decree<\/em>):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>James Mason as John Watson visits the set of The Shining <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GdzJCkqN0F\">pic.twitter.com\/GdzJCkqN0F<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Eyes On Cinema (@RealEOC) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealEOC\/status\/924684947746639872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This week is the 15th anniversary of the UK release of <em>28 Days Later<\/em>, so here&#8217;s CineFix with some trivia about the zombie movie:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>For Halloween, actress Gwyneth Paltrow dressed up as her own character and the twist from <em>Se7en<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ba1wvKjHI-8\/\">??<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on <\/span><span>Oct 29, 2017 at 10:18am PDT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>Thor: Ragnarok <\/em>hitting theaters this week, here&#8217;s a look back at the original trailer for the first <em>Thor<\/em> from 2011:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-zachary-levi-as-shazam-39thor39-franchise-recap-more\/23260?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Zachary Levi as Shazam, &#039;Thor&#039; Franchise Recap and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-zachary-levi-as-shazam-39thor39-franchise-recap-more\/23260?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-zachary-levi-as-shazam-39thor39-franchise-recap-more\/23260?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201710\/49917b63465730e94ee2084ef2c637a7_l_188x188.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Casting Rendering of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Zachary Levi has been cast as the lead in DC&#8217;s <em>Shazam! <\/em>so BossLogic shows us what he could look like as the superhero below. There&#8217;s also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/924780817561219072\">a caped version<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Had a little time this morning to work on a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZacharyLevi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZacharyLevi<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shazam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shazam<\/a> so excited for this movie, hope we get <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheRock<\/a> Black Adam showing up <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KfRUPpDulf\">pic.twitter.com\/KfRUPpDulf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/924097497902886914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Franchise Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>Thor: Ragnarok <\/em>opening this week, ScreenCrush recaps what&#8217;s happened in the <em>Thor <\/em>and other MCU movies leading up to the sequel:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Title Explanation of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Also in honor of his new movie coming out this week, here&#8217;s Chris Hemsworth explaining what the title means:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of people explaining things, here&#8217;s a video from Minute Physics giving a rundown of time travel in movies (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/the-morning-watch-disney-interns-short-film-ventana-different-kinds-of-time-travel-more\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Halloween Decoration of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Halloween is tomorrow, so here&#8217;s a look at one of the best movie-themed pumpkin carvings of the year:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Porg Pumpkin is the best pumpkin. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/starwars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#starwars<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/halloween?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#halloween<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTfOxztGQB\">pic.twitter.com\/vTfOxztGQB<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Bryan Young (@swankmotron) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swankmotron\/status\/925011495267680257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Custom Made Prop of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>For anyone dressing up as Blade for Halloween, here&#8217;s Baltimore Knife and Sword making a replica of his sword from the movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Everyone loves dress up and horror movies at Halloweentime, so here&#8217;s an interesting intermingling of two movies being shot at the same time at Elstree Studios in 1978 (Mason was making <em>Murder by Decree<\/em>):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>James Mason as John Watson visits the set of The Shining <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GdzJCkqN0F\">pic.twitter.com\/GdzJCkqN0F<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Eyes On Cinema (@RealEOC) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealEOC\/status\/924684947746639872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This week is the 15th anniversary of the UK release of <em>28 Days Later<\/em>, so here&#8217;s CineFix with some trivia about the zombie movie:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>For Halloween, actress Gwyneth Paltrow dressed up as her own character and the twist from <em>Se7en<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ba1wvKjHI-8\/\">??<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A post shared by Gwyneth Paltrow (@gwynethpaltrow) on <\/span><span>Oct 29, 2017 at 10:18am PDT<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>With <em>Thor: Ragnarok <\/em>hitting theaters this week, here&#8217;s a look back at the original trailer for the first <em>Thor<\/em> from 2011:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-13523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13523","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=13523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}