{"id":18367,"date":"2019-02-13T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-making-of-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-and-more\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T04:30:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-the-making-of-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-making-of-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: The Making of Movie Tie-In Action Figures, More Robert Pattinson as Batman Fan Art 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-making-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-more\/24195?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-making-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-more\/24195?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201902\/fan_stockardchanning_grease_20190213.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Dream Casting of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>There have been rumors about Robert Pattinson taking over as Batman, so here&#8217;s some fan art showing what he <\/span><span>could<\/span><span> like in the role:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\t<span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DC_Cinematic\/comments\/apk3wf\/fanart_if_reeves_needs_a_younger_actor_to_portray\/\">FANART: If Reeves needs a younger actor to portray Bruce Wayne, I can totally see him even if others can&#8217;t seem to.<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DC_Cinematic\">r\/DC_Cinematic<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Rosemary Harris is seamlessly back as Aunt May in Aldo Jones&#8217; surreal parody of the <em>Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/em> trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie Merchandising of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>How did Hasbro start making movie tie-in action figures look exactly like the actors? Inside goes behind the scenes of the toy company&#8217;s process:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Filmmaker Parody of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Speaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em> toys, here&#8217;s a neat little parody of Wes Anderson using figures to show what his<em> Star Wars<\/em> would look like (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/wes-andersons-star-wars-figures\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Stockard Channing, who turns 75 today, poses for a promotional shot on the set of <em>Grease <\/em>in 1977:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>For Little White Lies, Luis Azevedo highlights the colors of the movies of <em>If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em> director Barry Jenkins:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>This new video from The Closer Look uses scenes from <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> and more movies to instruct how to write great dialogue:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>In honor of the release of the <em>Frozen II<\/em> teaser today, this fan shared her excellent Elsa cosplay:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t<span>I was skeptical, but that Frozen 2 trailer looks pretty hype. Also Happy Birthday to me ???? Anyone else excited?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also that new outfit is cute! <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Disney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Disney<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frozen2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Frozen2<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frozen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Frozen<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FrozenII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FrozenII<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsa<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsacosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsacosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/disneycosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#disneycosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/frozentrailer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#frozentrailer<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poccosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poccosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/plussizecosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#plussizecosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7bCuB6Hhb\">pic.twitter.com\/R7bCuB6Hhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<span>\u2014 MidnitePur @ CNY (@MidnightPursona) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MidnightPursona\/status\/1095790318736175104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Classic Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of <em>50 First Dates<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic rom-com below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/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-making-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-more\/24195?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: The Making of Movie Tie-In Action Figures, More Robert Pattinson as Batman Fan Art and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-making-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-more\/24195?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-making-movie-tie-in-action-figures-more-robert-pattinson-as-batman-fan-art-more\/24195?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201902\/fan_stockardchanning_grease_20190213.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Dream Casting of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>There have been rumors about Robert Pattinson taking over as Batman, so here&#8217;s some fan art showing what he <\/span><span>could<\/span><span> like in the role:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\t<span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DC_Cinematic\/comments\/apk3wf\/fanart_if_reeves_needs_a_younger_actor_to_portray\/\">FANART: If Reeves needs a younger actor to portray Bruce Wayne, I can totally see him even if others can&#8217;t seem to.<\/a> from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/DC_Cinematic\">r\/DC_Cinematic<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Rosemary Harris is seamlessly back as Aunt May in Aldo Jones&#8217; surreal parody of the <em>Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/em> trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie Merchandising of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>How did Hasbro start making movie tie-in action figures look exactly like the actors? Inside goes behind the scenes of the toy company&#8217;s process:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Filmmaker Parody of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Speaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em> toys, here&#8217;s a neat little parody of Wes Anderson using figures to show what his<em> Star Wars<\/em> would look like (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/wes-andersons-star-wars-figures\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Stockard Channing, who turns 75 today, poses for a promotional shot on the set of <em>Grease <\/em>in 1977:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>For Little White Lies, Luis Azevedo highlights the colors of the movies of <em>If Beale Street Could Talk<\/em> director Barry Jenkins:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>This new video from The Closer Look uses scenes from <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em> and more movies to instruct how to write great dialogue:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>In honor of the release of the <em>Frozen II<\/em> teaser today, this fan shared her excellent Elsa cosplay:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t<span>I was skeptical, but that Frozen 2 trailer looks pretty hype. Also Happy Birthday to me ???? Anyone else excited?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also that new outfit is cute! <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Disney?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Disney<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frozen2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Frozen2<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frozen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Frozen<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FrozenII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FrozenII<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsa<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsacosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsacosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/disneycosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#disneycosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/frozentrailer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#frozentrailer<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/poccosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#poccosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/plussizecosplay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#plussizecosplay<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R7bCuB6Hhb\">pic.twitter.com\/R7bCuB6Hhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<span>\u2014 MidnitePur @ CNY (@MidnightPursona) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MidnightPursona\/status\/1095790318736175104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Classic Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of <em>50 First Dates<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic rom-com below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/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-18367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367","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=18367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}