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Happy Birthday to Edgar (and Hoskins)

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We've come to know him als Hoskins, the man who was hired to investigate and protect one (of many) InGen's hidden agenda's in Jurassic World.



But he crossed the paths of Amblin some 18 years ago, when he co-starred in Barry Sonnenfeld's Men in Black as Edgar the farmer, who lost quite a bit of his personality when he, as one of the first earthlings, met the alien 'Bug' race that wants to take down the Men in Black Organisation and control the universe.

Edgar (and friends) before the alien invasion
Make Up Guru Rick Baker applying  the first layers of make-up on the face of Edgar  to highlight the change (no CGI needed for this)



Siobhan Fallon as Beatrice notices  some weird changes on her husband Edgar 

Strange headaches...
Vincent (as Edgar) scaring up Linda Fiorentino...
Well, Hoskins, Edgar, or as most earthlings have come to know him: Vincent D'Onofrio, turned 56 today (June 30th). 
Happy Birthday to you Mr. D'Onofrio, and I do hope to keep seeing a lot of you…
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VIDEO - Chris Pratt on Working with Spielberg

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Chris talks about working with Steven Spielberg on Jurassic World and explains how he’ll be celebrating his mother’s birthday.

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Artificial Intelligence: David's story turns 14

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14 years ago today (June 29) Steven Spielbergs Artificial Intelligence, based on a story from Stanley Kubrick, went on general release in the US (after two premieres in New York (June 26, and Los Angeles June 28).



Artificial Intelligence deals with 11 year old David, a human cyborg adopted by Henry and Monica Swinton, two people who are still in mourn over the loss of their own son (who had an incurable disease and has been stored in cryo-stasis, untill that day his desease can be dealt with)


Starring as David is Haley Joel Osment, who, at that time was one of Hollywood's hottest child-actors, espescially since his success with/in The Sixth Sense.


Spielberg giving Osment directions

Spielberg showing Frances O'Connor what he wants to see her do
Jude Law
As we had come to expect, the Special Effects Steven used didn't let us down either...







But one of the most amazing effects (as far as I was concerned) must have been Teddy (voiced by Jack Angel).

And of course the music,... Need I s…
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Happy 10th to War of the Worlds

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It's time for another celebration.

On this day, 10 years ago Steven Spielberg's adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds went on general release in the US.

To celebrate this, let's take a few looks behind the scenes of the making of the film that had a 72-day shooting schedule, just like Spielberg's Schindler's List and Raiders of the lost ark before that.



Spielberg directing his main stars:  Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning


The film was originally slated for a 2007 release, however when both the director and the star became available, it was decided that the new date would be 2005, even though that left Spielberg and his team only 7 months between the first day of shooting and the premiere. 
To achieve that Steven decided to start off by filming the various mass-sequences first and he decided to step down from his usual storyboarding and opted for a digital Pre-Vis system George Lucas had demonstrated to him during the making of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
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Jogcast Radio Return With Another Clone Wars Retrospective Special

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Jogcast Radio returns this week with the second of the Clone Wars Retrospective specials, and this one is an entertaining chat with three brilliant well known members of the Star Wars fan community as we get to hear their insights and thoughts on The Clone Wars fandom.

Kenny Kraly Jr, a long time listener and friend of Jogcast Radio joins the show and he goes through his highly positive view of Star Wars, and all the in between.

Then onto Matt Clifton who went to Celebration this past year and even met some of the shows regular guests such as Ryan Stampfli. Matt is a great fan, and fellow podcaster, and can be found along with friend of the show David B. Senden on the Fandom Awakens Radio podcast.

Last but not least, the show gets to meet David Manderville who has a unique take on what the Clone Wars has done for fandom.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and remember we still have one still to come.

Listen to the show here
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Spielberg Spoofing Spielberg

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Sometimes even Spielberg likes to make fun of himself.

Just look at his cameos in Gremlins, Goldmember, The Blues Brothers, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (blink and you'll miss it), or Cindy Lauper's Video Goonies 'r Good Enough.

But there is more...

In 2006 he collaborated on Saturday Night Life for a sketch about...., well just watch and figure out what films he is making fun of for yourselves.

Enjoy Lasercats (7).



Ronny.


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VIDEO - Steven Spielberg Playing Forza 6 On Xbox One

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Steven Spielberg is a bit of a gamer as we know and was recently spotted at the E3 event at the Los Angeles Convention Center playing the latest Forza racing game that will be released on the Xbox One.  The racing setup is pretty impressive with three large screens, steering wheel and pedals.

In this video you get a brief glimpse of Spielberg playing the game around 6 minutes in.



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Rebels season 2- 'The Siege Of Lothal' Review

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So this is a double episode which is a taster for when the season starts proper in the autumn/fall depending on where you are. For those that don’t know, Star Wars Rebels is an animated TV show on Disney XD that’s takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. 'A brave and clever ragtag starship crew stands up against the evil Empire as it tightens its grip on the galaxy and hunts down the last of the Jedi Knights.' - IMDB

As per usual Spoilers apply from this point in!

A long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away....
We join our rag tag band in a space battle as they try to steal some cargo from an Imperial convoy. They succeed and jump to Hyperspace. Back on Lothal the imperials are still persistent on reigning havoc and capturing the rebels.  Enter Vader to clear up the mess that his understudies have failed to clear up. He threatens Minister Tua with a visit from Tarkin!
In a panic Tua contacts the rebels and is willing to trade secret Imperial Info for safe passage off the …
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