Spirit Of The West...

The Man of Steel isn't the only hero coming out soon...

A Masked Man with silver bullets will be out soon as well.  The film looks to have crazy action and Gore Verbinski's twisted take on the Wild West also.  If you've seen the trailers then you've seen the scene where the Lone Ranger wakes up after being dead to find himself on a spirit tower and almost falling off.

Walt Disney Pictures has released a new featurette of the filming of that scene.  It shows you the prep that it takes to film even a shot that last only a few seconds.  But it's unique shots that make films stand out in this crowded summer of films.  Or maybe it's story that make films stand out?  Yeah, that's it: a great script.

I've been hanging around development suits too long...

Oversized For Underlings...

A new featurette is out for "Pacific Rim" with a lot of cool footage...

Guillermo del Toro gives a lot of narration explaining about the Jaegers's heads and how the pilots operate them.  This film seems like an eleven year old's dream come to life before their eyes.  What young male wouldn't want to imagine himself in a giant robot kicking the butt of a giant monster?

The director will now move on to "Crimson Peak", but after that what?  I wonder which project that Del Toro is connected to he'll decide to direct next?  "Justice League Dark" (I prefer the "Dark Universe" title), "Hellboy 3", his opus, "At The Mountains of Madness" or maybe, just maybe that "Haunted Mansion" reboot?

Alan Horn, please pick up the phone...

Steel Relevant...

Another featurette is out for the "Man of Steel" has been released...

This one is much longer than many of those two or four minute presentations that focus on a specific part of the film.  This one clocks in at almost fourteen minutes.  And there's plenty of new footage to drool over till you get the chance to see the film.  Take a look and prepare for Warner's DC plan to compete with Disney's Marvel strategy.

If Bunny Suits are smart then they're preparing more adaptations instead of just waiting to see if this Superman reboot is a success.  There are plenty of characters to be getting ready for film, and "Green Lantern" shouldn't keep them from moving forward.  The problem is they've got to have the right strategy and the right person to guide it.  Maybe it's time they put David Goyer in the advisory role on the DC Cinematic Universe the way Joss Whedon is on the MCU?

And hire someone to start adapting a film about a guy that gets a lot of chemicals spilled on him that make him move incredibly fast.  I'm mean, really, we all know that another Batman reboot is coming, but there are other great characters besides the Alien and the Vigilante.

Just a thought...

Hat Tip to Comic Book Movie.

The Drift...

In addition to a cowboy and an alien, this summer also has giant robots...

Any film that Guillermo del Toro makes is something of note (which is why I want to see his reboot of "The Haunted Mansion").  He's a geek-made-good, and any project the director works on is going to peak the interest of pop-culture aficionados the world over.  If you've ever watched the behind the scene videos then you know he's great at explaining the creation/reasoning behind the universes he builds.

Here is a little featurette that focuses on how the humans of "Pacific Rim" control the giant robots they use to battle the monsters that have been unleashed from the depths of the oceans.  It's an in-depth deconstruction of how the functions work; and why they work.  That's one of the things that's great about del Toro's films.  There's a layered approach to his stories.  He doesn't just say, wouldn't this be cool?

He wants to have a reason for it being cool...

Villainous Frog...

Jerry Beck's wonderful animation website, Cartoon Brew has got exclusive look at another featurette on Walt Disney Animation Studios latest effort...

This one entitled "Conjuring the Villain" focuses on the new Disney Villain, Dr. Facilier and the men behind animating and voicing him in this film, Bruce Smith and Keith David respectively. Yet another chapter of these little shorts that give us more beautiful clips of the evil Nemesis in this latest Mouse film.

Anticipating the holiday magic...

More Focus On The Frog...

The folks over at the Animation World Network have posted another featurette on Walt Disney Animation Studios latest effort...

This one entitled "The Princess and the Animator" focuses on Mark Henn, the man in charge of animating Tiana in this film. Like a book, each new bit of info on this film is another page that I delight in learning about. Give it a look.

December...

Hat Tip to Latino Review's El Guapo.

New Frog Featurette...

Nice little gem for you...

The Animation World Network has a nice featurette on the making of Walt Disney Animation Studios "The Princess and the Frog" that you might want to take a look at.

Enjoy...

Six For Three And One Twenty Behind...

The guys up at IESB have posted six clips from the new HSM 3 and a 20 minute featurette on the making of the uber-popular cultural phenomenon. If it's your thang to see it, then it's your thang.

Click on the links and go see it...

Feature(tte)ing Walle-E..

There's another featurette for "Wall-E" up on the net today...

The folks at the Lamp have put up a little short called "The Man and the Machine". Go over and give it a looksie...

Hat Tip to The Disney Blog.

Stanton Loves Wall-E...

The Lamp has put out a four minute Featurette about "Wall-E" hosted by Andrew Stanton himself. Take a look at this and try and not find some heart in that little fella.

I dare ya...

Hat Tip to "First Showing".