The original trailer for the third and final Family Guy Star Wars Parody, Family Guy: It's A Trap! eschewed laughs for the awesome trick of pulling off a nearly shot-by-shot remake of the original promo for Return of the Jedi. Well there's a new clip, and this one highlights the goofy side of the Force.
Family Guy: It's A Trap! will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download on December 21.
Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure, written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?Matt and Karen return for an all-new Christmas special, along with Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) and Katherine Jenkins.
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Take for example the Back To The Future DeLorean 500GB external hard drive from Flash Rods.
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The pair will step in for a guest presenting slot next month.
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The Stan Lee Foundation and Prismacolor are inviting artists, illustrators and graphic designers to come up with an original, unique character.
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While out doing press for The Fighter—which also gave us the "Mark Walhberg hates The Happening" nugget from yesterday—Bale let slip that The Dark Knight Rises will be his final go-round as the protector of Gotham City: "I believe, unless Chris (Nolan) says different, this will be the last time I'm playing Batman."
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As we wait out the December 17 premiere of Tron: Legacy, the film is already making its presence felt on the bookshelves, with the recently released Tron: Betrayal graphic novel, and The Art of Tron: Legacy, in stores today.
Tron: Betrayal tells an important story that bridges the gap between the events of the original Tron and Legacy, and Disney editor Nachie Castro had a road map going into it, courtesy of Starlight Entertainment:
"Not all of the precise continuity, but all of the important dates and the paths that the characters went along were provided for us in a larger-than-normal story bible, which was necessary for a movie of this size. They really wanted to make it feel like a world that was continuous for people that were fans of the original, and for the rest of the company to be able to expand the universe in a way that it is entertaining on its own, but that still plays really well with the events of Tron and Tron: Legacy."
This book of Fllynn, as it were, was given to Castro during an on-set visit in Vancouver in Summer 2009. With the movie slated for a December 2010 release, this gave him a nice head start on the book.
It wasn't long before Castro knew that he wanted the creative team of writer Jai Nitz and artist Andie Tong on the project: "I always had them in mind. It was nice because we were starting so far ahead, so we could bring anyone to the table but we knew we'd have to run them by the studio. And I've worked with - actually, everyone who worked on the book, I've worked with Jock who did the cover, and Jeff Matsuda who illustrated the introduction, and I've worked with both Jai and Andie on a handful of projects over the past couple of years. I really thought that they could do a good job together with the 100+ pages of story that they had to work with, and that they'd be able to get a good feel for the world of Tron while making it really exciting and interesting to die-hard fans and newcomers alike."
"I knew that Jai could create a book that would be exciting for hardcore Tron people who knew the history, and the details, and theh characters, but also book that a complete stranger to the franchise could pick up, look at and say 'wow, this is a great sci-fi action/adventure story. And on the art side we knew that we needed someone who would have a good eye for detail and who wouldn't shy away from architecture, or drawing eight million cubes or someone derezzing, if that's what the shot requires, and someone who could capture wild, kinetic energy on the printed page. I think that Andie did a really good job of doing that."
Castro acknowledges the fact that the legacy of the original Tron can be seen in which we live, compared to 1983 when it first hit theaters and Compuserve was a luxury for the rich and tech-savvy few, and the very first 512k Mac was still 2 years away from being released,.
"I think it's been very subtly ingrained in lots of things over the course of the last almost three decades now. The ideas that were brought about in the first film - the merging of man and machine, and what it means to have a presence in a world without a physical real-world existence - i don't think that the creators of Second Life, for example said 'let's rip off Tron,' but I do think that Tron introduced that concept to a large portion of the world. It ingrained whole new ways of looking at ourselves and the way we interact with computers into the mass subconsciousness."
In addition to Betrayal, Nachie, in his capacity as editor for Disney Press, oversaw the creation of the breathtaking The Art of Tron: Legacy. The book is a science-fiction/graphic design/computer animation tour de force, showcasing everything from thumbnail sketches to fully rendered stills from both Legacy and the original Tron. As a lifelong fan of the original Tron, seeing such iconic visuals as the light cycle from its earliest concept sketches to through to the final shots in both films was a thrill for him.
"It was my favorite part of the visuals from the original movie, and in The Art of Tron: Legacy, seeing some of those notes from the original designers, and the notes from the designers of the 2010 model for Legacy, on how they wanted to evolve it but still stay true to the original version, was really really great. There's something about the way they went in and created something that feels new but still is of the Tron world, is just awesome. There's a quote from Joseph Kosinski has in the book where he's talking about how some things are so iconic that you can look at them throughout time, say Porsches, from every decade - and you can see that they streamline, they evolve, but going all the way back to the very first model they're all identifiable as Porsches. That look may change and grow but its always true to that classic, iconic original. It's the same with tthe light cycle, where even some of the earliest sketches, black and white pencil work - it's clearly a light cycle, and in some ways, the new light cycles you see in legacy, are a more fully realized interpretation of those original concept sketches by Syd Mead. The artists and the effects team did a spectacular job of modernizing what was already there. The same is true for the world of the grid, the outfits worn by Clu and the Black Guard, and the new vehicles like the light runner. They modernized what was already there. I love that they took something that was so futuristic 28 years ago, and modernized it so that it's instantly recognizable, but its once again a completely new, modern, virtual world. This sequel takes place in real time, nearly three decades after the original. Our world has changed dramatically, but its still the same world. The same is true of the new grid."
Tron; Betrayal is a great graphic novel by any standards, and for fans of Tron who want the full story of the 28-year gap between the two films, it's essential reading. The Art of Tron: Legacy, which arrives in stores today, is a beautiful, informative book, that will marvel fans of both movies and in addition to all those awesome pictures features a narrative by Justin Springer that illuminates the production process and really brings the reader inside the production process. Both books are must-haves for Tron fans and will help ease the wait until December 17 when Tron: Legacy arrives in theaters.
Written by Roy Thomas with artwork from Mike Hawthorne and John Lucas, the comic sees the iconic barbarian take to the high seas in search of adventure.
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SyFy is holding another of their weekly auctions in conjunction with new episodes of Hollywood Treasure, to raise money for kids in need. This week's hot item is the ultimate in authentic cosplay awesome - Zoe Graystone's purple dress from Caprica! The auction closes Wednesday (November 24) at 8:00 p.m./9:00 p.m. Central so bid now at www.syfy.com/hollywoodtreasure, and check out the clip below for more info.
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