See it: New “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” poster
Check out the new poster for the eagerly awaited sequel “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” featuring a battle-ready Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence).
The poster features the tagline, “The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand,” which of course comes from the opening passages of the second book.
Gives me chills just looking at it!
The follow-up to last year’s blockbuster “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” is due in theaters Nov. 22 and stars Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. Based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young-adult dystopian book series, “The Hunger Games” saga takes place in a bleak, not-too-distant future in which North American society has collapsed and been replaced by Panem, in which every year two teenagers from each of the country’s 12 districts are summoned to the corrupt Capitol to participate in the deadly Hunger Games, a spectacle televised throughout the land.
After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games in the initial film, “Catching Fire” picks up as Katniss (Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) embark on their Victory Tour and realize they’ve become a symbol of hope and potential rebellion to the Panem population. Back at the Capitol, President Snow (Sutherland) and Head Gamekeeper Plutarch Heavesbee (Hoffman) plot to eliminate them.
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What to do in Oklahoma on May 9, 2013: See Reduxion Theatre Company’s “History of Tom Jones, a Foundling” tonight at the Broadway Theater
Today’s featured event:
Watch Reduxion Theatre Company’s adaptation of Henry Fielding’s 1749 novel “History of Tom Jones, a Foundling” at 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at its Broadway Theater, 1613 N Broadway Ave.
The new play is developed by Reduxion founders and married couple, Tyler and Erin Woods. Written by Erin and directed by Tyler, this world premiere play based on Fielding’s classic novel is set in England and follows the risqué adventures of a handsome young man with a lust for life and an eye for the ladies.
“History of Tom Jones, a Foundling,” is part romantic comedy, part social commentary and all action-adventure. The book has been the subject of many film and television versions including the popular 1963 movie, “Tom Jones,” starring Albert Finney.
The film was so popular that the up-and-coming English singer Thomas John Woodward changed his name to that of the title character, “Tom Jones,” in the early 1960s because he liked the racy persona.
“The story is remarkably ahead of its time,” said Erin Woods, Reduxion’s managing director and playwright.
The title character is good-hearted and not concerned with how people see him. “It is a commentary on how the appearance of goodness is different from true honesty and integrity.” But most people know “Tom Jones” as a sexy, sword-fighting, adventure story.
There is sex and violence throughout the play. “It’s a ‘bodice-ripper,’” said Erin. “Tom Jones” is a comedy about human nature; our follies and propensity toward vice. “I wanted a play that stayed true to the original novel, which is quite racy.” This show is not for younger audiences.
Reduxion has a reputation for creating new art based on classic stories. “We aim to be artistically inventive and fresh,” said Tyler Woods, Reduxion artistic director and production director for “Tom Jones.” Oklahoma audiences are interested in live performance that surprise and challenge them. “We will bring them something they have never seen before,” said Tyler, “Even if they know the story of ‘Tom Jones,’ this new play is full of surprises.”
The production uses experimental movement styles, theatrical pantomime, puppetry, innovative stage-combat practices and RTC’s original brand of “theatre-in-your-lap” audience-interaction. Additionally, the boundary-pushing period costuming includes Marie Antoinette-style tall powdered wigs and giant hoop-skirts. It’s visually stunning, fast-paced, fun and provocative.
As founders of Reduxion, Tyler and Erin share a vision for the theatre company, but “Tom Jones” is the first project they have developed together. “Working with Tyler as the director of my new script has been great,” said Erin. “He brings such innovation and accessibility to live theatre. We share a focus on ensemble-based performance and a true sense of fun in storytelling; I think that makes us a good team.”
Performances continue through May 25. Information: 651-3191 or www.reduxiontheatre.com.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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New releases for May 7, 2013: Pistol Annies release sophomore album
Miranda Lambert, left, Angaleena Presley, center, and Ashley Monroe of the Pistol Annies at the 60th Annual BMI Country Awards on Tuesday Oct. 30, 2012, in Nashville. (AP)
Country trio the Pistol Annies – Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe – are releasing today their sophomore album, “Annie Up.”
The album is the follow-up to their successful 2011 group debut “Hell on Heels.”
“Annie Up” features 12 songs written by the Pistol Annies that deal with the unwashed experiences of real life. The first single “Hush Hush” talks about sweeping family secrets under the rug to maintain appearances, while “I Feel A Sin Comin On” is a blusy ode to temptation. “Unhappily Married” is a brash look inside the daily grind of a couple resigned to stay together.
The confessional “Being Pretty Ain’t Pretty” dishes on the exhausting process women go through to get dressed every day. The idea for the song was inspired by a Tweet that Ashley sent that she had just bought a ton of make-up and make-up wipes to take it all off.
“Women are warriors and we go into battle everyday with the stuff we wear,” said Angaleena in a news release.
“You spend all this money for make-up and eyelashes and spray tanners just to wipe it all off at the end of the night,” added Miranda.
As previously reported, the group launched today a media blitz for the new album that includes several TV appearances over the next week. The trio also is planning a series of live shows in support of “Annie Up.” The group will play June 13 at First Council Casino in Newkirk and June 14 at Lucky Star Casino in Concho. For tickets and information, go to www.ticketstorm.com.
Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and books, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
Pistol Annies, “Annie Up.”
Lady Antebellum, “Golden.”
Rod Stewart, “Time.”
Joe Satriani, “Unstoppable Momentum.”
Patty Griffin, “American Kid.”
She & Him, “Volume 3.”
Natalie Maines, “Mother.”
The Piano Guys, “The Piano Guys” (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD).
Straight No Chaser, “Under the Influence.”
Various artists, “Music From Baz Luhrmann’s Film The Great Gatsby.”
Various artists, “The Music of Nashville, Season 1, Vol. 2.”
Talib Kweli, “Prisoner of Conscious.”
98 Degrees, “2.0.”
Dailey and Vincent, “Brothers of the Highway.”
Deerhunter, “Monomania.”
DVDs/Blu-rays
Flashpoint: The Fifth Season
Fringe: The Complete Fifth and Final Season
In the Hive
Jack Reacher
Mama
The Oranges
Private Practice: The Complete Sixth Season
Safe Haven
Starlet
Superman: Unbound
Books
Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) by Charlaine Harris
A Delicate Truth: A Novel by John le Carre
Silken Prey by John Sandford
A Step of Faith: A Novel (Walk) by Richard Paul Evans
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction–and My Own by Mika Brzezinski
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2013 summer movie preview: “Iron Man 3,” “Man of Steel,” “Star Trek into Darkness” and more on the slate for blockbuster season
“Iron Man 3″
This comprehensive look at the summer movie season was construction by The Oklahoman Entertainment Writers Gene Triplett, Matt Price, George Lang and yours truly. A version appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
2013 summer movie preview
As usual, the Hollywood studios are rolling out their potential blockbusters as the year heats up. Building on popular movie myths is a big part of their plans, with sequels to “Iron Man,” “Star Trek” and “300” mixing it up with the Superman reboot “Man of Steel,” the “Monsters, Inc.” prequel “Monsters University and a new incarnation of “The Lone Ranger.”
As usual, the Hollywood studios are rolling out their potential blockbusters as the year heats up. Building on popular movie myths is a big part of their plans, with sequels to “Iron Man,” “Star Trek” and “300” mixing it up with the Superman reboot “Man of Steel,” the “Monsters, Inc.” prequel “Monsters University and a new incarnation of “The Lone Ranger.”
“Iron Man 3” already seems to have the summer off to a marvelous start: The superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. got a head-start on its domestic launch this Friday with a $195.3 million opening in 42 overseas markets last weekend.
That topped the $185.1 million start for Marvel’s “The Avengers,” which opened in 39 markets over the same weekend last year a week ahead of its record-breaking domestic debut of $207.4 million.
To ensure there’s a little something for all movie lovers — and perhaps to cut down on simulated explosions — the studios are even rolling out a few comedies, dramas and romances this season. Just remember to check your local listings, as release dates occasionally move around.
Today
“Iron Man 3”
Robert Downey Jr. slips back into the heavy metal suit of Iron Man to play billionaire playboy Tony Stark for the fourth time (or fifth, counting an “Incredible Hulk” cameo). This time, Shane Black takes the director’s seat to helm the superhero’s battle against Marvel Comics baddie the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts and Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine also return. Jon Favreau, who directed the series’ first two installments, will appear as Stark’s driver, Happy Hogan.
“Disconnect”
Jason Bateman, Paul Patton and Alexander Skarsgard are among the stars of this drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today’s wired world. Norman native Mickey Liddell is among the film’s producers.
May 4
“Aquí y allá (Here and There)”
After working in the United States for years, a family man (Pedro De los Santos) returns home to his small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, and finds his daughters and circumstances have changed. In Spanish and Nahuatl with English subtitles, the film plays Saturday and Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
May 9
“To the Wonder”
Filmed in and around Bartlesville, Pawhuska and Tulsa — and Mont Saint-Michel, Manche, France — by reclusive and enigmatic film director Terrence Malick (“Days of Heaven,” “The Tree of Life”), this potential awards-grabber stars Olga Kurylenko as Marina and Ben Affleck as Neil, a couple who meet in France and move to Oklahoma to start a life together, but find complications when Neil renews a relationship with his childhood sweetheart Jane (Rachel McAdams). Javier Bardem co-stars as a priest struggling with his vocation. The film plays Thursday through May 12 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
“The Great Gatsby”
May 10
“The Great Gatsby”
The fifth attempt to adapt F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most celebrated novel to film stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role of the enigmatic, nouveau riche playboy; Tobey Maguire as the Long Island neighbor, Nick Carraway, who is drawn into Gatsby’s dangerously decadent world; and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Carraway’s cousin and Gatsby’s old flame. The 1920s-period drama is directed and cowritten for the screen by “Moulin Rouge!” helmer Baz Luhrmann.
“Peeples”
In this comedy, an average guy (Chris Robinson, “Hot Tub Time Machine”) travels to the Hamptons to meet his girlfriend’s (Kerry Washington, “Django Unchained”) preppy family and tries to impress her father, a federal judge (David Alan Grier, TV’s “In Living Color”).
“Star Trek into Darkness”
May 17
“Star Trek into Darkness”
J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) returns to direct the second post-reboot “Trek” film, featuring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Benedict Cumberbatch (“Sherlock”) is on board as a mysterious villain. In the film, the Enterprise is called back to Earth after a terrorist act, but Kirk strikes out on his own on a manhunt to capture a destructive force. The sequel opens May 15 in IMAX.
“Blancanieves”
Spain’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for 2012 centers on a 1920s female bullfighter, puts a twist on the Snow White legend and pays homage to silent films. It screens May 17-19 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
May 22
“Wagner & Me”
To mark Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday on May 22, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is showing this documentary, in which English actor and raconteur Stephen Fry delves into his passion for the music of history’s most controversial composer.
May 23
“Renoir”
Renowned Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet), in deteriorating health at age 74, and his son Jean (Vincent Rottiers), recovering from injuries suffered in World War I, both become enchanted with the free-spirited Andree (Christa Theret), a young beauty who becomes the artist’s last model. The period family drama, set in 1915 on the French Riviera, will show May 23-May 26 and May 30-June 2 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
“Fast & Furious 6”
May 24
“Fast & Furious 6”
Agent Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) recruits Dom (Vin Diesel) and Brian (Paul Walker) to help bring down a team of high-octane thieves led by former special ops soldier Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and director Justin Lin return for the latest souped-up sequel in the long-running action series.
“The Hangover Part III”
The “Wolf Pack” reunites to console Alan (Zach Galifianakis) over a death in the family, and the party reignites in Las Vegas and accelerates in Tijuana. Todd Phillips directs and cowrites again, and Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha are back in their cups, as well.
“Epic”
Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Christoph Waltz, Colin Farrell, Pitbull, Steven Tyler and Beyonce Knowles lend their voices to the animated fantasy tale from “Ice Age” co-director Chris Wedge.
“Before Midnight”
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy and director Richard Linklater reunite for the third film in their romantic drama trilogy, which picks up in Greece nine years after the events of “Before Sunset” and almost two decades after their first meeting in “Before Sunrise.”
“At Any Price”
Writer-director Ramin Bahrani’s (“Goodbye Solo”) family drama is set in the high-stakes world of modern agriculture. Dennis Quaid stars as an ambitious Iowa farmer longing to expand his family empire with the help of his reluctant and rebellious son (Zac Efron), who wants to become a professional race car driver.
“Now You See Me”
May 31
“Now You See Me”
A group of renegade magicians (played by Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher and Morgan Freeman, among others) are tracked by the FBI after they stage a series of bank heists and reward their audiences with the spoils. “Now You See Me” also stars Woody Harrelson, Melanie Laurent (“Inglourious Basterds”) and Dave Franco, and is directed by Louis Leterrier (“Clash of the Titans”).
“After Earth”
A father and son — Will Smith and his real-life progeny Jaden Smith — crash land on Earth 1,000 years after humanity has been forced to evacuate the planet in this sci-fi action-adventure from director/co-writer M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”).
Monday Catchy Quote No. 262
A catchy quote from a movie, TV show or other source to brighten the beginning of your week:
Ford: Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
- Click here to learn the source.
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Movie review: “The Company You Keep”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. 2 1/2 of 4 stars.
Actor-director Robert Redford recruits an excellent company for “The Company You Keep,” his thriller about former revolutionaries that is neither thrilling nor revolutionary enough.
For his ninth directorial effort, he assembles an unparalleled cast: Four of the players — Redford, Susan Sarandon, Chris Cooper and Julie Christie — are Academy Award winners, while five more — Anna Kendrick, Richard Jenkins, Nick Nolte, Terrence Howard and Stanley Tucci — are Oscar nominees. But the stilted storytelling dulls their sterling efforts.
The political potboiler opens intriguingly enough with well-heeled Vermont housewife Sharon Solarz (Sarandon) allowing herself to get nabbed by the FBI in upstate New York. It turns out that the wife and mother of two is an all-grown-up member of the 1970s radical left group the Weather Underground, whose Vietnam War-era efforts to overthrow the government included bombing government buildings.
Solarz, who has been living quietly under a false identity for the past 30 years, was among a faction of the Weatherman involved in a Michigan bank robbery that left a security guard dead. Since there’s no statute of limitations on murder, ambitious FBI Agent Cornelius (Howard) is eager to round up the other Weathermen suspected of participating in the botched heist.
After his beleaguered editor (Tucci) chews him out for failing to break the news, Solarz’s strange case also brings out the ambitious side of Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), an overworked and underexperienced reporter at the Albany (N.Y.) Times. Ben is particularly curious when he learns that local hotshot attorney Jim Grant (Redford, who just barely pulls off playing a character actually 10 years his junior) has turned down the chance to defend Solarz.
Using his sharp instincts, dodgy tactics and former romance with a fledgling FBI agent (Kendrick), Ben uncovers that Grant is actually another wanted Weatherman, Nick Sloan. Just before the story gets out, Grant and his 11-year-old daughter Isabel (singer Jackie Evancho, surprisingly solid) slip up to New York City, where the widowed father leaves the girl in the care of his estranged brother Daniel (Cooper) and cagily eludes Cornelius’ team.
Instead of fleeing the country, though, Grant works inland, seeking the help of fellow former revolutionaries — Nolte, endearingly gruff as usual, as a still-shady lumberyard owner and Jenkins, appealingly careworn per the norm, as a still-resentful college professor — to track down his former lover and fellow suspect Mimi Lurie (Christie), who has kept her radical ways.
Meanwhile, Ben heads to Michigan and the scene of the long-ago bank robbery, crossing paths with an evasive former police chief (Brendan Gleeson) and his fetching daughter Rebecca (Brit Marling).
Working from screenwriter Lem Dobbs’ (Steve Soderbergh’s “Haywire”) adaptation of Neil Gordon’s 2003 novel, Redford unhurriedly delivers an engaging if utterly conventional thriller that isn’t nearly as surprising or thought-provoking as he, his cast or the audience wants it to be.
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Blu-ray review: “John Dies at the End”
A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
“John Dies at the End”
It’s a testament to the downright strangeness of “John Dies at the End” that I still wasn’t quite sure by the end if the title could accurately be considered a spoiler.
Cult filmmaker Don Coscarelli’s (“Bubba Ho-Tep”) adaptation of Jason Pargin’s cult web-serial-turned-book mashes up elements of gory creature features, stoner comedies and paranormal action-adventures. That its gleefully assured indie sensibilities sometimes clash with its budget-taxing special effects goals only makes the mind-bending movie an even more surreal trip.
And “John Dies at the End” is never less than surreal and trippy, as sardonic college dropout David Wong (Chase Williamson, playing the author’s surrogate) relates his unlikely tale of ghosts, zombies and insectile aliens to skeptical newspaper reporter Arnie Blondestone (Paul Giamatti, also an executive producer).
Dave used to be a skeptic, too, before he attended a field party where his stoner pal John (Rob Mayes) was playing with his band. At the party, the buddies encounter a fetching one-handed classmate named Amy (Fabianne Therese), her bold and clever dog Bark Lee and a seemingly psychic, maybe-Jamaican guy (Tai Bennett) peddling a mystery drug called “soy sauce.”
While John and several other partygoers eagerly take the drug, Dave is accidentally exposed. The effects are the same: The sauce allows users to glimpse and potentially traverse various times and dimensions, and it becomes apparent that at least one of those alternate planes is home to some particularly nasty beasties. Unexpectedly tasked with helping to save the world, Dave and John encounter an enigmatic alien (Doug Jones), a dogged detective (Glynn Turman) and a famous TV mentalist (the magnificent Clancy Brown) along the way.
Often convoluted and sometimes weird for the sake of weirdness, “John Dies at the End” will keep you watching just to see what entertainingly warped reality it can conjure up and what storytelling rules it can bend next.
Bonus features: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, casting sessions, two making-of featurettes and an interview with Giamatti.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: New trailers for “Man of Steel,” “Star Trek into Darkness,” “Lone Ranger” and “R.I.P.D”
In this Video Spotlight, check out the new trailers for the eagerly awaited upcoming films “Man of Steel,” “Star Trek into Darkness,” “The Lone Ranger,” “R.I.P.D.,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “Iron Man 3.”
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2013 MTV Movie Awards, Latest Movie News, Robert Downey, Jr.
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New releases for April 16, 2013: The Flaming Lips, Skating Polly and Krystal Keith drop albums
Oklahoma City-based alternative rockers The Flaming Lips unleashed their new studio album, “The Terror,” today.
Along with the digital and CD versions of the album, “The Terror” is available as a special Direct-To-Consumer, Limited-Edition Silver Vinyl double-LP set, housed in a two-pocket gatefold jacket with printed sleeves.
Edmond punk-rock-pop duo Skating Polly – stepsisters Kelli Mayo, 13, and Peyton Bighorse, 17 – recently released their sophomore album “Lost Wonderfuls” on iTunes. The album debuted today CD from the SQE label.
“Lost Wonderfuls” was produced by Exene Cervenka of the seminal Los Angeles punk band X and mixed by Kliph Scurlock, drummer for The Flaming Lips.
And Oklahoma country singer Krystal Keith dropped today her self-titled debut EP, which features her emotional single “Daddy Dance With Me,” which she co-wrote to surprise her famous father, Toby Keith, at her wedding. Her full-length debut album, “Whiskey & Lace,” is expected out in a few months.
Here is a list of new albums, DVD/Blu-rays and books out this week, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
Albums
The Flaming Lips, “The Terror.”
Skating Polly, “Lost Wonderfuls.”
Krystal Keith, “Krystal Keith” (EP).
Willie Nelson, “Let’s Face The Music and Dance.”
Fall Out Boy, “Save Rock N Roll.”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Mosquito.”
Steve Earle, “The Low Highway.”
Sarah Brightman, “Dreamchaser.”
Iron & Wine, “Ghost on Ghost.”
David Bowie, “Aladdin Sane (40th Anniversary Edition).”
Jane Monheit, “The Heart of the Matter.”
Michael Feinstein and Andre Previn, “Change of Heart: The Songs of Andre Previn.”
Skid Row, “United World Rebellion: Chapter One.”
Carla Bruni, “Little French Songs.”
DVDs/Blu-ray
Angels of Sex
Disneynature: Wings of Life
Django Unchained
Dragon
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore
A Monster In Paris
Not Suitable for Children
Save the Date
Books
My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life by Gabrielle Reece, Karen Karbo
Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber
The Catalyst Leader: 8 Essentials for Becoming a Change Maker by Brad Lomenick
Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld
Dreams Come True… All They Need Is You! by Mike Dooley, Virginia Allyn
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Video: First “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” trailer, exclusive “Iron Man 3″ clip unveiled at MTV Movie Awards
Liam Hemsworth presents a “Hunger Games” moment at the MTV Movie Awards in Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver City, Calif., on Sunday April 14, 2013. (AP)
The MTV Movie Awards aired Sunday night, and in keeping with tradition, the Golden Popcorn statuettes were handed out to the winners, Aubrey Plaza and Will Ferrell pulled off what I suspect is one of the show’s signature wacky stunts, and the “Pitch Perfect” cast, including Muskogee native Ester Dean, rocked the house.
Plus, a couple of exclusive clips were shown from some of the most hotly anticipated films of 2013.
On the same night that “The Avengers” won three prizes, including best movie, an exclusive “Shootout” clip from “Iron Man 3″ was shown during the awards show. “Iron Man 3″ opens in theaters on May 3.
Even more exciting, Liam Hemsworth introduced the first trailer to “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”
The follow-up to last year’s blockbuster “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” is due in theaters Nov. 22 and stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Stanley Tucci and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman. Based on Suzanne Collins’ best-selling young-adult dystopian book series, “The Hunger Games” saga takes place in a bleak, not-too-distant future in which North American society has collapsed and been replaced by Panem, in which every year two teenagers from each of the country’s 12 districts are summoned to the corrupt Capitol to participate in the deadly Hunger Games, a spectacle televised throughout the land.
After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games in the initial film, “Catching Fire” picks up as Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) embark on their Victory Tour and realize they’ve become a symbol of hope and potential rebellion to the Panem population. Back at the Capitol, President Snow (Sutherland) and Head Gamekeeper Plutarch Heavesbee (Hoffman) plot to eliminate them.
Get More:
2013 MTV Movie Awards, Latest Movie News
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