Tag: Robot Chicken
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The Never-Aired Star Wars Detours Would’ve Featured New Weird Al Songs
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, “Robot Chicken” creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich were working on “Star Wars Detours.” Similar to their fan-favorite stop motion animated sketch show on Adult Swim, they were taking one of the biggest franchises in all of pop culture and telling the story of what…
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David Lynch Joins the Cast of Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ in Secret Role
Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” just got a new twist in its casting. Variety reports that Oscar-winning “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker David Lynch has joined the cast of the ensemble drama in a top-secret, closely guarded role. Lynch is no stranger to being in front of the camera, as he has…
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The Morning Watch: The Batman Animated Trailer Remix, David Copperfield Breaks Down Magic In Movies & More
(The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)In this edition, watch the recent trailer for “The Batman” from DC FanDome…
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‘The Tomorrow War’ Director Chris McKay on Selling the Film to Amazon and His Hopes to Make ‘Nightwing’
While it’s not uncommon for an animation director to make the leap into live-action filmmaking, it is rather rare for that first at bat to be a massive sci-fi blockbuster that isn’t based on any pre-existing properties. That’s the opportunity presented to Chris McKay, who transitioned from directing nearly four dozen episodes of “Robot Chicken”…
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‘Bride’: Scarlett Johansson to Star in New Series For A24 and AppleTV+
Aside from an occasional appearance on Saturday Night Live, a cameo on Entourage, and some voiceover work for shows like Robot Chicken, Oscar-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson has not worked in television. But that’s about to change. Johansson is set to produce and star in Bride, which is being described as a “genre-bending” series from A24…
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‘Defending Jacob’ Trailer: Chris Evans’s Son May Be a Killer in New AppleTV+ Series
Aside from lending his voice to a few episodes of Robot Chicken, Chris Evans hasn’t appeared on a TV series since popping up in the pilot episode of the quickly-cancelled 2003 drama Skin. But in the wake of wrapping up his stellar run as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and co-starring in the…
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Justin Roiland & Stoopid Buddy Stoodios to Bring Claymation Series ‘Gloop World’ to Quibi
While fans await the second half of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty, co-creator Justin Roiland is hard at work on a brand-new show. The Emmy-winner is teaming up with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, itself an Emmy-winning animation studio (Robot Chicken), for a claymation series bound for upcoming streaming service, Quibi. The new streaming platform, which is…
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‘Wadjda’ Director Haifaa Al-Mansour Sets Up Animation ‘Miss Camel’ At ‘BoJack Horseman’ Producer ShadowMachine
Exclusive: Wadjda writer-director Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia’s trailblazing first female filmmaker, is setting up female empowerment animation Miss Camel at La-based animation hub ShadowMachine, producer of Netflix’s BojackHorseman and Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken. ShadowMachine will develop and produce the project with Al-Mansour and her husband Brad Niemann with both parties telling us they are “excited…