Picture Car Warehouse’s movie stars on the auction block, featuring vehicles from Indiana Jones, A-Team, Transformers, Fast& Furious and many more
Being able to seat in the A-Team van was a childhood dream came true. Last Saturday, August 15th, a big movie props and vehicle auction was held at LA Center Studios. Most of the movie cars came from Picture Car Warehouse, Hollywood’s biggest provider of wheeled heroes, villains, stars and extras. PCW was founded by Ted Moser and has supplied vehicles for hundred of movies and TV shows, including the Fast and Furious franchise, Knight Rider, Grindhouse, XXX, Mad Men, Transformers... Read More
Cannonball Run star Farrah Fawcett passes away
Farrah Fawcett and Burt Reynolds Farrah Fawcett has died today after a long battle with cancer. Best known for her leading role in the 1970′s TV show Charlie’s Angels, she was an iconic figure of Hollywood and glamour. In the 1981 cult movie The Cannonball Run, written by Brock Yates and directed by Hal Needham, she co-starred Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Terry Bradshaw and Jackie Chan. She was the first character to appear... 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... Read More
The Art of Cars at the Petersen Automotive Museum
If you’re a fan of Cars (2006), you’ll be happy to know that the world-renowned Petersen Automotive Museum, located in Los Angeles, will soon host an exhibition dedicated to the movie, notably with full-size renditions of McQueen and Mater. THE ART OF CARS Opening on March 29, 2008 Second Floor Hollywood Gallery The Art of Cars exhibit gives film fans and art lovers a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar’s animated feature CARS (2006). Numerous pieces of original art... Read More
’08 Knight Rider burnout
digg_url = \\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/01/08-knight-rider-burnout/\\'; This video aired by Hollywood 411 shows the new KITT doing burnouts on the NBC lot. It’s the radio controlled version the Attack Mode car (the one with the many spoilers and black rims), and it’s impressive to see what the guy with the remote can make it do. The Hoff and the actors are also interviewed. Watch the video after the jump. Read More Read More
