Suzuki Kizashi 3 video
Last March at the New york Autoshow, Suzuki introduced the Kizashi 3 concept car. To help the physical model, they also had a video entirely in 3D. It’s not a movie per se, but it’s interesting nonetheless, and gives us a sense of things to come. Computer generated animations have made tremendous improvements for the past decades and will keep doing so. The cost, the amount of time and people to make them has also drop. In the case of the present video, you can tell... Read More
Disney/Pixar officially announce Cars 2 for 2012
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; I don’t know for you, but for us, despite being an animated movie, Cars ranks among our cult car movies. The quality of the animation, the depth of the details, the quirky ideas, it all comes together beautifully. Personally, I really liked the enormous amount of research behind it and how they manage to show so much about the car culture, and they did it in such a great manner that the movie is enjoyable for the hardcore car freak, as well as... 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
“KITT my Ride” on NBC
Is this what they mean? Update: download our KITT My Ride wallpapers! digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/05/kitt-my-ride-on-nbc/'; A couple days ago, the good guys at The Knight Rider Online revealed NBC’s online strategy for the new Knight Rider series, scheduled to debut this fall: “Knight Rider” – Fans of the show will find a “KITT” My Ride feature, weekly KITT voicemails to mobile subscribers, talking KITT e-cards and streaming... Read More
Smart car to be the next A-Team van?
Yesterday, we told you about the A-Team movie, scheduled for 2009. So when we found this lovely Smart car, we thought the producers had blown a fuse. Don’t worry too much though. Turned out it’s just the job of a dedicated (and talented) fan. Look at the details: the rims, the paint (with the right black-red-grey scheme), the roof spoiler…. It’s perfect! Just need a tiny version of Mr.T to drive it…. It will go very well next the “Smartinor”... Read More
Watch KITT every Wednesday in the fall
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/04/02/watch-kitt-every-wednesday-in-the-fall/'; After getting the news that the new Knight Rider was getting its own weekly show yesterday, we were keeping an eye on Variety, NBC and others to to see if the show would get a good slot in the Peacock’s schedule. Well, it didn’t get the best one, but Wednesdays at 8/7c is not too shabby either. Improvement in sight NBC has hired an experienced showrunner for the series, Gary... Read More
Sunday Ads: Michael Bay special
It’s a Michael Bay kind of Sunday today, with commercials shot by Hollywood’s explosion specialist (and we’re not talking about Transformers, just real TV commercials). We’ll show you a little retrospective of his TV ads and movie career We started with Car Carrier, the one he directed in 2004 for Chevy which, even if it doesn’t feature any robots, shares a lot of visual clues with Transformers. The vehicles seem to be unmanned, the chase, the angles,... Read More
Sunday ads: Pontiac, Sin City & Renaissance style
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/10/sunday-ads-pontiac-sin-city/'; As you can tell, today is Pontiac day, with two commercials relying on recent movies. The first one was linked to Transformers, with Megan Fox (read our previous article: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac), while the second one, entirely in black and white (except for the Pontiac logo) seems to be inspired by the movies Sin City (2005) and Renaissance (2006). Sin City by Robert Rodriguez & Frank... Read More
Poll: what’s next on CARS+ MOVIES. Results!
The results from the poll are here and it’s a tie for the Batmobile and Christine, with 33% of the votes. 33% Batmobile (movies and TV shows) 33% Christine (Plymouth Fury) 25% DeLorean (Back to the Future trilogy) 8% The Fast and Furious vehicles So what are we going to feature next. Well, both! We’ll start with the Batmobile and it’s history -the voters on SodaHead often precised they liked the old one better, but we’ll cover all the main ones (not... Read More
Death Race (2008)
So… Death Race 2000 is being remade and we’re getting new pieces of information here and there. The working title is Death Race 3000 and it is schedule for release on September 26th, 2008 in the US. Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat) is directing it and I don’t know if that’s a good thing. Jason Statham has the lead, playing a prisoner forced to race across the USA against fellow inmates, in 2020. Tyrese Gibson... Read More
