April Fools Starts Early With Conan O’Brien Buying Mashable Dan Koelsch, March 31, 2012March 31, 2012 April Fools is still a few hours away here on the West Coast, but as soon as the clock struck midnight out East, the games began. For instance, Mashable has been bought by Conan O’Brien for only $3,500, and he’s already made changes to the website and its Twitter. Watch Conan make the announcement in the video after break, and as he suggests, stay tuned for more Conan-related gags. If you see any more April Fools gags related to movie or television, let us know in the comments below! Social Networks Viral News April FoolsConan O'BrienMashable
This Fan-Made “Man of Steel” Title Sequence Will Be Hard For Real Movie To Beat April 24, 2013Los Angeles-based creative production company WILL & TALE have created an impressive opening title sequence for Man of Steel. Since it gives some back story and actually shows Superman, it looks like they assumed the film would start with Superman already established in Metropolis. Thus, all the plot points we’ve… Read More
Confirmed: “Super 8” Concept Art Is Fake December 6, 2010Briefly: I could have just added this info to the original article about the dubious leaked creature concept art for Super 8, but I wanted to nip this rumor in the bud. The unrelated image is actually artwork from Patrick Reilly (http://preilly.deviantart.com/gallery/), who happens to have done some famous Cloverfield… Read More
Petition For Construction of Death Star Hits Threshold To Require Government Response December 13, 2012A few days ago I noticed an entry on the White House petition website that made me laugh, but I didn’t much of it. The petition was for the US government to start building a Death Star (as seen in Star Wars) by 2016. Obviously, it sounds pretty silly, but… Read More