In this week’s Hobnobbing, we offer advice for the franchise’s first outing at the big show!By Amy Wilkinson Jennifer Lawrence in “Hunger Games” Photo: Lionsgate Come June 3, “The Hunger Games” will enter a brand-new arena: the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. And this is one fiery debut for the film franchise, with eight nominations, including Full Article…
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Movies from Board Games – What’s to Come…or Not.
Battleship is this summer's Transformers, and I mean that literally. Not only do both feature aliens with metal-like machinery which changes from mode of transportation into active weaponry, but they are also Hasbro toys turned into over-the-top, profanity-laden action films aimed at teen boys. Transformers inspired the movie trend that brings Battleship to moviegoers today. Full Article…
Tia Mowry Not Returning for The Game’s Sixth Season
Tia Mowry is out of The Game. The 33-year-old actress will… Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Tia Mowry The Game TVGuide.com: Breaking News
Hunger Games Actress Grabs Lead in Suspiria Remake
After spending years in development, director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Your Highness) is finally ready to move forward with his remake of Suspiria. Originally set for production in 2010, Green shot Your Highness and The Sitter instead, but it looks like the project is finally moving forward with its first cast member. Variety reports Full Article…
8 Great … Board Games That Need Their Own Movies
Ever since Transformers went bonkers at the box office (three times), an odd trend emerged from the robotic toy’s success – the mass development of toys and board games into movie properties. Hasbro struck gold with their “more than meets the eye” bots and have since created a fledgling film franchise around G.I. Joe, as Full Article…
The Hunger Games Gets Spoof The Starving Games
Cinematic terrorists Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, known for such classic film deconstruction visual essays as Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, Vampires Suck, and the upcoming The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D, are reuniting for yet another spoof of pop culture, this time taking aim at The Hunger Games. Called The Starving Games, the Full Article…
Jason Friedberg And Aaron Seltzer Are Back For The Starving Games
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Ready For The Starving Games?
Yes, the Vampires Suck team is back Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have yet to find a genre or hit movie they didn’t want to spoof. In their time, they have either contributed to or created the Scary Movie films, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet The Spartans, Disaster Movie and Vampires Suck. While many Full Article…
‘Scary Movie’ Writers Friedberg and Seltzer to Spoof ‘The Hunger Games’ in ‘The Starving Games’
Just when you thought our blockbusters were safe from awful spoofing comes word that the not-so-brilliant minds behind films like Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie are back at it again. This time, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer are interested in writing and directing a spoof movie called The Starving Games, Full Article…
‘The Hunger Games’ Countdown: Dream Casting ‘Catching Fire’
In August of 2010 I posted “Daring to Dream: Casting ‘The Hunger Games’ Movie” on Cinematical. Not a single person I named was cast and I still stand by my choices to the point, but I must concede Gary Ross and Lionsgate did a much better job. However, that’s not stopping me from dream casting Full Article…
The Hunger Games Approved for June Release in China
Lionsgate, a leading diversified global entertainment company, announced today that The Hunger Games, which has already grossed nearly $ 620 million at the worldwide box office, has been approved for release in China in the first half of June. The film will be released nationwide in China with both dubbed and subtitled prints by The Full Article…
Liam Hemsworth Rates New ‘Hunger Games’ Director Francis Lawrence
‘Catching Fire’ star calls new addition ‘really cool.’By Jocelyn Vena Liam Hemsworth at the “Hunger Games” premiere Photo: Getty Images Francis Lawrence is officially on board to direct the second film in the “Hunger Games” franchise, “Catching Fire.” After Gary Ross parted with the box-office blockbuster last month, one of the film’s stars, Liam Hemsworth, Full Article…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Gets a Rewrite From Toy Story Screenwriter, Gary Ross Tackles Harry Houdini
If your going to work on the script for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, you’d better have an Oscar. Before Lionsgate even released The Hunger Games, the studio hired Academy Award–winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) to adapt Suzanne Collins’ sequel novel into a script, but after director Gary Ross decided against returning for the Full Article…
The Hunger Games Sequel Catching Fire Lands Writer Michael Arndt
Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) is in talks to rewrite Catching Fire, Lionsgate’s hotly-anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games. We reported back in January that Simon Beaufoy signed on to adapt the Suzanne Collins novel. Last month, Francis Lawrence was hired to replace director Gary Ross, and now it seems Full Article…
Toy Story 3 Scribe Hired To Rewrite The Hunger Games Sequel, Catching Fire
Won the Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine. Cinema Blend News