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Jennifer Lawrence Before THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE

 

The Hunger Games Cast Tour in Seattle

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens this week.  Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen, who is forced to compete in deadly new games of former champions (including Josh Hutcherson back at Peeta.)

 

Before global success of The Hunger Games, before winning an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Silver Linings Playbook, Lawrence and her leading men (Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth) came to Seattle on The Hunger Games Tour.  I remember young fans erupting into a frenzy like tributes arriving in the Capitol.

 

I wanted to share part of that interview again. Most of the young fans were on Team Gale or Team Peeta. I asked Lawrence about the relationship between Katniss and Cinna, the stylist who becomes her mentor. While filming X-Men: First Class Lawrence (who played Raven/Mystique) became friends with co-star Zoe Kravitz (who played Angel) and developed a friendship with her dad, rock star Lenny Kravitz. She explained that helped their on-screen rapport:

Kravitz returns as Cinna to prepare Katniss and Peeta for the Hunger Games Quarter Quell as the new District 12 champions must fight for their lives again against former winners.

 

Lawrence reprises her role as Mystique in X-Men: Days of Future Past coming in May, 2014.

 

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens Friday. The third book in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy, Mockingjay, will be split into two final films.

 

By Editor

 

Chris Pratt on Becoming Star-Lord in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 courtesy Marvel

Chris Pratt plays Star-Lord in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy but you might think he’s a mutant with his ability to gain and lose weight for roles. The Parks and Recreation star plays a supporting role to Vince Vaughn in Delivery Man but next year he’s the leading man for the “Avengers in space” epic.

 

Pratt tells Huffington Post he felt he was right for Peter Quill, the human pilot who becomes leader of a squad of alien heroes.

 

“For me it felt like a perfect fit right off the bat. I felt like at my very first audition that I nailed it, but, I was afraid that I wasn’t physically right for it because I was still pretty big from this movie. And so I just thought, Continue reading Chris Pratt on Becoming Star-Lord in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

Lady Deathstrike Attacks In X-MEN #7

X-Men #7 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #7 courtesy Marvel

Lady Deathstrike is back with a vengeance in X-Men #7 this week. Brian Wood kicks off a brand new arc for the all-female X-Men squad in the aftermath of Battle of the Atom.

 

Kitty Pryde has left the team. Monet St. Croix of X-Factor is on board as the 3-part Muertas arc begins. A revamped Lady Deathstrike has a “Day of the Dead” inspired killer new look in these pages by fan favorite artist Terry Dodson.

 

The villainess isn’t alone – she’s recruited a new Sisterhood but they’re not all mutants. Wood tells Marvel.com how he chose the furious females for this new incarnation. Continue reading Lady Deathstrike Attacks In X-MEN #7

BLOODSHOT and ARCHER & ARMSTRONG Crossover

Archer & Armstrong #18 courtesy Valiant
Archer & Armstrong #18 courtesy Valiant

An unlikely alliance from Valiant. Two very different books, very different teams together for a showdown.

 

“Mission: Improbable” – a four-part crossover event beginning this March in Archer & Armstrong #18 and Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps #20.

As revealed today at IGN, “Mission: Improbable” will unite the ongoing Archer & Armstrong creative team of Fred Van Lente and Pere Perez with Bloodshot and H.A.R.D Corps co-writers Christos Gage and Joshua Dysart and incoming artist Tom Raney for an action-packed melee through the espionage-laden underground of the Valiant Universe!

Continue reading BLOODSHOT and ARCHER & ARMSTRONG Crossover

James Robinson on the Fall of the FANTASTIC FOUR

Fantastic Four art by Leonard Kirk courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four art by Leonard Kirk courtesy Marvel

Writer James Robinson and artist Leonard Kirk are the new creative team on Marvel’s First Family. An all-new Fantastic Four #1 arrives in February, 2014. The acclaimed writer tells Marvel.com he’s orchestrating the Fall of the Fantastic Four:

 

“I think it was Grant Morrison that said a gentleman writer comes on a book, duly messes everything up for the characters, but then puts it back together again at the end the way he left it. So absolutely I intend to put the team through hell Continue reading James Robinson on the Fall of the FANTASTIC FOUR

Valiant Comics February 2014 Preview

Unity #4 courtesy Valiant
Unity #4 courtesy Valiant

A super team divided! A hero must die! A warrior becomes an emperor!

 

Here’s a first look at what’s coming from Valiant in February 2014.

 

UNITY #4
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by DOUG BRAITHWAITE
Cover by CLAYTON CRAIN

UNITY divided!

Here comes heavyweight showdown you’ve been waiting for! As Harada’s secret machinations come to light, the newly minted UNITY team will be faced with a choice that will change this team forever – and the Valiant Universe along with it. Get ready for a world-shaking battle royale as the final installment of UNITY’s first adventure pits X-O Manowar and Toyo Harada against the most dangerous battalion ever united – and each other. Continue reading Valiant Comics February 2014 Preview

Gay in the All-New Marvel Now?

Astonishing X-Men #51 courtesy Marvel

Editorial:

Suddenly you might wonder will GLBT characters have a home in the All-New Marvel Now?

Mutant lovers Rictor and Shatterstar are not part of the All-New X-Factor series. The previous volume earned a GLAAD Media Award for the portrayal of this couple rocky’s romance.

Astonishing X-Men #51 is famous for the landmark wedding of openly gay X-Man Northstar to Kyle Jinadu. Lesbian mutant Karma was part of this team, too but now that series is over. Continue reading Gay in the All-New Marvel Now?