The Old and New 'Ghostbusters' Meet in This 'Mashed' Animated Short

The peeps over at Mashed recently smooshed together the original four Ghostbusters with the "sexy, new, young, beautiful" Ghostbusters in this three-minute animated short. "Channing Tatum" leads the new crew and pranks the original team by calling them in to investigate a spooky, old orphanage.

Douchtastic Tatum uses terms such as "bro," "kegger" and "butthole" and he's just awful. The pranks include scaring the old guys with a Xenomorph from "Alien," sewing the three living Ghostbusters together ala "The Human Centipede" and scaring ghost-Egon with the Billy puppet from "Saw." Who wants to join me in kicking this new team's ass?

It's all in good fun, right? Check it out and let us know what you think. I kind of like how they're making fun of the future reboots but damn it, leave the fab four alone!

-Larissa Mrykalo

First Trailer Released for Del Toro CGI Film 'The Book of Life'

"Follow me. You need to see something special. All the world is made of stories and all of those stories are right here...in the 'Book of Life.'" From 20th Century Fox, producer Guillermo del Toro, and director Jorge Gutierrez comes a CGI romantic comedy that revolves around that magical day where anything can happen...The Day of the Dead.

"The Book of Life" stars the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Christina Applegate, Danny Trejo, Ice Cube and, appropriate for a Del Toro film, Ron Perlman. Stunning visuals, a sweet love story and a magical world arrives just in time for Halloween on October 17.

Synopsis from 20th Century Fox
"The Book of Life" is the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Rich with a fresh take on pop music favorites, "The Book of Life" encourages us to celebrate the past while looking forward to the future.



-Larissa Mrykalo

FX Orders Pilot for 'Bigfoot' Animated Series

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Back in May, we were excited to hear that the FX Network was in development on an animated series featuring Bigfoot. We’ve just heard some more good news ...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has placed a pilot order for an animated comedy based on the “autobiographical” books Bigfoot, by Graham Roumieu.

According to the report and FX Productions, “Bigfoot is an adaption of Roumieu's comedic works In Me Own Words, Me Write Book and I Not Dead. The series follows Bigfoot, everyone's favorite crypto-zoological hominid as a modern-day everyman who struggles with life's philosophical quandaries as well as his own animalistic tendencies.”

Comedic actor, Seth Rogen (This is the End) and writer, Evan Goldberg (The Watch, Superbad) will serve as executive producers along Archer creator Adam Reed and Graham Roumieu, Jimmy Miller, Matt Thompson and Sam Hansen. Matt McKenna (American Dad) will write and act as supervising producer.

Rogen promises that “This will be the greatest show about an animated Bigfoot ever made.” We sure hope so, Seth!

We’ll keep you posted on when the pilot will air.

-Larissa Mrykalo