Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerdy art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every nook and cranny of the Interwebz. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly feed of nerd art.
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Above: A cat version of Bilbo by Andrea Femerstrand being creeped up on by a cat version of Gollum, wonderful. The Hobbit made it’self a lot of money last year but if you redo it with cats… You’ll be purring all the way to the bank! [The Mary Sue]
Hit the jump for Deadpool mashups, Corgis and Kocks! (You’re reading that correctly) (more…)
Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerdy art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every nook and cranny of the Interwebz. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly feed of nerd art.
On with the dump!
Above: It’s good to see Disney is putting their ownership of the Star Wars franchise to good use, like making their princesses jedi knights. Ok, they didn’t, but Ralph Sevelius did. [Nerrrding]
Hit the jump for Game of Thrones, cat burglars and a Marvel/Tron crossover! (more…)
Each and every week we scour the Internet for nothing but the best in nerdy art. We leave no digital stone unturned, we poke and prod every nook and cranny of the Interwebz. Why? Because we love you, and we love to bring you weekly feed of nerd art.
On with the dump!
ABOVE: Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning -and he’s taking it out on everyone. Just one of many “Hulk smash everybody!” pieces from Darren Rawlings has the gamma powered beast taking his rage out on everyone he can get his hands on. Guess this is what happens when you’re “always angry”. [Lado Inverso]
Hit the jump for Flash Gordon, the saints of pop culture and more! (more…)
Well folks, it looks like two of the world’s biggest animated stars may be coming back to the big screen, and it looks like they might be doing it together. Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit are the subject of a recent proposal entitled The Stooge and, if Roger Rabbit creator Gary K. Wolf’s words are to be believed, Disney is looking at the project pretty seriously.
Apparently the concept art is already being worked on and producer Erik von Wodtke is involved as well, having developed both a story and a treatment for the potential flick.
Or perhaps it’s best to just let Wolf say it in his own words:
The movie is called The Stooge. It will be based on the classic Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie of the same name. The story has the emotional empathy and sensibilities of Wall-E and Toy Story. It will be a (G) Rated Pixar type animated musical buddy comedy. Mickey takes on the Dean Martin role, Roger, who is already regarded as a comic genius in France, takes the Jerry Lewis part.
The film incorporates five specific locations from the Disneyland park. It also introduces the Toon Train, an exciting and interesting way to travel through Toontown.
The film features real-life people. Walt Disney costars. Orson Welles makes an appearance.
The packaged Development Proposal is currently being evaluated by Disney and Pixar. Meetings are happening! Directors and writers are being evaluated.
And some more of Wolf’s words:
The Stooge is a real development proposal for a Disney/Pixar movie. It has the same title as the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis film and some of the same plot elements, but it’s not a remake. The storyline in this Stooge is quite different.
This movie, which will be all animated, has nothing to do with the sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. They are totally different concepts and projects. It’s not a case of making one instead of the other. In an ideal, rabbit-centric world, Disney will make both.
The Stooge development producer Erik von Wodtke came up with the story and wrote the treatment. He showed it to me hoping that I would see how special it was and would be interested in coming in on the project. With that, he did succeed. I love the idea of a Mickey Mouse and Roger Rabbit musical buddy comedy. This is a co-star pairing made in cartoon heaven. Two iconic cartoon characters playing off one another in a story that has the heart and emotional soul of films like Wall-E and Toy Story. What Disney fan wouldn’t want to see that?
If this film makes it into full production and the rumored Roger Rabbit sequel also comes through, audiences could be looking at a giant pile of gibbering rabbit in the near future.
What do you folks think? Roger and Mickey plus music equals good idea? Or is Disney just looking for yet one more franchise to milk?
Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com
ABOVE: Cosplayer Riddle salutes the iconic Rocketeer with her feminine take on the character. [Pix and Words]
This super cool N64 controller has been given a NES make-over by designer Zoki64. Check out Nerd Approved for other images and a video!
The gals of the International House of Geek give a tutorial on how to make these nerdy comic book inspired lanterns. Perfect for that romantic Valentine’s Day dinner you’ll be having by yourself in your mom’s basement.
As if coffee could get any better! With this LEGO mug from ThinkGeek, you can build while you drink the nectar of the caffeinated gods! Uh, but I’d be careful not to get too excited by what you’re building. You don’t want to spill your coffee.
This XKCD is actually not new. It came across my Twitter feed today and I felt it needed to be shared, especially because as nerds, we tend to feel like crap about ourselves. So here’s a reminder that you’re wonderful. Aw.
The rest of you mashup artists can just GO HOME because Phil Postma has pwned you all with his superhero/Pixar combos. [Nerd Approved]
TARDIS coasters from ThinkGeek! Whatever, I’m just waiting for someone to make me a wine glass that’s bigger on the inside so that no one knows how much Shiraz I’m imbibing.
The ladies of Team Unicorn are being super teases and only giving us a 30 second look into their new video “For the Win.”
This video game retrospective of Aliens goes all the way back to the 1982 Atari game. Really crazy to see the Commodore 64 graphics, computers have come a long way in just a few decades!
Despite the fact that BlackBerry is a dead company walking, they’re very smart to capitalize on the nerdlove we all have for Neil Gaiman. His “Keep Moving” project was also one of the most beautiful things I saw happen on Twitter last week.
And now, T-Shirts You Gotta Buy…TODAY! (Before they’re gone.)
Don’t forget about our Nerd Bastards’ tees, available at RedBubble!
Pixar‘s Monsters Universityaired it’s first television spot during the Rose Bowl the other day in a form reminiscent of many of the real life universities promotional videos. The only thing missing was Monsters U‘s school fight song. The spot is described as:
“Get a glimpse at the wide variety of creatures and schools that make Monsters University the premiere destination for academic excellence. Now is the perfect time to find out if MU is right for you!
You can discover more of the learning opportunities available at Monsters U by going to the universities official website: MonstersUniversity.com/edu
Monsters U hits theater screens on June 21, 2013, The story of Monsters University is how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends.
You know, one of these days we’re going to report some actual Star Wars VIII news.
Who’s going to direct Episode VIII? That is the question of the year. A top choice among fans since word of a new Star Wars first broke, was Brad Bird. Basically, because he’s never done anything wrong in the history of ever. He’s helmed such critically heralded films as The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, so…yeah. Fans even went as far as to create a campaign video promoting the idea of hiring the director for the job.
Well, I hate to shit in your cereal, but Bird is out.
Bird shot down rumors today -via Twitter- that he won’t be involved in the production of the 2015 release. Instead, he plans to move forward with another project at Walt Disney Pictures, a science fiction film currently being called 1952.
Wow, another one bites the dust. I dunno if you’ve been keeping track, but here’s a list of directors A-List directors who have passed on the gig. Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams, Colin Tervorrow and Jon Favreau. Cripes, we’re quickly running out of capable people. Makes me wonder if any director is brave enough to spear head the franchise.
It was something of a surprise Tuesday when it was announced that Disney was acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd. for a cool $4.05 billion, and, oh yeah, Disney’s going to release a relatively George Lucas-free Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. Business news hasn’t hit nerdery this big since Disney bought a little firm called Marvel, and now we live in a world where Mickey Mouse, Spider-Man, The Muppets, Indiana Jones and Yoda all sit under the same roof.
But is this good news, or bad news? Maybe it’s terrible news? Let’s break it down using the Leone standard: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: (more…)
Since the acquisition of Marvel Comics by Walt Disney, fans have been eagerly anticipating which Marvel property the animators at the House of Mouse will adapt first, and now we might have an answer, and if it is the answer, it’s guaranteed you won’t believe who it is.
According to Blue Sky Disney, supported by The Grid, details are emerging about the project, the director and the potential release date for the film, which, it seems, will be based on the comic book, Big Hero 6.
Say what now?
Walt Disney Animation‘s upcoming “Big Hero 6,” about a heroic superhero team, is currently an open writing assignment, with no scribe currently attached to the project. The film will be produced by Kristina Reed.
The slot that is set for 2014 has been set aside for Don Hall’s project. Don Hall is the director of “Big Hero 6.” In fact, he’s the one that pitched the idea to Lasseter, who liked his take on the subject and approved it for development. Now, it’s not fully green lit. The project is story boarded and has been deemed strong enough to tentatively put in the production line.
For the uninitiated, Big Hero 6 is the Japanese superhero team first introduced in the pages of Alpha Flight and then given their own miniseries in 1998. This is not exactly the property I thought about when the gears started moving for an animated Marvel movie by Disney, but if Pixar head honcho John Lasseter is interested, there must be something to it.
Look! We’ve got a teaser for a flick I’m sure you’re really excited for and one, well, it’s a trailer for a movie you might not give a rat’s ass about. Hence why I combined them to ease your displeasure. First, let’s get this trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 out of the way. It’s here, the final film and what I’m sure is not the final trailer.
Out of all the Twilight films I have the highest hopes for this one. That’s not really saying much because my hopes were never that high anyway, but here we’ve got vampire battles and a less useless Bella. So, y’know, maybe you won’t want to see it again and again but you also won’t want to claw your eyes out afterwards. Maybe. We’ll see.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 releases November 16 this year.
In far more exciting news, Disney has released a teaser for Pixar‘s Monsters University, the prequel where we see Mike and Sully in their college days. Actually, they’ve release one teaser, four times, each one with slight variations. Who the hell knows why, but they’re wonderful and far more enjoyable than Twilight. Check ‘em out below the cut.
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