Hollywood is buzzing over The Hunger Games like the Capitol erupted over the fiery arrival of Katniss in the book. According to studies the movie is on track to open to $70 million + and that’s bigger than Twilight according to Deadline.
Here in the Emerald City fans are buzzing over The Hunger Games tour bringing Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson to Seattle’s Microsoft Store at University Village on March 10th. I wanted to share the latest information from U Village if you want to be part of this big opportunity.
Here’s the schedule:
7am – Fans will be permitted to line up outside the Microsoft store.
9am – Wristbands will be handed out to the first 100 people for private in-store signing and VIP access in the Q&A area (parking lot in front of the Microsoft Store).
10am – Fans will be permitted access to the Q&A area; Q&A is free and open to the public.
2pm – 3:30pm – Private signing at the Microsoft store with the stars of ‘The Hunger Games’. Please visit the Microsoft Store for details.
The new John Carter trailer ramps up action, reveals more of the enemy and how the Earth man (Taylor Kitsch) becomes a hero on Mars. When you see the trailer depicting the world Edgar Rice Burroughs created you realize what an imagination the legendary writer had and how he influenced so many other writers. Before Stars Wars and Avatar a man from Earth became a warrior hero on Mars. Mark Strong has played the villain many time and this looks like another great performance.
Here’s why the Superman Hompage says today’s the day to celebrate The Man of Steel’s birthday!
“Why February 29? Editor Julie Schwartz declared that Superman’s birthday was on February 29th in a number of letter pages during the Silver Age. Supposedly this is how Superman stays looking so young, after all he only has a birthday every four years!
In 1985’s “Superman Annual #11” his birthdate is mentioned as being February 29 in an actual story. While “Time” magazine published a story in 1988 that also stated this date as being Superman’s birthday.
Oddly enough, Clark Kent celebrates his birthday on a completely different day. Clark’s celebrates his birthday on the day Jonathan and Martha Kent pulled him from the Kryptonian rocketship that landed in Smallville. This was established in “Action Comics #241″ in 1958, and was specified in “Action Comics #263” in 1973 as being celebrated on June 18th.”
Thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster for giving us a great hero. Thanks to Richard Donner and Christopher Reeve for bringing Kal-El to the big screen. Happy Birthday Superman and thanks for all the inspiration.
Prometheus still of Noomi Rapace courtesy 20th Century Fox
The only thing more dangerous to humanity than the species in the Alien mythology is the evil company and its greedy corporate minions. A new viral video is online starring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland, head of the shadowy company appearing in the Alien films. It appears on the TED website which hosts special corporate conferences. In this video Weyland is addressing thousands in the year 2023 before the events in Prometheus.
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus courtesy 20th Century Fox
I think Guy Pearce is pretty mesmerizing in this. Weyland is part inspiring, part menacing as he addresses the conference. Weyland references artificial lifeforms. Michael Fassbender will be playing one in the film.
As Weyland shares the Greek legend of Prometheus, it’s eerie to think of how they mirror the events of Alien and of what is said to happen in the new film.
Thanks to Digital Spy for spying this online. This follows up the previous post in which director Ridley Scott revealed Pearce’s role and the connection between the films. By Editor
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assemble on a brand new movie poster revealed on Marvel.com. The Avengers are in the rubble of a battle weary Big Apple ready for action. A new trailer debuts tomorrow on Apple.
What is that I spy in the sky behind our heroes? Is that an alien or SHIELD ship on fire? Maybe tomorrow we’ll know more about Loki’s secret army? And I’d like to see Maria Hill in action too.
Disney’s John Carter will leap and soar on Mars but some critics are predicting a downfall. Can the big screen version of Edgar Rice Burroughs literaray hero recoup the $250 million dollar budget? The Earth man will be a underdog on a world of giant green warriors, big white apes and other huge aliens but one film producer uses the same analogy for their film.
“I think it’s kind of nice to be the underdog,” producer Lindsey Collins told CNN The Marquee “I’m trying to embrace it, to a certain degree, but I think it’s one of those things where this is the biggest movie coming out right now.”
Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in Disney's John Carter
“If people really had crystal balls like that, they’d really make a lot of money,” Director Andrew Stanton said. “All I’ve ever been able to control is what the movie is itself. I came to that conclusion with ‘Toy Story’ 20 years ago. I don’t even pay attention to this outside stuff. Because if I did, I wouldn’t have made half the movies I made!”
The Cast of X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com
Best Film: X-Men: First Class
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
Best Supporting Actor: Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
Best Supporting Actress: Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Best Director: Matthew Vaughn X-Men: First Class
Best Villain: Tom Hiddleston/Loki
Best Script: X-Men: First Class
Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel.com
Most Inspiring Moment: Captain America bringing back Bucky and his unit back!
Best Special Effect: Asgard and the Bifrost
Best Human Special Effect: Chris Hemsworth (male) January Jones(female)
Best Costumes: Thor
Best Decision to Change a Costume for the Big Screen: Captain America
Gone Too Soon: Darwin, X-Men: First Class
Coolest Comic Book to Movie Makeover: Azazel (Jason Flemying) X-Men: First Class
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel.com
Coolest Male Character I Hope to See in a Sequel: Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan)
Coolest Female Character I Hope to See More of in a Sequel: Lady Sif (Jaime Alexander)
Most Perfect Casting: Chris Evans (Steve Rogers) and Hugo Weaving (Red Skull)
Best Mix of Marvel Mythology in one movie while still keeping it accessible: Captain America: The First Avenger
Honorary Award: James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier. Michael Fassbender received most of the praise but he had the more demanding role. Everyone roots for the anti-hero. Xavier was the optimistic, steady yin to Erik’s passionate, revenge driven yang. Xavier is the mentor to the other characters and McAvoy was the rock for the rest of the cast.
Tom Hiddleston as Loki & Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor courtesy Marvel
Honorary Award: Kenneth Branaugh! I had serious doubts about making Norse Gods, Asgard, and the Nine Realms accessible and enjoyable but he pulled it off beautifully. His Shakespearean background was perfect to infuse the Odin, Thor, Loki conflict with power and drama.
A stellar year for Marvel superhero fans at the box-office. Great action, inspiration, and emotion. Thanks to all the creators and actors who accepted the challenge of bringing our heroes to the big screen.
It’s a big weekend for Robert Kirkman. The first ever Image Expo is underway celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publisher. The Walking Dead fans are in a frenzy with news that David Morrissey has been cast as the Governor and will join the series next season.
I wanted to share part of this Comic Book Resources interview with Kirkman. I think it sums up why the show is a hit.
“The Walking Dead should never have been made in to a TV show. I’ll just say that right now. When I was doing the comic, never in a million years did I think that anyone would ever go “oh, zombies on TV? Good idea!” It’s not a good idea. It’s a huge risk. It’s gotta be gory, it’s gotta have characters dying. It’s like you said, it’s a very hard thing to adapt for TV.”
“Anyways, it took AMC to have the guts to say “oh you know what, that is a good idea, that would be kind of neat, we would like to try and make that a TV show.” So no, I haven’t gotten any pushback. They read a large portion of the comic; I think issue 65 was out by the time they were trying to make it in to a show. They knew what they were getting in to. They loved the comic and they wanted to adapt that. There was no push back because they knew what they were doing. I can’t gush about AMC enough.”
As I fan I have to agree with the praise for AMC for allowing the same unpredictability you have in comics on television. If you’re a reader of Kirkman’s series it’s hard to imagine a network allowing the kind of brutality the Governor delivers in the comics to be on television.
Hollywood is buzzing over The Hunger Games like the Capitol erupted over the fiery arrival of Katniss in the book. According to studies the movie is on track to open to $70 million + and that’s bigger than Twilight according to Deadline.
