Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie will be available January 27, 2012 on Magnolia Ultra VOD and in theatres starting March 2, 2012 from Magnet Releasing.

On January 27, starting at 9am Pacific, Tim & Eric will be answering fan questions in real time at reddit.com/r/IAmA !

To join the chat you’ll need to login onto Reddit.com and leave a comment.

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Film cult figure Crispin Glover has come clean about why he wasn’t in the Back To The Future sequels in an interview with the AV Club. Who knew, after all this time, that it all boiled down to that spiffy new set of wheels Marty got at the end of the film! Here it from Glover’s mouth in a way he can only explain!…

Glover: “The reason that [I wasn't in the sequels], essentially—it’s more complex than this, but when we were working on the first Back To The Future, Michael J. Fox wasn’t the original actor. It was Eric Stoltz. He was fired right before Christmas vacation. We had shot about six weeks. I’d shot most of my character with Eric Stoltz playing it. And the last thing that we shot with Eric Stoltz was the alternate return to the future. In the original screenplay, I won’t say what it was, but there was a slightly different element in the ending. And I’m sure I wasn’t the only person that said something about it, because it did get changed. But I said, “Look, if we have this in our characters, if this happens, it will not be liked by people at large.” They did change that element. But I went on beyond it, because it was related to this subject matter. I had a conversation with Robert Zemeckis about it and I said, “I think if the characters have money [in the updated timeline at the end of the film], if our characters are rich, it’s a bad message. That reward should not be in there.” People love the movie, and of course who am I to say—I was 20 years old, though. And again, I was stepping into it from a time period of questioning. But Robert Zemeckis got really angry. Essentially, he did not like that idea. He was pissed.

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Disney’s Port Orleans (my favorite “moderate” resort at Walt Disney World) is about to get even more magical. There are two sections to the resort: French Quarter and Riverside (formerly “Dixie Landings Resort”). I have always preferred the more magically themed French Quarter, but, starting this March, Port Orleans Riverside is about to give the New Orleans inspired section a run for its money with its new Royal Guest Rooms.

The hotel is finishing up the final touches on converting 512 of its rooms, which will include features such as Aladdin’s Magic Carpet embedded into the carpeting and footstools straight out of Beauty and the Beast. The rooms will include upgrades such as LED “fireworks” that explode in the headboards at the touch of a button.

Disney resorts all have a backstory and this upgrade is no exception. The backstory here is that New Orleans’-based Princess Tiana is the hostess of the the new rooms, which will run about an extra $30 over the price of a standard Port Orleans Rooms (which comes in at around $189 per night).

As always, call 1-800-W-DISNEY for reservations!

For our MoviePass review, let me give you some details first on what it is. MoviePass.com gives you “access to Unlimited Movies in Theaters Nationwide for a monthly fee.” A Netflix for movie theaters in a sense. And it’s now in beta, following the ol’ Gmail formula of needing an invite to join. Well, needless to say, with the amount of films that I see per month, I was intrigued. So when my chance came to try this service out for one month, I jumped on it!

Today is my first day with the service and I was planning on waiting until my one full month was completed to write my review. I don’t need to wait. I know enough after my first experiences with MoviePass to form my opinion.

Is it as awesome at it seems? Or a big gimmick? I’ll dive into that after the jump…

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After 26 years, it seems there is a chance for The Ghost With The Most to reappear to us mortals! In an interview with MTV, Tim Burton said, “I love that character, and Michael [Keaton] is so great in it. I always think about how great and fun that character was, so I just said to [Vampire Hunter writer] Seth [Grahame-Smith], ‘If you have some idea about it, go for it, and then I’ll look at it freshly.’ In the past, I tried some things, but that was way back when. He seemed really excited about it.”

Burton is currently producer on Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and the writer seems to have his heart in the tight place in his take on the return of Betelgeuse, stating that the star of the movie had to be Michael Keaton in a true continuation of the original story 26 years later.

What we really have to worry about is a potential third film, after all, you know what happens when you say his name three times!

Many of you know that I’m not the biggest fan of mash-ups, but this one had me smiling due to its great lip-syncing and of course I love anything that has to do with Scott Pilgrim.

More SP vs. ____ attempts after the jump…

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Harrison Ford watching the Indiana Jones movie for the first time… Don’t question whether this is real or fake… it is amazing! Either way, your life will be changed:

After a weak start, 2011 ended with an onslaught of awesome in theaters. While there certainly were other films I enjoyed, this list boils down to the stuff that I enjoyed enough to own a blu-ray of… Although, let’s face it — my absolute favorite film of 2011 was really 2010′s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

This year, I’ve decided to do away with “Top 10″ and numbers altogether, and just present a list of my most enjoyable film experiences of 2011…

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Source = Geek Tyrant

Eleven years ago, December of 2000, a group of enthusiastic fans (myself included) lined up at the Lincoln Square theater on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to be the first to watch the very first teaser trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. We got our first glimpse of The Fellowship strutting their stuff in slo-mo over that mountain ridge, we got to see Middle Earth on film for the first time, we got “Frodo Lives” pins. It was an EVENT previously unrivaled at the time except for Star Wars Prequel-related goings-ons. Cut to today, December 20, 2011, and we get our first look at the first of Peter Jackson’s HOBBIT films, “An Unexpected Journey,” and it was all wrong on on more than one level.

Now there’s nothing wrong with the actual film, mind you, no no, not at all. It’s epic and everything we’d expect from Jackson. The problem is the lack of “Event.” There are those who say that I should get over it, that these are the times we are living in and first looks at trailers are for iPhones, not theaters anymore. But I say it doesn’t have to be this way. I may not be a fan of Chris Nolan’s vision but bless the guy for trying to bring the EVENT back, with his shooting in IMAX and presenting the prologue properly on only a handfull of FULL SIZE IMAX screens across the country. Same for Brad Bird, who opened GHOST PROTOCOL 5 days early so the folks who care about EVENT, who care about seeing films the way they’re intended by the filmmakers, can seek out their closest FULL IMAX screen and see a presentation that takes all 3 of the D’s out of other forms of spectacle.

I appreciate Jackson’s attaching of The Hobbit trailer to his and Spielberg’s Tintin, but with limited if no IMAX engagements of Tintin at midnight, this left the majority of us unable to screen this trailer on the big screen for the first time, reducing everyone’s first impression of the return to Middle Earth on a 3-inch screen. Great. So not only do we not get the fun of the event aspect of something of this magnitude, but we get to watch it on potentially horrible conditions as well. Way to reduce THE fucking HOBBIT to Jack & Jill level, Warners.

What should have happened here is the same model as Warner’s own The Dark Knight Rises. You wanna see the first look at The Hobbit? Seek out Tintin in an IMAX theater. No online debut just yet, no attachment to other films. Tintin IMAX. That’s it. And not to mention how much it would have helped give Spielberg’s first animated film a much-needed boost this weekend here in the States, where the character has less interest than overseas. A no-brainier.

ALSO — This is just too much footage right out of the gate. Too much. This should have simply been a teaser, or at most the last half of this trailer with just the singing over visuals ending with that great moment. Just something to re-whet everyone’s appetites for this material. To remind folks how special these films are, and to let the average Joe know there are two more on the way, just as that first teaser announced the release pattern for the LOTR trilogy. My problem is that, while this is amazing, it plays like Trailer #2 – not a teaser. This is something that would have been a great follow-up in the spring for this film. I know many will disagree, but I just think a tease right out of the gate, like the classic teaser for T2, is the way to kick off a campaign. They should be treated like a lapdance. And here WB has just started with the top completely off.

So if you haven’t seen the trailer yet, I envy you. I wish I wasn’t forced by Warner Bros to see this online for the first time. But, if like me, you simply must watch it now, at least stay off YouTube and download it in 1080p from Apple HERE. Project it on a wall or something so you can at least pretend you’re seeing it in a theater correctly.

And then… enjoy the AWESOMENESS. The next two Decembers are going to be so great…

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I stumbled upon the ParaNorman trailer and am glad I did. The movie is about a kid who sees dead people, in the style of Coraline in 3D stop-motion animation, and ends up with him taking on an undead zombie horde. What can be bad about that? Check out the trailer below to get a taste…

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I’m not going on record saying that Battleship is going to be an awesome movie, but the newest trailer does offer a lot of cool insight into next summer’s blockbuster. Underwater aliens, robotic-cyber suits, weird spiky wheels with tails that can slice helicopters. I’m very in, despite their best efforts to make this look like a Transformers and Rihanna’s terrible monologue. I can’t blame them, that movie franchise made billions of dollars, I’d try to market my movie like that one too.

My favorite part: Landry from Friday Night Lights is in it! Go find yours here:

Whatcha think? You all ready for Transformers: Deep Blue Sea?

Universal Studios made it official this morning, with the Phelps Brothers announcing that “Harry Potter is coming to Hollywood!”

According to the LA Times, Universal Studios’ President / COO Ron Meyer and Warner Bros. Chairman / CEO Barry Meyer said the new park would cost several hundred million dollars to construct, and create more than one thousand jobs on the Universal City lot and many more in the surrounding area.

This is all awesome, but conjures up a lot of question marks… Hogsmeade at Universal’s Islands of Adventure takes up 20 acres. Where exactly will Universal place Wizarding World West? And will it be a carbon copy of its Orlando counterpart? The existing WWoHP was rebuilt over a pre-existing mythological-themed land, which accounts for it’s two coasters that are mere overlays of pre-existing attractions. Since those do not exist in Hollywood, this may be a chance for that park to create an entirely new HP experience, such as current internet rumors of a Diagon Alley theme. Or not…

“The Los Angeles Potter park will closely resemble its Florida cousin,” said Universal’s Meyer. “When you first see Hogwarts Castle and ride Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, you will find it an unforgettable experience,” Meyer said. “This will change the face of tourism in Southern California.”

I personally think the WWoHP-Hollywood should be a blend — keep Hogwarts Castle and The Forbidden Journey, Keep all the stores (only more room inside this time please) and the rest should be a blank slate, with at least two new thrill rides UNIQUE to Universal Hollywood. A carbon copy is LAZY. A bit of something new will make BOTH parks a necessary destination for the over seven million visitors who flocked to Orlando in HP’s first year there in 2010.

Regardless of what it is and where it is within the already-crowded Universal Studios Hollywood, one thing is certain – in 4.5 years everyone on the West Coast will have their lives enriched from the magic of sipping a nice cold Butterbeer on a warm Summer’s day.

So Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) has a new movie coming out called Lock-Out, starring Guy Pearce and a whole lot of shots seemingly pulled out of a Battlestar Galactica fanfic. Spaceships flying about, guys in flight suits running down corridors, fisticuffs in space stations… Besson wrote and produced, some new blood is directing and I’m so in:

And after the break, here’s a pic from the film.

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Here’s the full-length red band trailer for Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Robert Loggia, Jeff Goldblum, Will Forte, William Atherton and debuts at Sundance’s midnight series before appearing on VOD 1/27 and in theaters 3/2.

Officials have confirmed plans to build a second Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood, not many details as of yet, but the layout of the Hollywood theme park (which, unlike its sister park in Orlando, is built on a working film studio) is still unknown, and may lend itself to no mere clone, but an entirely NEW HP experience.

LA Times has more speculation.

While I am very happy that the wait for the feature debut of Tim & Eric is not that much further — I am disappointed to learn that “Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” is taking the VOD first/Theatrical second release path. This sucks. The whole point of FILMS is to see them in a theater. With this type of release, a fan has no choice but to watch it on demand the day it becomes available, thus being robbed of the group experience, the event of seeing something like this in a packed out filled with like-minded maniacs. With this, it might as well be a 90 minute adult swim special. Jeers to Magnet releasing for robbing us of the awesomeness of discovering this long-awaited comedy the way it was meant to be first viewed.

Details after the jump…

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