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The third installment of the Transformers movies is only a couple of months away, July 1 to be exact, and in the lead up to its arrival the third trailer has been released. This latest trailer is more than two and a half minutes long and reveals some very tasty tidbits. First and foremost we get to see what is almost certain to be the new baddie, Shockwave, complete with his Cyclops-like laser canon eye. We also get another look at new heroine Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as well as plenty of action scenes including what appears to be Optimus Prime with a jetpack installed. As mentioned...
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Crucial Fast Five Chase Scene Released: VideoA lengthy clip from the upcoming 'Fast Five' movie, the fifth installment of the now legendary/comical Fast and the Furious franchise, has made its way onto the Internet courtesy of the film’s production company Universal Pictures. Though its local release date isn’t pegged until April...
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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Spotted On Mission Impossible 4 Set, AgainIt was already spotted on the set of Mission Impossible 4 during filming in Vancouver, Canada and now BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics concept car, the precursor to the upcoming i8 eco supercar, has been spotted again during a film shoot, this time on location in Mumbai, India. These shots of...
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New Fast Five Trailer: 2011 Dodge Charger Proves That Car Chases Make Movies BetterEvery so often, movie directors find themselves in a bind. Maybe their budgets get slashed. Maybe their scripts aren't quite as awesome as they first thought. Maybe they wake up and realize, "Holy crap, we cast VINCE VAUGHN." That's when they start scrambling, throwing everything they can at the...
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Ayrton Senna Movie Coming To U.S. This JulyThough he only lived to the age of 34, Ayrton Senna da Silva is widely regarded by past and present racers the world around to be one of, if not the all-time, greatest to have taken a wheel in anger. His life and tragic death have undergone cinematic treatment in the movie entitled simply, Senna...
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Acura To Feature In New ‘Thor’ Movie Alongside Natalie PortmanThere’s a new comic book derived movie brewing in Hollywood and this one is set to feature a handful of cars from one of the least heard of luxury brands, Acura. The movie we’re talking about is Thor, the story of an ancient warrior brought to Earth to defend humanity and get chased by...
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F1 star Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that he will be making a cameo in the new Cars 2 movie from Disney Pixar, revealing via his Twitter page that he’ll be appearing as the McLaren MP4-12C supercar. Hamilton posted on Twitter: “Hey guys, big news--I'm going to be in Disney Pixar's Cars 2! Take a look at my car... This is wicked;)”. The role is only fitting considering Hamilton’s position as driver for the McLaren team and follows in the trail of rival driver Michael Schumacher who appeared in the film’s first installment back in 2006, where the Mercedes GP driver...
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Good News, Bad News, And Worse For Ford And 'The Lincoln Lawyer'Good news: At a time when corporate marketing budgets are merely a shadow of what they once were, Ford will get a free ride in the new film, The Lincoln Lawyer. A Lincoln spokesman says that the company didn't spend a dime on product placement for the movie. Bad news: The Lincoln Lawyer features...
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Video: New FAST FIVE Trailer Raises At Least Six QuestionsIn chillier parts of the country, you might not believe it, but summer is a-comin'. And of course, with summer come action films. And with action films come fast cars, scantily clad women, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Add all that together, carry the one, and you've got the new trailer for Fast...
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Video: New Fast Five Trailer ReleasedFast Five’s April 29 release date is quickly approaching and in the lead up the film’s producers have released this new trailer. This is the second official trailer--there was a previous Super Bowl spot and first trailer--and shows that the movie will be chockfull of explosions, chase...
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Hyundai Returns As Exclusive Auto Sponsor Of The Academy AwardsIn case you haven't been paying attention, this Sunday is the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, and it promises to be, well...interesting. The organizers have hired two young hosts, one of whom still lives on the fringes of superstardom and neither of whom is a comedian. In a bid to draw back younger...
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Relive The Thrill Of The 'Bullitt' Car Chase, At 1:32 ScaleAt last count, there were at least five reasons to love the internet: 1. [REDACTED] 2. Cat videos. 3. The Oatmeal. 4. The lovely and talented High Gear Media family. 5. The opportunity it provides crazy obsessive people to show off their handiwork. And in service of #5 comes news that graphic...
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One of Winter's most anticipated films was TRON Legacy, the follow-up to 1980s science-fiction film TRON. In the original, a hacker played by Jeff Bridges gets absorbed into a perilous virtual world and in Legacy, his son falls to the same fate. For tech fans the plot is really just a sideline to futuristic special effects though, with even the 80s film being way ahead of its time and the latest release making full use of the latest 3D technology. Both films feature snazzy suits with strips of light running through them, but even cooler were the Light Cycles, deadly futuristic racing machines...
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BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Spotted On Set Of Mission Impossible 4While the production version of the Vision EfficientDynamics concept isn’t scheduled to go on sale until October of 2013, we may get a preview of the car in the upcoming Mission Impossible 4 movie. The vehicle pictured is an early prototype of the Vision EfficientDynamics supercar and it was...
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John Lennon, Movie Cars, & Autos Of Autocrats: CelebsAndCars' Week In ReviewBetween the shortened holiday weekend and the lingering afterglow of the Detroit Auto Show, we haven't had gobs of time (or energy) to follow up on most of the items in the Celebs And Cars inbox -- at least not in detail. And so, in flippant Friday fashion, we present a quick rundown of the major...
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Kill Us Now: Adam Sandler & Kevin James Play Valets In Upcoming 'Bro-medy'Dear Hollywood: We demand that you cease and desist directing, producing, promoting, or in any way encouraging Adam Sandler to appear in more "bro-medies". We don't think that "bro-medies" is a real word -- in fact, we hope it's not. We just dreamed it up to describe whatever Sandler's been doing...
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Report: George Clooney Could Star As John Z. DeLorean In New MovieAs of last summer, there were as many as three different versions of the life story of legendary automotive entrepeneur and engineer John Z. DeLorean. The front-runner for production is now tipped to have George Clooney on the line to play DeLorean's role. Running from DeLorean's time at General...
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Video: New Trailer For FASTER Is Heavy On Knife Fights, Light On Car ChasesYou have no idea how much we love the holidays. Not because of the mini-vacation, or the change in weather, or the turducken -- though those are nice, of course -- but because of the dazzling array of movies on view. From Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, at cineplexes across America, studios...
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BMW’s next-generation 6-Series is just around the corner, with an early 2011 reveal looking more and more likely. We’ve seen prototypes for both the Coupe and the Convertible for more than a year now, and at the 2010 Paris Auto Show we saw a concept version of the new 6-Series that previews the look of the new luxury cruiser. Now we have word that the 2012 BMW 6-Series will star alongside Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 4, due out next year. Filming of the new movie, Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol, is currently taking place at locations in Dubai and in the UK. It’s...
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Video: Pamela Anderson, Ed Westwick & A Lotus In Movie Shot On Nokia SmartphoneYou'd think there's be more shenanigans afoot in the celeb world, what with Halloween weekend approaching. But no, our feed reader is quiet, and our appeal to Brit-Brit and Lilo clearly fell on deaf ears. Or unconscious ears. Take your pick. But all isn't lost. Surely you don't think we'd leave you...
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Video: Hyundai Sonata Roams The Red Carpet With Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes, Rachel WeiszOn Wednesday, we told you about Volkswagen's "See Film Differently" film project. Now Hyundai has decided to align itself with movie buffs by sponsoring three film screenings called Glamour Reel Moments. Glamour Reel Moments is an ongoing project of Glamour magazine, and over five years, it's given...
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Transformers 3 Has Another On-Set Accident: The Crash Of The BumblebeeAs you might've heard, there's going to be a third Transformers film. Megan Fox isn't involved. Michael Bay is. We've already begun stockpiling tomatoes. The shoot for Transformers III: Lube Job (or whatever they're calling it) hasn't been going all that great. You might recall last month's tragic...
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Video: Bumblebee Camaro Crashes Into Real Police Car On Transformers 3 SetThe production of the third installment of the Transformers franchise has suffered another setback this week with one of the stars of the show, the Bumblebee Chevrolet Camaro, getting involved in a crash with a real police vehicle. The accident took place in the heart of Washington DC and involved...
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Video: Michael Bay's Transformers 3 Puts An Extra In A ComaLast week, an extra on the set of Michael Bay's Transformers 3 was gravely injured when a stunt went horribly wrong. The actress -- 24-year-old Gabriela Cedillo -- was on a set in Hammond, Indiana, when a cable being used in the scene snapped and hit her in the head. The accident occurred during...
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