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C2E2 2012: Captain America Auction

April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

As one of the site’s resident Chicagoans, I am fortunate enough to attend the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) at McCormick Place with relative ease. Since it first launched in 2010, C2E2 has sought to provide the Midwest with a taste of pop culture the way the San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic-Con cater to our country’s coasts. While not nearly as big of a show, C2E2 still draws attention because it brings the likes of Marvel and DC Comics to the Windy City, along with some fairly high profile celebrities and panels.

Our coverage begins with photos from one of the convention’s biggest draws: Profiles in History’s Captain America: The First Avenger auction. Hit the jump to learn more about the auction and see photos of the items currently on display on the C2E2 floor!

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WonderCon Wrap Up: Interesting Booths and Gallery

March 21, 2012 By 1 Comment

This was our second year covering WonderCon, the comic book and geek convention that is sort of the little brother to Comic-Con. You can read all of our previous coverage on this year’s event here and see my random gallery from the convention here. After the break I give my thoughts on the convention and some cool things I found on the exhibit floor.

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WonderCon 2012: “Looper” Roundtable Interview With Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson

March 19, 2012 By 3 Comments

Our other roundtable interview at WonderCon was for the upcoming sci-fi action film Looper, in which we had the pleasure to sit down with star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Director/Writer Rian Johnson. The film stars Levitt as a hitman who kills people sent back from the future by the mob, but then he recognizes one of his targets as his future self (played by Bruce Willis). Listen to the full interview after the break.
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WonderCon 2012: “The Amazing Spider-Man” Roundtable Interview With Emma Stone and Marc Webb

March 18, 2012 By 2 Comments

Before their panel at WonderCon on Saturday, I and other reporters got to sit down with director Marc Webb and Gwen Stacy herself, Emma Stone, from The Amazing Spider-Man. During the roundtable interview, the two talk about working on a film that has so much anticipation, how much dialogue was improvised, the importance of having a scene in a superhero film where the mask gets ripped off, and more. I even tried to pry a bit of information about the film’s viral campaign from Webb, but he was very coy. Listen to the full interview after the break.
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“The Amazing Spider-Man” Viral Campaign Slings Into WonderCon

March 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

As was to be be expected, the viral campaign for Columbia Pictures’ The Amazing Spider-Man picked up some steam at WonderCon this weekend. In conjunction with Sony’s panel yesterday afternoon, there were a few updates to the campaign. Get the details after the break.
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“Prometheus” Viral Campaign Continues At WonderCon

March 18, 2012 By 8 Comments

Yesterday at WonderCon was the 20th Century Fox panel that included Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. While the biggest buzz has been the new trailer, the viral campaign got nice shot in the arm as well. Get the details after the break.
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Movie Review: Superman vs. The Elite

March 17, 2012 By 2 Comments

As I’ve mentioned many times, Superman is my favorite superhero. While this could make me biased to think that any Superman project is automatically decent, but as a fan, I care about the treatment this hero of heroes. That’s why I was both excited and nervous to see Warner Premiere’s Superman Vs. The Elite last night at WonderCon. Despite the track record of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, this was my first solo Superman film of the series. Read my full review after the break.
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WonderCon 2012: Chris Hardwick Announces Extensive New Nerdist YouTube Line-Up

March 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

YouTube seems to be making a big push to become an alternative to Cable Television, as it looks to bolster its original content by supporting partners and bringing in Hollywood talent. As part of this evolution, TV host and nerd Chris Hardwick announced at WonderCon yesterday that his YouTube Channel Nerdist has a whole new line-up of original content starting April. Get the details after the break.

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WonderCon 2012 Schedule Released

February 28, 2012 By

The full schedule for Wondercon 2012 has been released. The event recently moved from its San Fransisco home to the sunny side of southern California. Now Wondercon will be held at the Anahiem Convention Center in Anahiem California next to Disneyland. So of course two MovieViral staff members will be there to attend the event. Don’t have to spend a penny on hotel fees. So here are just some of the events we will most likely be attending at Wondercon. You can check out a full schedule here. Be sure to e-mail or tweet us any event we should be watching for you. Hit the jump to see the full schedule. [Read more...]

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WonderCon 2012 Tickets Are Now On Sale

December 2, 2011 By

Briefly: We don’t get a chance to cover a lot of conventions here at MovieViral, but we have made Comic-Con and WonderCon staple events on our calendar. Next year, WonderCon is temporarily moving to Anaheim, which is right in our backyard, so we’ll be all over it. Tickets for Comic-Con’s little brother started going on sale today, so if you have $20 – $50 to spend, you could see a MovieViral staff member there! If you missed our coverage from last year’s event, click here, and we’ll bring you more news as we get closer to the March 16-18 dates of the convention.

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