July 29th, 2019Very few people can say they don't have Jim Henson as part of their childhood, thanks to Sesame Street and The Muppets. However, there was so much more to this man and his incredible workshop than meets the eye. Thankfully, we have Kevin Perjurer's Defunctland to showcase it all!
Here, I'll show you a couple definite key episodes but...
June 5th, 2019Cowabunga, dudes, this is a real blast from the past; for today's Video Vault, we've dug up an amazing retro Behind the Scenes segment from New Line Cinema on the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action feature film! Dig this for a delightful dose of 90's nostalgia, including some really insightful footage demonstrating just how...
April 22nd, 2019It's not easy being the Khal, guys. Ask D.B. Weiss and David Benioff who had a rather fun little 'game' that they played with Jason Momoa, he who was once Khal Drogo from Game of Thrones. David thought, perhaps, he could beat Jason in a slap game and, well, it didn't go great.
Check HBO's awesome little animated short out and see just...
November 20th, 2018There's so much awesomeness to the Kurt Russell-starring cult classic Escape from New York and a lot is behind the scenes! FilmSchoolArchive has the Making Of featurette of this incredible movie with director John Carpenter, the cast and crew explaining their favorite moments. These people ooze love for not only Snake Plissken but the...
June 21st, 2018Welcome to our latest chat with the folks behind the scenes that help make the magic happen here at Loot Crate!
Loot Crate is a company coming up on its 6th Anniversary at the end of this summer, and along the way, we've seen incredible change and sent awesome stuff to people all over the world. It's rare to be able to really sit...
May 17th, 2018Welcome to our latest chat with the folks behind the scenes that help make the magic happen here at Loot Crate!
We've talked a lot in past Loot Crate employee interviews about the amazing and impressive work that folks produce here for Looters all over the world - from product design and licensing, to the technical user experience of...
April 3rd, 2018There are literally tomes of awesome behind-the-scenes featurettes thanks to the massive Extended sets of The Lord of the Rings films! One of my favorites though are the ones that relay things that happened during takes that were a bit crazy for the actors to handle! Check out this awesome video featuring a handful of stories about what...
March 5th, 2018Comedy and rock fans, come along and nerd out with us on this one!: Our production team was thrilled to come along and shoot this behind the scenes video on Brendon Small's newest short film: Galaktikon, "Nightmare." Check it out above – and don't forget to watch the original film itself at Funny or Die!
Not only...
January 8th, 2018It's 2018, which means we're several steps closer to the second hit of HBO's hit series Westworld! The wait feels like forever, but if you're a real fan of Michael Crichton's world of synthetic humans, there was an even longer wait that came before...
It's over 40 years since Crichton's cautionary tale of an amusement park-for-adults...
October 5th, 2017You are WORTHY… of these cupcakes! To celebrate the God of Thunder in October’s #MYTHICAL Loot Crate and Loot Crate DX, I whipped up another tasty treat that SCREAMS Asgard. (But tastes much better.)
These cupcake creations pay homage to the colorful “Rainbow Bridge” (AKA the Bifrost) with layers and layers of fluffy,...
October 4th, 2017Welcome to the latest chat with the folks behind the scenes here at Loot Crate!
Our in-house Production Team is filled with some incredibly talented individuals that write, produce, direct, perform in, and edit an impressive amount of awesome content each and every month. Our own Adam Murray is a huge part of that rock star team....
June 5th, 2017Robots that turn into cars don't come from far away in the darkness of space.
They mostly come from North Hollywood and Studio City.
The "CarBotz" trailer for June's ALTER-EGO crate is an amalgamation of several different influences that all came together and shot in under a week. The script was written in two days with Adam Murray...
May 11th, 2017The theme for May 2017 was Guardians, and here's a look at some exclusive behind the scenes action of our latest theme video!
Finding a space that could accommodate not only the interior of a space ship's living quarters, but also that of a cargo bay was the first challenge our crew had when scouting for the theme video....
April 12th, 2017Gaze through the spyglass and see what went into creating this month's theme video for Investigate!
The theme for this month was 'Investigate', so it only makes sense for us to examine what went on behind the scenes of our latest theme video!
Since the short had such an eerie feel and mostly took place at night, it may surprise you...
March 16th, 2017Lisa Loeb and some special guests from the PRIMAL Foundation (1-844-99-PRIMAL) want you to help save the dinosaurs in Loot Crate’s March 2017 Primal Theme Video!
If you haven't watched it yet, this month's theme video for PRIMAL is a call-to-action to save the dinosaurs. The very real, very friendly (okay maybe not-so-friendly...)...
March 14th, 2017Our Loot Wear subscriptions aim to bring you the coolest and most original geeky fashions – tees and other wearables, socks, accessories and more! – each and every month. As such, our team share many of the same fan interests as you, the Looters! We sat down with two Loot Wear team members, Tom Kurzanski and Chase Anast, to find...
February 10th, 2017Ed Begley Jr. hosts this episode of American History Mysteries where, in 1942, the American Government
- in anticipation of the “International Threat” - spent $1 trillion dollars on the largest and most expensive robot in history.
Tune in as we unveil this lost footage for the very first time.
As we approach the end of the theme...
February 8th, 2017What would you say if someone offered you the chance to jump out of an airplane? If you’re anything like our lucky Mega Crate winner, Tim Schultz, you’d say without hesitation, “let’s do this!”
Tim was the winner of the December 2015 Mega Crate! Along with the chance to see the world from 25,000 feet above, Tim took home:...
January 23rd, 2017Ed Begley Jr. hosts this episode of American History Mysteries where, in 1942 the American Government - in anticipation of the “International Threat” - spent $1 Trillion dollars on the largest and most expensive robot in history. Tune in as we unveil this lost footage for the very first time.
In this month's theme video for BUILD we...
January 18th, 2017
Season 2 of USA's Colony premiered January 12, 2017 and the occasion was marked by a viewing party. But not just any viewing party.
The Sayers Club was transformed into The Yonk, the bar owned by Sarah Wayne Callies' Katie Bowman and a central location in the show. All the details were in place —- the signs behind the bar, the...
