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5 Times Bruce Campbell Got Animated

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7 years ago

June 22, 2017

In celebration of Bruce Campbell’s birthday today, I thought it would be an ample time to reflect on him and his career. Specifically, his voice and the variety of cartoons he’s acted on! Needless to say, there have been a lot, so I decided to focus on just a handful of his animated adventures sometimes as a hero, sometimes as a villain, but always memorable!

MEGAS XLR

This cult action comedy cartoon on Cartoon Network had some incredibly animated fights, and some incredible villains. Chief among them, Bruce Campbell in one of his more self-referential roles as Magnanimous! An evil, extraterrestrial cyborg with a big head and chin (of course) along the lines of MODOK. The series centering around Coop, a New Jersey slacker who comes upon a massive mecha from the future called Megas, repairing it and making it his ride of choice. Using it along with his timid friend, Jaime, and Kiva, a warrior from the future who intends to use the Megas to fight off alien invaders. In his first appearance, Magnanimous lured Coop and co. into entering his inter-galactic fighting tournament in order to make some space cash, wanting to fix the fights in order to rake in more dough. Coop refuses, leading to a mechanical brawl sending Magnanimous down a quantum singularity… until he got out and threatened Coop and friends on Earth all over again for the sake of money and revenge. Mag quotes quite a bit from Ash, and his mecha suit even resembles Elvis’ costume in Bubba Ho-Tep. With some seriously funny lines and some seriously cool robot fights, these episodes are classics.

MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT

In this retro-future sci-fi Nicktoon, XJ9 or “Jenny” to her friends, defends the Earth from all manner of threats both big and bizarre. In this case, the bullish Himcules voice by Bruce. A big, buff, bully of a man who gets his kicks by beating up those who’re weaker than him and humiliating anyone who gets in his way. As each defeat and embarrassment of a foe only boosts his strength. Unfortunately at the same time Jenny tries a nerve ending application and experiences pain for the first time! This is Bruce at his hammiest, playing a jock villain to super villainous proportions.

AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS

It’s not often cartoons make the jump from TV to animated features, but leave it to the weirdest classic from Adult Swim to take the plunge! To describe the surrealistic film of bizarre anthropomorphized food and jerkass aliens would take too long and get too weird. Speaking of, Bruce Campbell plays a character tied to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force’s origins! Frylock flashes back to how he, Meatwad, and Master Shake were created by the insane scientist, Dr. Weird. Along with Chicken Bittle, the never before seen 4th member of the ATHF. A human sized chicken nugget voiced by Bruce with an incredibly positive attitude. Their mission: drive an airplane into a brick wall. While Chicken Bittle is enthusiastic to complete his creator’s purpose, Frylock diverts the plane from Chicken Bittle at the last second, realizing crashing into a wall would hurt. A lot. Unfortunately, this leads to Bittle’s end anyway when he’s devoured by a lion while parachuting. Go figure.

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

The children’s book classic got an animated theatrical update from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, revolving around Bill Hader as Flint Lockwood, an inventor that creates a food generating machine called the FLDSMDFR which turns the small island of Swallow Falls into the foodie paradise of Chewandswallow. Bruce playing the diminutive yet egotistical Mayor Shelbourne, who sees a goldmine of opportunity from the machine- and for his endless appetite. Pushing Flint to keep producing more and more mutant foods to feed the tourist economy… and his own appetite, causing the Mayor to get huge!

CARS 2

In the hit sequel to the hit franchise from Pixar, the story went from high-speed races to high-speed chases… of espionage! Bruce playing Rod “Torque” Redline, a heroic American secret agent trying to stop a sinister global plot. Some more references are made to Bruce with this role, both to his recurring role on the spy series BURN NOTICE, and to his origins in Michigan. The character being a Detroit muscle car, and his plates even being listed form Michigan!

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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6 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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7 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

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Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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9 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

**Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes**

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.