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.
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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.
Briefly: The Internet is abuzz with news that WonderCon, Comic-Con’s little brother, will be held in Anaheim, CA next year while its regular home, the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is undergoing renovations. The convention will be held from March 16-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center, which was one of the potential destinations for Comic-Con when it was thinking about leaving San Diego. Let us know in the comments below what you think of the move. Should it be permanent? With two writers living nearby, MovieViral will all over the event.
We are giving away some of the swag I got at WonderCon over on our Twitter page. After the break, see what we are giving away, as well as the basic rules.
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