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Rumortron 5000: Film Crew not dead yet?

In this thread on the Shout Factory forums, Shout employee Brian offered these words of comfort to fans of Mike, Bill, and Kevin’s Film Crew DVDs:

We certainly have NOT thrown The Film Crew out. In fact, we’re still looking at logistics and plans for releasing more. Since we’ve acquired MST3K, however, our efforts [...]

Rumortron 5000: MST3K reunion at Comic-Con?

Is it possible that the entire cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be appearing at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con? Well, according to some rumors, it’s quite possible, though certainly not confirmed. Brian from Shout Factory, while discussing their first MST3K DVD releases, wrote the following in this thread:

It does look like my “non-info” [...]

John Philip Law, R.I.P.

It seems that, sadly, Kalgan has been taken away from us. John Philip Law, the actor responsible for the notable MST3K-movie roles of the sneaky Diabolik and Space Mutiny’s evil Kalgan, has passed away at the age of 70. Law is probably more commonly known for his role as the blind angel in Barbarella. I [...]

Con-Watch: Cinematic Titanic at Super-Con this weekend

For those of you planning on being in the San Jose region this weekend, you may want to consider heading out to Super-Con on the 17th. Four fifths of Cinematic Titanic will be appearing at 4PM, for what seems to be labeled as an “MST3K” panel. (Mary Jo is the only one not listed on [...]