‘The Dark Night Rises’: First picture of Anne Hathaway riding the Batpod
The beautiful Anne Hathaway will be playing Selina Kyle in the next Batman movie, and she gets to ride the Batpod for that. Now, that basically means that she’s the next Catwoman, except that the production has been avoided calling her character by that name. Her role will be less raunchy than the previous versions, and more oriented towards action and badass-ness. So less shiny vynil skin-tight outfits and kitty ears, more techie goggles... Read More
Trio of Tumbler Batmobiles caught filming in Pittsburgh
The third episode of the rebooted Batman franchise, The Dark Night Rises, is in the works, and two video bloggers have caught the batmobile roaming the streets of Pittsburgh. Thanks to DoctaM3 and SubaruWRXFan for being at the right time in the right place. | Source : DoctaM3 and SubaruWRXFan via Autoblog | Read More
‘Chromia’ from Transformers 2 on the auction block
iCollector is hosting a big movie prop auction, the Hollywood Auction Extravaganza. It’s a “2-day event featuring over 1000 iconic movie props and costumes from the Golden Era of Hollywood to new film releases. From signature Michael Jackson stageworn costumes, a collection from Star Wars to iconic props and costumes from Apocalypse Now, Batman, Titanic, Close Encounters, Indiana Jones and so much more”. One of the highlights is... Read More
10 Fastest fictional cars listed by Forbes
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/17/10-fastest-fictional-cars-listed-by-forbes/'; Forbes has published a list of the 10 fastest fictional cars. Their choices are a little weird, but it’s worth a look. Just to give you a taste of it, here is their top 3: 1. Blurr from the Transformers movie (1986) Top Speed: 800 mph (!) 2. The Mach 5 from Speed Racer Top Speed: 258 mph 3. The Batmobile (Tumbler) from Batman Begins Top Speed:... Read More
This week: interview with Harald Belker
CARS + MOVIES had the privilege to spend an hour with famed designer Harald Belker, whose impressive credits include the Batmobile from Batman & Robin, the GTO from xXx, the vehicles from Minority Report, the crazy car from The Cat in the Hat, the shuttle from Armageddon, the new KITT from Knight Rider… and many more! Stay tuned to learn more about his work, how KITT was created and what exciting projects he’s working on. Read More
Sunday Ads: The Italian Job remix for the Fiat Grande Punto
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; The Italian Job (1966) is one of the best car movie ever made, with three Minis (blue, white and red, the colors of the British flag) storming though the streets of Turin, to accomplish the heist planned by Michael Caine (recently seen as Alfred in Batman Beggins and in the upcoming Dark Knight). It was remade in 2003 with the new Mini, but with not much success. To promote its new Grande Punto, the Italian car maker... Read More
Batman’s new ride: the Bat-Pod
We’ll have a complete presentation of the upcoming Dark Knight here soon, but we’ve found this video of NBC’s Today Show introducing the Bat-Pod and it gives a pretty good idea of the new beasty motorcycle. Bruce Wayne has some extreme ideas when it comes to transportation devices… Stay tuned! Read More
KITT’s new voice
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/13/kitts-new-voice/'; If you follow the news regarding the new Knight Rider, you already know that Will Arnett has been replaced by Val Kilmer as KITT’s voice. This happened just a few weeks before the premiere, when either GM or Ford realised it wasn’t a good idea to have the voice of the GMC commercial (Arnett), voice a show massively sponsored by Ford. From the different articles we’ve... Read More
Turn your Smart into Eleanor
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/12/turn-your-smart-into-eleanor/'; Not too long ago we spotted a replica of Eleanor, the car from the remake of Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) and we told you all about it in a previous article. When looking for reference pictures, we came across the creations of Thalon Design, a design and prototyping studio based in Stockholm. These crazy Swedes have already recreated the Batmobile from Batman Returns,... Read More
Shelby GT500KR KITT: official Ford press release
800×600 wallpaper digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/26/shelby-gt500kr-kitt-official-ford-press-release/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; While researching some info about the new Knight Rider design, we stumbled upon the official Ford’s press release and found out some interesting facts. KR On January 10th we were talling about the KR suffix used for the new Shelby Mustang, and what a coincidence it was: “By the... Read More
