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Posted on Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

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Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 26 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.

This awesome new bumper sticker will make its debut at Comic-Con. [via: Laughingsquid]

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Worth1000 is running a “Star Wars Ren 2″ photo shop contest which mixes fine art with Star Wars characters/places.

Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced a limited theatrical release for Grace on August 14th 2009. [shock]

Scott Pilgrim creator, writer, artist Bryan Lee O’Malley has posted his Comic-Con schedule.

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Collider has some new photos from Mike Judge’s Extract.

Diablo Cody offered this funny observation on Twitter: “You guys have also astutely observed the mysterious sitcom “kitchen staircase.” … “Families on multicamera sitcoms always have staircases right in the middle of their living rooms. Behind the couch.”

StarWars.com investigates the media black-out surrounding the cantina sequence following A New Hope’s release in 1977.

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View Askew is auctioning off props and wardrobe from Kevin Smith’s films over at Auctions Askew. [newsaskew]

Cory Doctorow has a great article in The Guardian talking about how movie studios should stop harassing moviegoers with mobile phones since there hasn’t ever been a movie pirated with a mobile phone.

FX has quietly begun production on The League, a half-hour comedy pilot starring Mark Duplass. [variety]

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Focus Features has been sending movie journalists and critics blood bags to promote Park Chan-Wook’s Thirst. [incontention]

Marley & Me helmer David Frankel will direct an animated fantasy project Septimus Heap: Magyk for Warner Bros. [variety]

You might only be able to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in a few IMAX theaters in the U.S. today, but IMAX has released the film in 62 IMAX screens internationally on opening weekend. [prn]

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Locations from Shuan of the Dead have been recreated in the video game Left4Dead. [Left4Winchester]

Vulture wonders how Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince earned a PG rating from the MPAA.

AICN has two test screening reviews from GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra that say it isn’t half bad (but also not great either).

If you’ve been reading Jonah Hill’s twitter account, you should stop — because it isn’t him. The real Hill explains to Letterman how his fake Twitter impostor probably cost him his chance of being in Iron Man 3.

Movieline explains the differences between The Green Lantern and The Green Hornet.

John Williams could possibly return to Harry Potter IF he could find the time. [AICN]

MGM has released a new trailer for the musical Fame which tries to play off of Harry Potter.

Disney has acquired screen rights to Aprilynne Pike’s bestselling young adult novel Wings for Miley Cyrus. [variety]

Mashable takes a look at the huge rise social media media chatter concerning Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

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The poster for the third season of AMC’s Mad Men shows Don Draper’s struggle to keep his head above water.

Stephen Graham has joined the cast of London Boulevard. [thr]

Rejects lists 7 reasons why Hogwarts is the Worst Cinematic School Ever.

Have you seen the 1978 footage of the original concept white Boba Fett costume? [gws]

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  • JB
    Too much Harry Potter for my taste...

    Hey! Boba Fett looked a lot like a Star Wars toy high on cleansins products! What the hell?

    Great section, by the way!!!
  • regarding Cody's tweet: so true. the Brady Bunch had a staircase behind the couch in the living room... I think "Family Ties" also had one, and so did Full House! the Cosby show, too, if I'm not mistaken.

    but Boy Meets World (and Step by Step) had staircases that led to the kitchen.

    yes, I watched a lot of TV growing up, so sue me.
  • Rena
    Boy Meets World also had a staircase in the living room. ha I miss that show sometimes.
  • Dude
    so true!!!

    -"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" had a staircase into family room behind couch
    -"Married with Children" had a staircase into family room behind couch

    -"Home Improvement" sorta had a staircase leading into the kitchen...

    what else...
  • Colonel_Kurtz
    Full House had stairs both in the living room and in the kitchen.
    Happy Days had stairs in the living room.
    That 70's show had stairs in the living room.
    Charles in Charge had stairs in the living room to both the upstairs and the basement. There was a door for the stairs to the basement.
    King of Queens had stairs in both the kitchen and living room.
    Mama's Family had stairs in both the kitchen and living room.
    Sanford and Son had stairs in the living room.
  • jerry
    Its odd - this occurrence is hardly a mystery to anyone (except possibly the doltish Diablo):

    - Beginning in the late 60's the standard split-level suburban home was the most prominent property sold in the swelling suburbs, appearing during a long home-building boom. These models were designed around a central staircase, and these stairs would bottom in a large foyer if designed with the stairs facing front, or into the living/family room. They were marketed to families with more than one child. (I - and most suburban-grown Gen X'ers grew up in similar home-models).

    All of the above sitcoms - indeed, most of them - have more than one child in the family.

    But that's not even why the staircase is always prominent - and never bottoms at the front door/foyer, but in a living/family room: It's just to break up the monotony of a 3-camera sitcom, which, without stairs, would only have a "stage left" and "stage right" enter/exit. That proved to be too "stage-like" and boring. 3 entry/exit points varies the action very subtly, but it proved to make a huge difference.

    Your welcome, Cody.
  • and the blood bags are awesome! Clever marketing strategy, although a little gross.
  • "If you’ve been reading Jonah Hill’s twitter account, you should stop — because it isn’t him. The real Hill explains to Letterman how his fake Twitter impostor probably cost him his chance of being in Iron Man 3."


    Good riddance.
  • Colonel_Kurtz
    LOL! Jonah Hill got twnt!

    The great thing about the Boba Fett video is that is shows how they actually used to have to think about how all that stuff might actually work because they actually had to make it.
  • Brendan McD
    That Boba Fett costume being white isn't really all that suprising...




















    ...WHEN THE GODDAMN VIDEO IS IN BLACK AND WHITE!!
  • haha
    the punchline was worth the scroll down
  • BigM1ke
    You've gotta love Jonas Hill!
  • Almost as cool as Seth Rogain
  • mcgruff
    how harry potter was rated PG is something i will never understand. seriously, it was pretty intense even for a pg13
  • Jango
    Who the fuck proofreads this shit?
  • spinster
    Jonah Hill would have messed up Iron Man 3
  • This comment has so much win it required TWO posts
  • spinster
    Jonah Hill would have messed up Iron Man 3
  • johnsmith76
    Everybody Loves Raymond had the staircase too...
  • ake
    Mad Men. Want.
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