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The 'Deathly Hallows' Trailer, 'Eclipse' And Ray Harryhausen's Birthday In Today's Twitter-Wood

Posted 6/29/10 4:17 pm EST by in Twitter-Wood


The new "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" trailer has a lot to pick apart, but Warwick Davis hopes that you didn't miss him in his two incarnations as Filius Flitwick and Griphookwhile you were taking it all in.

And speaking of taking it all in, the "Eclipse" cast is doing just that this week. Both Gil Birmingham and Tinsel Korey tweeted about what they've been up to promoting the film, though Birmingham may now be going by the name Felix. You can find out what that's about after the jump along who wanted to wish Ray Harryhausen a happy birthday.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is Twitter-Wood for June 29, 2010. Read More...

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Ray Park To Join With Ray Harryhausen For Sword-Wielding 'Necronauts'

Posted 9/3/08 2:26 pm EST by in News


Ray ParkBy Nisha Gopalan

What do you do when you're the fearsome, face-painted henchman to a Sith master, and despite displaying a staggering acumen in the kick-assery arts, you get fatally bisected by a freakin' light saber? If you're Ray Park (aka "Star Wars: Episode I" baddie Darth Maul) you continue to get your testosterone on with a small chain of modest roles.

Among them: the tongue-tastic Toad in "X-Men," a no-good Fed in "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever," and more prominently, Snake Eyes in G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra and possibly the kung-fu dynamo Iron Fist if/whenever Marvel gets around to making that one.

And now you can add another role to that budding roster, one that will take him into the sword-and-sandles fantasy land of legendary special-effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen. This courtesy of cult writer/director Kevin Van Hook, who previously helmed Park in the TV movie "Slayer." Read More...

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