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Mark Anderson has posted several images of a 1971 card game featuring the Lone Ranger. The game was produced by Mattel who commissioned Jack Kirby to do the art.

Pixar’s Monsters University took home an estimated $82 million beating out Brad Pitt’s World War Z ($66 million). The Guardian reports that this is the second largest weekend opening for a Pixar film.I don’t think I’m going to see this one in theaters. Did any of you see it? Is it worth the price for […]

Warner Bros is making a movie with LEGOs. It features big Hollywood names like: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.This trailer screams “wait for DVD”, but it had my 11 year old laughing, so we may have see it before it goes to DVD.

Collider reports that Disney Animation has announced the release dates for eight new Pixar animated features starting in 2016 through 2018. As you look at the list below, you’ll correctly note that the one-time animation powerhouse has created a marketing nightmare by entitling all of their new features “untitled.” And I thought “Cars” as a […]

Iron Man 3, which opened last weekend, became the second highest grossing film on opening weekend grossing $175,300,000. The highest grossing film is The Avengers ($207,438,708) which also featured Iron Man. Here’s the list of the all-time highest grossing films.Interesting observation from Ray Subers of Box Office Mojo in the USA Today: “With very few […]

ComicbookMovie.com has posted photos shot of the filming of the next Spider-man movie. Interesting to see the cables and harnesses used.

Universal Uclick editor Lucas Wetzel pulls a few of his favorite comics that reference the late Roger Ebert.While I could go on expressing my admiration for Roger and the joy de vivre with which he approached his life’s work, instead I’d like to pull a few classics from the GoComics vault to show how much […]

“Stripped” documentary creators Fred Schroeder and Dave Kellett scored a major coup gaining audience with Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson for an interview to be included in their documentary. While the film is largely complete, the two are raising money again to help pay for the licensed footage used in the film. So here’s […]

I’m a bit late posting this, but it’s an interesting look at how Disney was able to buy LucasFilm. The lack of micromanaging of Marvel and Pixar by Disney headquarters was the key that allowed George Lucas the peace of mind to turn over control of his empire to Disney. Lucas had paid close attention […]

I was slow to embrace the super hero movie genre, but I’m in line for this one. May 3rd.

Somebody has put up all 15 chapters of the 1937 Dick Tracy serial. First chapter is below. The rest can be found on Inkytree’s Youtube page.

Faster than Millennium Falcon can do the Kessel Run, the social internet started posting memes about yesterday’s announcement that Disney had purchased Lucas Film and with it the Star Wars franchise. Below are some of the funnier ones I found through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

I didn’t see this one coming.From ABC News: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Lucasfilm chairman and founder, George Lucas. Under the agreement and based on the closing price […]

Walt Disney Studios announced they were re-releasing two of their films, Avengers and Disney/Pixar’s Brave, again this weekend for some last minute summer movie cash.From LA Times: An end-of-summer push has been attempted before by the studio – last year, “Cars 2,” which first hit theaters in June, expanded from around 200 theaters to more […]