The answer is yes. Yes it can.
This is Eric Calderone and he has a host of YouTube videos of him replaying movie and TV show themes (he even does Call Me Maybe) as metal songs, but there has always been something about the Jurassic Park theme that has stayed with me even 20 years after release. He has taken the classic theme and made it new again and I want this as my ringtone now. I promise I won’t change it ever again.
Check out his other videos here.
This is the question posed in this video which replaces Darth Vader’s iconic voice by James Earl Jones with Jake Lloyd’s shrill and brain numbing voice from Episode 1. The results are horrifying as expected yet will bring you some laughs.
I suggest you watch the entire video and witness how the final space battle has been made unforgettable.
Ok, first off, that title was like the 14th pun I thought of and my brain was hurting so it is the one I went with.
Amazon is making it hard to resist your inner Trekkie (or Trekker, don’t get uppity) with the Gold Box Deal of the Day which has the Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection for only $29.99 on Blu-Ray and $21.49 on DVD. For those of us that do not do math well that is $55.00 off the regular price and the cheapest I have seen the collection since its release.
A deal this good is worth adding Star Trek V to your Blu-Ray collection when it is this cheap. I don’t know why God needs a Starship, but I know that I need this.
Check out the deal here.
Jimmy Fallon was the first person to get Ben Affleck’s public statement about playing The Dark Knight when the actor went on Late Night. He talks about Snyder’s ideas for Batman winning him over and how the studio tried to prepare him for internet backlash by showing him past internet comments on earlier Batman movie castings.
I strongly believe he will be great and all of this pre-movie hate will go the way of Heath Ledger’s casting and be overtaken by a good performance.
Insidious Chapter 2 opened on Friday the 13th with $20 million on its way to the second biggest September opening ever with $41 million. Director James Wan followed up his summer hit The Conjuring with an even bigger opening. The Conjuring made $270 million off of a $20 million budget making it one of the biggest box office hits of all time. Insidious Chapter 2 is headed in the same direction. The budget for the horror movie was only $5 million.
Next up for Wan? A slightly bigger movie with Fast & Furious 7.
1. Insidious Chapter 2- $41.0 million/ $41.0 million
2. The Family- $14.5/ $14.5
3. Riddick- $7.0/ $31.2
4. The Butler- $5.5/ $100.0
5. We’re the Millers- $5.4/ $131.6
6. Instructions not Included- $4.2/ $26.5
7. Planes- $3.0/ $82.9
8. One Direction- $2.4/ $26.8
9. Elysium- $2.0/ $88.3
10. Percy Jackson- $1.8/ $62.0
Get a look at the first poster for Robocop with The Killing’s Joel Kinnaman as the future of law enforcement. As much as I would like to keep the silver design -which we do get to see a little bit of in the preview- I am coming around to the black armor.
Robocop releases on February 7, 2014.
JK Rowling is coming back to the Harry Potter universe although “the boy who lived” will not have anything to do with it. She will adapt Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a Hogwarts textbook, into a feature film about the book’s author, Newt Scamander. It will take place around 70 years before Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Rowling gave a statement about her first screenplay and returning to the world of wizardry:
“Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for 17 years, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world. The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, 70 years before Harry’s gets underway.”
Warner bringing in Rowling to work on anything in the Potter universe is going to mean big business even if Potter himself is not involved. As studios keep trying to find the next Harry Potter type franchise, Warner just went right back to the source.
In case this is still hard to believe, here is Warner Bros. official statement on the team-up of Rowling and the studio.
Warner Bros. Entertainment today announced an expanded creative partnership with world-renowned, best-selling author J.K. Rowling. At the center of the partnership is a new film series from Rowling’s world of witches and wizards, inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts textbook “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and the adventures of the book’s fictitious author, Newt Scamander. The announcement was made by Kevin Tsujihara, Chief Executive Officer, Warner Bros. Entertainment.
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will be an original story and will mark Rowling’s screenwriting debut. It is planned as the first picture in a new film series. Set in the wizarding world, the story will feature magical creatures and characters, some of which will be familiar to devoted Harry Potter fans.
“Although it will be set in the worldwide community of witches and wizards where I was so happy for seventeen years, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ is neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but an extension of the wizarding world,” said Rowling. “The laws and customs of the hidden magical society will be familiar to anyone who has read the Harry Potter books or seen the films, but Newt’s story will start in New York, seventy years before Harry’s gets underway.”
“We are incredibly honored that Jo has chosen to partner with Warner Bros. on this exciting new exploration of the world of wizardry which has been tremendously successful across all of our businesses,” said Tsujihara. “She is an extraordinary writer, who ignited a reading revolution around the world, which then became an unprecedented film phenomenon. We know that audiences will be as excited as we are to see what her brilliant and boundless imagination conjures up for us.”
In addition to the film series, “Fantastic Beasts” will also be developed across the Studio’s video game, consumer products and digital initiatives businesses, including enhanced links with Pottermore.com, Rowling’s digital online experience built around the Harry Potter stories.
The Studio’s expanded partnership with Rowling also covers the continued expansion of its Harry Potter activities, including the wonderful Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme parks in conjunction with partner Universal Parks and Resorts (currently in Orlando, FL; opening in Hollywood, CA and Osaka, Japan), digital initiatives (including Pottermore), video games, consumer products and visitor attractions.
In addition, Warner Bros. will serve as the worldwide TV distributor (excluding the U.K.) of J.K. Rowling’s upcoming television adaptation for the BBC of “The Casual Vacancy,” her best-selling first novel aimed at adult audiences. This miniseries begins production in 2014.
The relationship will be managed in London by Neil Blair of The Blair Partnership, Rowling’s literary agency, and Josh Berger, President & Managing Director, Warner Bros. UK, Ireland and Spain, who will serve as Warner Bros.’ chief business contact for all J.K. Rowling initiatives going forward.
Comedian Pete Holmes has been Batman plenty of times in his series of College Humor videos, but this newest one may be the gem of the collection. He has made a new trailer for Good Will Hunting that takes Ben Affleck’s character and replaces him with Ben Affleck…as Batman.
Apple sauce, bitch.
The fourth trip to Jurassic Park may be getting a bit larger than we thought. The movie has been officially titled Jurassic World and has a release date of June 12, 2015.
I am more than ready for another dino adventure and only require three things to get excited.
1. Jeff Goldblum
2. Raptors (the dinosaurs, not the NBA team)
3. Jeff Goldblum
Also, the release date in one week before Batman vs. Superman so it better make its money quick.
How about some more Loki? Who doesn’t want that? Here is a new poster for Thor: The Dark World featuring the mischief master front and center. Now we just need another Natalie Portman poster of her doing interpretive dance again and the set will be complete.
Also, if you live overseas, kingdom sounds better than world. Fact of the day.
Thor: The Dark World releases on November 8th.