Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: September 6, 2012

I have something rather embarrassing to admit: I really love when films, not necessarily musicals, take a moment to break into song and to really have fun with it. I’ve said it before and I say it again, don’t judge me! Here are a few of my favourites, so get ready to pretend like you’re working while really, you’re tapping your feet like a …

Ever heard of  Métal Hurlant? I don’t blame you if you haven’t, because it is pretty niche stuff overall. Still, for those of you who did read the gory, adrenaline packed issues of Heavy Metal that the legendary French artist Jean “Mobeus” Giraud worked on, rejoice! It’s coming to television, and it has a who’s who is available of actors …

Dracula ain’t the only classic movie monster getting a new film, or several, in the near future. Doctor Frankenstein and his abomination of a monster are also headed back to the silver screen, in a movie that examines what happened that stormy night from the hunched perspective of Igor. Shawn “Real Steel” Levy was originally in talks to helm the …

While The Expendables geriatrics may have reclaimed their thrones over the last few years, there was a period where it really looked as if we had no true action heroes left in Hollywood. Into that void stepped Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; professional wrestler, charming actor and masterful eyebrow puppeteer. He even put a stamp on that claim by shoulder tackling a …

Now that rubberfaced comedian Jim Carrey’s pretty much been confirmed as The Colonel, it’s time for production on Kick-Ass 2 to go balls to the wall (See what I did there?). We’ve already seen the casting of Andy Nyman as the villainous Tumour, a member of The Red Mist’s (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) very naughty named supervillain team, but we still have …

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that The Dark Knight Rises was one helluva lengthy film. Director Christopher Nolan and his crew created a movie that was almost three hours long in total, after scenes were cut. But could we be on the receiving end of a director’s cut version of his epic that adds even more length …

Edgar Wright may be teaming up with his usual crew of actors, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, for the final chapter in their Cornetto trilogy that began with Shaun of the Dead and continued in Hot Fuzz, but the duo won’t be alone in their epic drinking quest. They’ve got another familiar on board for their booze cruise of note, in the …