{"id":2920,"date":"2015-06-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-chris-pratt-pranked-true-detective-movie-references-and-more\/2920\/"},"modified":"2015-06-16T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-chris-pratt-pranked-true-detective-movie-references-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-chris-pratt-pranked-true-detective-movie-references-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Chris Pratt Pranked, &#039;True Detective&#039; Movie References 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-chris-pratt-pranked-39true-detective39-movie-references-more\/18654?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-chris-pratt-pranked-39true-detective39-movie-references-more\/18654?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/Astrid%20and%20Hiccup.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>Prank of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Polish pranksters SA Wardega scared <strong>Chris Pratt<\/strong> with dinosaurs, which shouldn&#8217;t be so easy after <strong><em>Jurassic World<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwideinterweb.com\/item\/10587-chris-pratt-dinosaurs-prank-video.html\">via World Wide Interweb<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the opening of <strong>Pixar<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Inside Out<\/em><\/strong> this week, here are some things you probably don&#8217;t know about the <strong><em>Toy Story<\/em><\/strong> movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This cute couple dressed as Astrid and Hiccup from <strong><em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; now they just need some dragons. (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kamikame.es\/post\/121588037559\/astrid-and-hiccup-cosplay-how-to-train-your\">via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Easter Eggs of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the second season of <em><strong>True Detective<\/strong> <\/em>hitting HBO this weekend, take a look at all the movie references in the first season (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/pressplay\/watch-the-movie-references-in-true-detective-including-some-shockers-20150609\">via Press Play<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Film of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <strong><em>Marvel vs. DC &#8211; The Ultimate Crossover<\/em><\/strong>, Saruhan Saral gives us a crudely animated look at a movie that you know will happen one day (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/marvel-vs-dc-animated-fan-film-the-ultimate-crossover\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From former DreamWorks animator Jason Porath&#8217;s series of &#8220;Rejected Princesses,&#8221; here&#8217;s a proposal for a <strong>Disney<\/strong> feature on Filipino guerilla fighter Kumander Liwayway, whose life he describes as being <strong>John Hughes<\/strong> turned <strong>Quentin Tarantino<\/strong>. See more of the series <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/376724\/More-Rejected-Princesses-Who-Would-Not-Make-The-Cut-For-Disney-Films\/\">at Design Taxi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/liwayway.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Star Wars of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Akbar&#8217;s Eleven&#8221; mashes <strong><em>Return of the Jedi<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/em><\/strong> for a parody of the upcoming <strong><em>Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/Star-Wars-Scene-Mashes-Up-Perfectly-With-George-Clooney-Ocean-11-72035.html\">via Cinema Blend<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vilmos Zsigmond<\/strong>, who turns 85 today, shooting <strong><em>Close Encounter of the Third Kind<\/em><\/strong>. Note Devil&#8217;s Tower in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/Close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-w-Steven-Spielberg-1977-fot%C3%B3photo-Peter-Sorel.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Spoof of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two cats redo the famous shower scene from <strong>Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Psycho<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/here-are-two-kittens-reenacting-psycho-shower-scen-220890\">via The A.V. Club<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Today&#8217;s Anniversaries:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Blues Brothers<\/em><\/strong> premiered 35 years ago, <strong>Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Psycho<\/em><\/strong> premiered 55 years ago and <strong>Walt <\/strong><strong>Disney<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Lady and the Tramp<\/em><\/strong> premiered 60 years ago. Watch the original trailer for the animated feature below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-chris-pratt-pranked-39true-detective39-movie-references-more\/18654?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Chris Pratt Pranked, &#039;True Detective&#039; Movie References and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-chris-pratt-pranked-39true-detective39-movie-references-more\/18654?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-chris-pratt-pranked-39true-detective39-movie-references-more\/18654?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/Astrid%20and%20Hiccup.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>Prank of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Polish pranksters SA Wardega scared <strong>Chris Pratt<\/strong> with dinosaurs, which shouldn&#8217;t be so easy after <strong><em>Jurassic World<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwideinterweb.com\/item\/10587-chris-pratt-dinosaurs-prank-video.html\">via World Wide Interweb<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Trivia of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the opening of <strong>Pixar<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Inside Out<\/em><\/strong> this week, here are some things you probably don&#8217;t know about the <strong><em>Toy Story<\/em><\/strong> movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This cute couple dressed as Astrid and Hiccup from <strong><em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em><\/strong> &#8212; now they just need some dragons. (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kamikame.es\/post\/121588037559\/astrid-and-hiccup-cosplay-how-to-train-your\">via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Easter Eggs of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the second season of <em><strong>True Detective<\/strong> <\/em>hitting HBO this weekend, take a look at all the movie references in the first season (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/pressplay\/watch-the-movie-references-in-true-detective-including-some-shockers-20150609\">via Press Play<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Film of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <strong><em>Marvel vs. DC &#8211; The Ultimate Crossover<\/em><\/strong>, Saruhan Saral gives us a crudely animated look at a movie that you know will happen one day (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/marvel-vs-dc-animated-fan-film-the-ultimate-crossover\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fan Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From former DreamWorks animator Jason Porath&#8217;s series of &#8220;Rejected Princesses,&#8221; here&#8217;s a proposal for a <strong>Disney<\/strong> feature on Filipino guerilla fighter Kumander Liwayway, whose life he describes as being <strong>John Hughes<\/strong> turned <strong>Quentin Tarantino<\/strong>. See more of the series <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/376724\/More-Rejected-Princesses-Who-Would-Not-Make-The-Cut-For-Disney-Films\/\">at Design Taxi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/liwayway.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Star Wars of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Akbar&#8217;s Eleven&#8221; mashes <strong><em>Return of the Jedi<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/em><\/strong> for a parody of the upcoming <strong><em>Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/Star-Wars-Scene-Mashes-Up-Perfectly-With-George-Clooney-Ocean-11-72035.html\">via Cinema Blend<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vilmos Zsigmond<\/strong>, who turns 85 today, shooting <strong><em>Close Encounter of the Third Kind<\/em><\/strong>. Note Devil&#8217;s Tower in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201506\/Close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-w-Steven-Spielberg-1977-fot%C3%B3photo-Peter-Sorel.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Spoof of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two cats redo the famous shower scene from <strong>Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Psycho<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/here-are-two-kittens-reenacting-psycho-shower-scen-220890\">via The A.V. Club<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Today&#8217;s Anniversaries:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Blues Brothers<\/em><\/strong> premiered 35 years ago, <strong>Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Psycho<\/em><\/strong> premiered 55 years ago and <strong>Walt <\/strong><strong>Disney<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Lady and the Tramp<\/em><\/strong> premiered 60 years ago. 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