Posts Tagged ‘Harry Potter’

Images from Last Night’s MET Gala

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

This was the Super Bowl of Fashion and a lot of the stars that you have come to love showed up in New York City last night to strut there stuff as the Metropolitan Museum of Art paid homage to the influence of PUNK in fashion.

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2013 is the Year of YA Novels Adapted for the Big Screen: Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire…

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

We’ve noticed a pattern emerging from all the news that has been filtered through the twitterverse over the last couple of months and that is that the 2013 movie season is all about the young adult books that you and your kids have come to love.

If you troll IMDB, than you will see listings for such projects* as:

  • Wicked Lovely – YA Fae
  • Shiver – YA Were
  • Fallen – YA Angel
  • Untitled Vampire Academy Project – YA Vampire
  • Untitled House of Night Project – YA Vampire

These projects would never have been thought of if it were not for J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer. These authors allowed Hollywood to tap into a vein of literary gold. Now, Hollywood cannot get enough of the stuff and all we have to do is wait for the right screenwriter, actors and director that can give the audience the same experience that fans of the books had.

Because of the recent success of the Hunger Games, whose second installment will be released in 2013, two YA titles have been pushed onto the fast track and are in full-fledged production mode. The two projects are Beautiful Creatures and The Mortal Instruments.

If you do not know these titles, here is a bit of info on both:

Beautiful Creatures (February 13, 2013)

Cast:

  • Lena: Alice Englert
  • Ethan: Alden Ehrenreich
  • Amma: Viola Davis
  • Macon: Jeremy Irons
  • Mrs. Lincoln: Emma Thompson
  • Ridley: Emmy Rossum

Director: Richard LaGravenes

Writers: Richard LaGravenes, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she’s struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town’s oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (August 23, 2013)

Cast:

  • Jocelyn Fray: Lena Headey
  • Clary Fray: Lily Collins
  • Alec Lightwood: Kevin Zegers
  • Jace Wayland: Jamie Campbell Bower
  • Valentine: Jonthan Rhys Meyers

Director: Harald Zwart

Writers: Cassandra Clare (based on the novel by), I. Marlene King (screenplay)

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know.

These movies, coupled with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the Hobbit, it seems that literature for the kids will be aimed at those who will be suffering from Twilight-withdrawl and to those who are young at heart.

Will you be watching any of the movies listed?

SBLC: Happy Birthday to the Boy who Lived…

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

For inspiring a generation to read and to believe.

SAG Awards : Winners that you care about…

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
GAME OF THRONES (HBO)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (Warner Bros Pictures)

Congrats to Jamie Campbell Bower and Bonnie Wright on their engagement!

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Two Harry Potter who met during the filming of the last installment of the popular movie series have decided to walk down the aisle. Jamie Campbell Bower told The Daily that he’s set to wed Bonnie Wright.

“I am engaged. I’m very happy,” Bower, 22, told the site. “It’s a wonderful, wonderful time.”

The British star is also known for his role as Caius in the Twilight films and King Arthur in the Starz series Camelot.

The Latest Last Bite Podcast is up and running…

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Listen to Kelly and Maria discuss the sexiest man alive, what movies they are looking forward to, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Fringe, News Bites on all your favorite shows, the SBLC review of Eat Prey Love by Kerrelyn Sparks, fan mail and much, much more…

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Enjoy!

This podcast was recorded on 11/21/2010

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