Reddit News: Fan-Made Posters, Found Movie Connections, and More!! Dan Koelsch, January 21, 2013 Like many people, I lurk around Reddit during my downtime, and I find some pretty interesting stuff. Sometimes that stuff relates to movies and television, so I feel obligated to share it with our readers. After the break, check out what’s been making the rounds on Reddit recently. We know that movie posters like to use the contrasting colors of blue and orange, but now we have proof that trailers do as well. Check out this Hue Density from Box Office Quant.Check out these really cool posters for the 1927 film Metropolis. Continuing the gallery train, here’s one that shows backstage your favorite movie moments.Here are some GIFs of a young Christoph Waltz.It looks like R2-D2 is in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.If you’ve seen Michael Clayton, you might have missed this connection in the film.Check out some of Pascal Witaszeck’s professional-looking fake movie posters.Here’s a hand-painted poster for The Incredibles.Lightsabers are dangerous.A Redditor found the connection between Django Unchained and the rest of Quentin Tarantino’s movieverse.Here’s a fan-made cinemograph movie poster. Social Networks Viral News Reddit
New Image Found on Project Prometheus Website (Update: Second Image Found!) March 21, 2012March 21, 2012A new subpage to the Project Prometheus website was recently found, titled Eridu. Eridu is an ancient Sumerian city in what is now Tell Abu Shahrain. When you type in “tell abu shahrain” into the login section, a new high-res image for the film Prometheus comes up. Check it out… Read More
Warner Bros. Sends Out “Wonder Twins” Movie Poster As Viral For “Entourage”? November 14, 2013November 14, 2013A few weeks ago, it was announced that the Mark Wahlberg-produced HBO series, Entourage, was getting a movie which would pick up after the series finale. Today, Midtown Comics in New York received a poster teasing a Wonder Twins movie starring Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher. Is it a hoax… Read More
Viral Video: A Brief History of Conspicuous Product Placement in Movies January 12, 2011Product placement has been a staple of American filmmaking since the motion camera was invented. Sometime it’s done with subtlety, while other times it’s blatant (which comical, whether intended or not). Oliver Noble over at Film Drunk gives us a history lesson on product placement in movies, specifically the more… Read More