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[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Considered by many the best in Star Trek film series this critically acclaimed & financially successful sequel to ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ opened 44yrs ago today.

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

Someone replaced the dinosaurs in JURASSIC PARK with PEE-WEE HERMAN and I love it even more now 😂🔥 (not created with AI btw)

[James Gunn @JamesGunn]

In brightest day, in blackest night.
#Lanterns premieres August 16 on @hbomax.

[Ming-Na Wen @MingNa]

What you see vs. what I see 🫠

[sᥕᥱᥱ𝗍 𝗍һіᥒg❤️‍🔥(𝙰𝚜𝚒𝚊) @55SweetThing]

Scene from “Batman and Robin” (1949) - a 15 part serial from Columbia Pictures directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Robert Lowery as Batman and Johnny Duncan as Robin.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

New look at Nicholas Hoult in Lex Luthor’s Warsuit in ‘Man of Tomorrow’

🎥 @nickbeest9

[Carnival of Horror @HorrorCarnival]

The Twilight Zone: The Movie "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1983)

[Blaze Binges @BlazeBinges]

An important message from the original He-Man show

[Coyote vs. ACME @CoyoteACMEMovie]

August 28, 2026 🐰🥕👀

[Empire @empiremagazine]

James Gunn has released a first look at Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor, in his warsuit, on the set of Superman sequel Man Of Tomorrow.

See it at Empire: https://t.co/S1XwerdeOA

[James Gunn @JamesGunn]

Fit check. Live from the set of Man of Tomorrow.

[Geekshow @GeekShow]

Geekshow Live! near miss

X-Men 97, House of the Dragon, Toy Story,I am Frankelda, President Curtis, Maniac Cop, RIP Marcia Lucas, rebecca reviews Obsession, lots more

https://t.co/gcBfLpnrar

[Matt @DisneyScoopGuy]

Here’s the full BDX Droids show at Disneyland in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to cleanse your timeline!

[Retro Toys and Cartoons @toys_retro]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Flushomatic Retrocatapult Plunger Gun ♥️

[Frank Crist @CristFrank]

Marcia Lucas, editor for the original Star Wars trilogy has died. Fuck cancer! https://t.co/6MnSL6yYJg @RFHKerry @GeekShow

[Variety @Variety]

Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor, Dies at 80 https://t.co/xCSAMODhGK

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Mel Brooks on the only condition George Lucas imposed on Brooks before allowing him to make the satire on "Star Wars" (1977): "Spaceballs" (1987):

"The same way I called Alfred Hitchcock to get his blessings on 'High Anxiety' (1977), I sent the 'Spaceballs' script to 'Star Wars' (1977) creator George Lucas. If not to get his blessing, then certainly to give him a heads-up on what I was doing vis-à-vis Star Wars. He was kind enough to read it and respond.

He said he had seen 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) and 'Young Frankenstein' (1974) and was a big fan. He enjoyed the script, and only had one real caveat for me: no action figures. He explained that if I made toys of my Spaceballs characters they would look a lot like Star Wars action figures. And that would be a no-no for his lawyers and his studio’s business affairs department. So he gave his blessing to make my funny satiric takeoff of Star Wars as long as I promised that we would not sell any action figures.

I said, “You’re absolutely right.” And that was one of the rules we didn’t break.

So even though in the movie itself we have Dark Helmet playing with action figures… we never sold any.

The exchange with George Lucas also triggered a beloved comedy scene in which a character that I played, Yogurt, a takeoff on Yoda, responds to Lone Starr’s question of “What is this place? What is it that you do here?” with a whole exposé of the movie business.

So even though we didn’t actually do any commercial merchandising, we still had a lot of fun with the scene. And over the years Spaceballs movie fans have sent me more than one mockup of “Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal.”"

("Mel Brooks on the Making of Spaceballs", Mel Brooks, Literary Hub, 2021)

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Tom Hanks and the rest of the #ToyStory5 cast do the “Toy Story Flop” at the UK launch event