Page 2: Spider-Man, Seth Rogen, Harry Potter, JJ Abrams, Back To The Future, Conan O’Brien, WALL-E, Cameron Diaz, Ghostbusters And More
By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2011 8:00 am EST
Read a 12-Year-Old Harry Potter fans’ outraged letter to ‘Mr. Dumbledore’" [vulture]
Walt Disney World’s Enchanted Tiki Room (the horrible updated version featuring Lion King characters) has shut down after sprinklers extinguished a fire in its attic this week. [boingboing]
YouTube user Charman64 has created a mash-up using Good Wall-E Hunting and WALL-E. [reddit]
Is Green Hornet worth seeing in 3D? CinemaBlend says it is “almost without a doubt a new high-water mark in post-converted, live-action 3D. No other movie pushed into the format this way has ever worked quite as well. There’s every reason to believe that this is just the first of many improved post-conversions headed towards theaters”
The big pink dog thinks Richard Gere is a decent actor. [blameitonthevoices]
/Film reader David Leb sent me a photo of his Back to the Future Flux Capacitor tattoo.
Filmmaker Henk Conn put together a five minute highlight reel of the recent Los Angeles Animation Festival. [cartoonbrew]
Russell vs. HFPAMichael Russell has sued the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Golden Globes, for $2 million in “lost salary and additional damages, charging the organization that runs the awards show with fraud and corrupt practices.” [wrap]
Plush Rorschach (from Watchmen) by Kittyzilla. [superpunch]
Occlumencia has posted the first plot synopsis for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II:
Joe Sabia teamed up with the Law & Order voiceover guy to produce this BBC America promo for Law and Order: UK. [nymag]JJ Abrams tells Movieline about his favorite movie scene: “I will say the very first moment in Rear Window when you see Grace Kelly as she comes in and kisses Jimmy Stewart. That’s insane to me. It’s the best work either of them ever did.“Lloyd Stas (who you might know as the artist who created the recent set of Edgar Wright movie posters) has created a poster for Duncan Jones’ Source Code.Glenn Beck calls Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark on Broadway the “Best Show I’ve Ever Seen, Bar None” [wrap]
The Nimbus 2000 for Harry Potter-loving Muggles — Introducing the Nimbike 2000! [ifixedit]
Brickartist Nathan Sawaya has created a life-sized Conan O’Brien made out of Lego. [tdw]
Screenwriter John August ponders how much screen time a movie hero should get.
Youtube user Kusper created a NSFW alternative ending to The NeverEnding Story. [deathstarpr]
ABC orders Charlie’s Angels reboot television series. [tvline]
Ben Stiller tweets a photo from the set of Brett Ranter’s Tower Heist at 5:55am.
Buzzfeed lists The 11 Strangest “Twilight”-Themed Items For Sale On Etsy
UltraCulture has removed Cameron Diaz from select screencaptures of The Green Hornet. Maybe Hollywood should learn how to do this with whole movies
Someone created the Ghostbusters’ Stay Puft Marshmallow Man out of snow. [reddit]
HowStuffWorks explains how The Muppets work. [digg]Brandon Schaefer’s Tron poster is one of the many video game-inspired art prints which will be on display at Gallery 1988’s “Multiplayer” show at 1988’s new location in Santa Monica, CA. [hifructose]Jennifer Lawrence talks to MTV about her role as Mystique in X-Men: First Class:
Shirtoid has a “Bit Chat” Tron-inspired T-Shirt.
And that’s a Star Wars back tattoo. [geekologie]