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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

CoverGirl's Capitol Beauty Studio District Looks

CoverGirl products on shelves now!

Now that the Catching Fire CoverGirl line are in select stores now, CoverGirl has unveiled all 12 district looks on the Capitol Beauty Studio website:

CoverGirl Capitol Beauty Studio

Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, and Effie BARBIE Dolls

Barbie has released the looks for their new line of Catching Fire Barbies: Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, and Effie! You can preorder Katniss, Peeta and Effie on the Barbie website HERE.

BarbieCollector.com

SUBWAY Catching Fire Sweeps Start October 31st!

Back in July we posted about SUBWAY partnering with Catching Fire. Looks like the sweeps mentioned in the press release will soon be here:

SUBWAY® restaurants in the U.S. and Canada will be fired up in anticipation of the film’s release, with a number of promotional assets planned for in-store, social, online, and broadcast. A special product line will be featured with thematic ties to the film, along with specially marked packaging with codes encouraging customers to engage online for their chance to win prizes. SUBWAY® customers can also pose with their favorite character’s standees in the restaurants and are invited to share photos on social media for additional chances to win.

The sweeps start noon on the 31st and open to U.S. residents only. Prizes include a trip to Hawaii, tickets to the L.A. premiere, subs for a year, a private screening and "VIP concert experience" as shown in the promotional image. Sounds like a lot of cool prizes are up for grabs!

CatchingFire.Subway.com

Monday, October 7, 2013

WETA Commissioned for Catching Fire!!

We are......rather speechless. In an interview with Francis Lawrence, he reveals that the VFX for the monkey mutts in Catching Fire have been done by WETA Digital.

Will this one have better CGI?

Uh, yeah. I think the effects are phenomenal. If you know the book, there’s a monkey-mutt attack, and Weta, who did Rise of the Planet of the Apes and King Kong, did the monkeys for us.

For those new to our site, we may have mentioned a few times that we are scary big fans of the Lord of the Rings. This news almost made us pass out on the floor as if the most handsome man in the world were to say "hey" to us on the street.

For those who are wondering, "What's WETA"? Here's a recap of what is one of, if not THE BEST and most impressive VFX company. They have won academy awards for all three Lord of the Rings, King Kong, and Avatar. They also are responsible for Rise of the Planet of the Apes which was nominated for an Oscar last year. That film was renown amongst the tech community for the impressiveness and realistic depiction of the apes.

So knowing that this world renown VFX company that has mastered the art of depicting monkeys will be doing the crazy monkey mutts for Catching Fire, we are just sitting here in awe. HOW LUCKY ARE WE?!

By the way, be sure to read the full interview with Francis Lawrence, it's got some cool details about Catching Fire!

Source: NY MAG

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Visit the FINAL STOP of The Hunger Games Costume Tour!

The last stop on Black Sparrow Auction's Hunger Games Costume Tour is at The Hollywood Show at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel this Saturday and Sunday. They'll have a whole lot of costumes up for display at the show to gear up for the auction on November 16th.

Click here to see which costumes you will see at The Hollywood Show (hint: They're all the good ones!)

We also found out they will be holding a free raffle for a fancy auction catalog (which look super nice!) during the show.

This will be your last chance to see the costumes from the first film EVER! After that, all those lovely costumes will get new owners most likely never to be seen again in public. Keep in mind that the auction is DEFINITELY still worth checking out even if you are not a gajillionaire. They will be auctioning off everything, so there will probably be a chance for people to snag extra pieces. You never know how much something might go for!

So go ahead, run off to The Hollywood Show! Tickets are $20 at the door, and there's lots of other cool stuff to check out at the show as well!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

EW Catching Fire Issues with Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, and Gale Covers

The new Catching Fire issue is here! It has four different covers and probably hits newsstands Friday. Or, if you are too impatient for that you can buy the digital copy NOW.

These covers look pretty sweet, and we are definitely getting more psyched day by day as more Catching Fire promotion is being released. We notice many have been concerned over the Gale cover, it's possible it is just the arena background to match all the other covers. Unless....he's part of the rescue mission? We think the most logical option is that it's just for the sake of matching covers. Check out what Entertainment Weekly had to say about the new issue:

In this week’s cover story, EW goes deep — deep into a Hawaiian jungle, that is, for an exclusive visit to the set ofThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The highly anticipated sequel, in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) pays dearly for sparking unrest in Panem, doesn’t hit theaters until Nov. 22 (though advance tickets went on sale today). But we’ve got all kinds of reporting to whet your appetite. Plus, Katniss, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Gale (Liam Hemsworth), and Finnick (newcomer to the franchise Sam Claflin) all get their own collectible covers.
After a special report from the sweltering set in Hawaii, we head to Santa Monica, where EW reconvened the stars — along with new director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson — for a rollicking conversation about the new movie. Among the subjects? Everything from the decision to “man up” Peeta’s character for the movie to Lawrence’s spectacular fall in Katniss’ wedding dress while the cameras were rolling. The filmmakers also talk about creating new scenes for Plutarch Heavensbee (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman), and actress Jena Malone talks about the thrill of playing the ax-wielding tribute Johanna Mason. Despite the easy camaraderie of the crew, everyone took seriously their mission to respect the pained heart of author Suzanne Collins’ sequel. “In every scene we asked ourselves, ‘How would these people feel if they came back to the Hunger Games,’” says Jacobson. “What happens when you come back from these experiences of war, not what happens in a movie when you’ve kicked a lot of ass?”