Author: Amy Davis

A new version of the AI program ChatGPT just launched with a feature that allows users to create images in the style of Studio Ghibli. Given the studio and founder Hayao Miyazaki’s unique animation style and widespread fanbase, this feature immediately went viral. Users delighted in being able to turn their images into the fantastical styles of “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service.” The Trouble With AI But like most things involving AI, this fun trend is steeped in ethical and copyright issues. These concerns are mainly about how the model was trained and whether it only…

Disney Parks are “a place where dreams come true,” but some people are taking that way too literally. Monday night, a pair of minors, who were suspected of stealing a car, led police on a chase through Orange County, California. Eventually, the alleged thieves decided to use a busy Disneyland parking structure to hide out. Around 8pm on March 24th, the Orange County sheriff’s deputies began to pursue a stolen vehicle out of San Juan Capistrano. According to Sgt. Matt Sutter, the black Chevrolet Camaro was ditched in the Pixar parking lot at Disneyland. The minors decided to flee on…

After a lengthy legal battle over the rights to the “James Bond” franchise, it has finally found a new set of producers. Rights holder Amazon MGM has just closed a deal with Amy Pascal and David Heyman. Pascal will produce under her Pascal Pictures banner, with Heyman producing for Heyday Films.  At this time it’s unknown if Pascal and Heyman have signed on for just one film or project, or several. Band After Broccoli This will be the first “James Bond” film after Amazon MGM assumed creative control from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. Producers Broccoli and Wilson’s family…

Have you ever dreamed of journeying to middle-Earth from “The Lord of the Rings?” Or dreamed of building up its lush landscapes brick by brick? Then we’ve got some news for you, The Shire is getting the LEGO treatment! The newest addition to the LEGO Icons line will be based on the legendary setting in Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings.” This intricate diorama captures the magic of Bilbo Baggins’ eleventy-first birthday party. Party attendees include 9 minifigures of Bilbo, Frodo, Mrs. Proudfoot, Farmer Proudfoot, Merry, Pippin, Rosie, Samwise, and Gandalf the Grey. Builders will recreate Bilbo’s hillside hobbit…

Death is back in action for the 6th installment of the “Final Destination” franchise, “Final Destination: Bloodlines.” We now know, this will be an origin story of sorts for the phenomenon of death coming for those who dodge it. The Trailer This new trailer for “Bloodlines” gives us way more backstory while still delivering on the gore. We see a large family BBQ where, in franchise fashion, a chain of events colbinates in someone getting run over with a lawnmower. As devastated as the family is, the grandmother begins to explain how this was no accident. Flashing back several decades,…

Did you know Superman fought Godzilla over a decade before Toho Co invented the character? In the 1942 animated short “The Arctic Giant,” the Man of Steel defeats a tyrannosaurus that was found frozen in the ocean after it rampages through Metropolis. This is 12 years before Toho released “Godzilla” directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda in 1954. “The Arctic Giant” In “The Arctic Giant,” the tyrannosaurus is found in the oceans of Siberia and kept frozen with special equipment. The creature ends up in Metropolis’ Museum of Natural Science where a rumor begins to spread that it may still…

Have you ever longed for the glory days of low-res images? Fear not the design collective Drought has you covered with this sick MS Paint Mirror. As advertised, the piece is a full-length mirror where the borders almost perfectly duplicate the Microsoft Paint program. But Drought seems to have a nostalgia for the early 2000s. Last year, they partnered with Napster to create a bag, candle, and bracelet. All of the designs are based on the file-sharing turned music streaming service’s logo and classic early 2000s interface.  In August, the group released an Apple-inspired iMirror, a five-foot-tall mirror that’s border…

Are you as excited about FX’s upcoming “Alien: Earth” as we are? The cabler released a chilling clip for the Noah Hawley (“Fargo”) written and directed series. It tells the story of Wendy (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers who find a mysterious space vessel that crash-lands on Earth. “Alien: Earth” The clip opens on a spaceship in the middle of some serious chaos. Morrow (Babou Ceesay) sits at a desk while telling some unknown party that the “specimens are loose.” We then see a female crew member trapped behind a door begging to be let in.…

Filmmaker Bong Joon Ho (“Mickey 17,” “Parasite”) had the most adorably awesome fanboy moment over the weekend. At a 4K restoration screening of “The Thing,” he got to interview one of his heroes, horror legend/recent Hollywood Walk of Fame inductee John Carpenter (“Halloween”), which is cool enough on its own. During the interview, Carpenter volunteered to score one of Bong’s upcoming projects. A video of the event shows Bong giving a preamble asking if Carpenter still scores movies. He followed that by announcing that his “next next” film would be a horror movie. Before Bong could even get the question…

In 1974, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” created by Kim Henkel and the late Tobe Hooper (“Poltergeist”), hit theaters. The film about a family of cannibals went on to spawn nine more movies, ten if you count the unreleased “All American Massacre.” And like any well-established horror IP, it will be getting yet another reboot. Verve which has held the rights for the slasher franchise since 2017, is in the market to make a new movie. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” The rumor mill is already atwitter with the possible talent to back the new project. It’s reported that filmmaker JT…