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: February 9, 2015

Lego is insanely popular these days. From the days of simple playsets where you could construct a small catapult or your own city, the brand has grown in leaps and bounds. And so has the price. But that’s a story for another day when I’m very, very drunk. Part of the success of Lego can also be attributed to the …

Over the years, many a fan has dreamed about a proper Marvel crossover between the heroes actually residing under Marvel’s cinematic purview, and those who due to rights ownerships, make their home at other studios. A short while back, another rumour surfaced on the backs of Sony’s woes about the uncertain future of its Amazing Spider-Man franchise, that the studio was actually engaging with Marvel about …

Everything is awesome, especially if you’re co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The powerhouse duo cemented their status (with some KRAGL, of course) as the current “it guys” in Hollywood, with hits like Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 & 22 Jump Street and of course The LEGO Movie. The latter was not only an unprecedented critical and commercial success (it’s the …

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: October 27, 2014

Even though I felt it was a slight step off from the comic brilliance of its predecessor, there was still a crap load of funny material to be found in this year’s 22 Jump Street. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill were once again on point as undercover buffoons Jenko and Schmidt, and co-director Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie, …

Although they were initially quite successful with MTV’s Clone High and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, it was really 21 Jump Street that put co-writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller on everybody’s radar. By all accounts, that movie shouldn’t have work, but Lord and Miller just seem to have the comedic Midas touch and turned a rather corny old TV series into a brilliantly …

There’s plenty of new shows on the way this year, from Gotham through to iZombie. But here’s one with an even odder premise than an orphan training to be a winged freak. It’s Will Forte, and uh…well just Will Forte actually, in The Last Man on Earth. Last Updated: May 14, 2014