The Hunger Games
Hugo Award Nominees Announced
The full list of nominees for the 60th annual Hugo Awards have been announced by the World Science Fiction Society. Winners will be announced at the World Science Fiction Convention in Antionio, TX later this year. Best Novel 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) Blackout by Mira Grant (Orbit) Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor) Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (DAW) Best Tell Me More!
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Character Portraits
The second film in the Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire, is not scheduled for theatrical release until November, but in the meantime, several new character posters have surfaced. It seems that each member of the cast has been professionally photographed in Captitol portraits and everyone is sitting down with the exception of Katniss. We haven't seen Peeta's photo yet either, but we're sure it's on its way. We also see a new character, Beetee. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Stanley Tucci, Tell Me More!
Toy Fair 2013: NECA Spotlight
After viewing all of the new merchandise to be released, there is no question that NECA will be dominating the toy market in 2013. From their irresistible Pacific Rim figures, to Kick-Ass 2, Alien, Prometheus, Lone Ranger, Keaton Batman, and our personal favorite, the '66 Adam West Batman who is articulated to Batusi, NECA's entire line is a must buy. And now, for some release dates! Kick Ass 2 - June, Prometheus series 2 - March Prometheus Series 3 - TBA (series 1 is currently available Tell Me More!
First Official Catching Fire Promo Photos
In the first three official promotional photos from the second movie based on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy, 'Katniss and Finnick go to war.' Two of the photos depict the pair together in their new outfits and with a different set of weapons while the one stand alone photo of Katniss shows her in a classic pose with her signature bow and arrows. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is scheduled for theatrical release on November 21 and stats Jennifer Hudson as Katniss and Sam Clafin as Finnick. Tell Me More!
The Movie Franchise Map
This map of movies shows us which film studio owns which franchise. These diagrams were recently created to include the Disney owning Lucasfilm deal which took place in October. There are surprisingly few studios that own the majority of films we all geek out about. As io9 stated, look at the charts below to see the movie crossovers that will never happen because of monetary reasons. (via io9) Tell Me More!
Etsy Find of the Day: Geeky Cookie Stamps
Etsy shop Totalum, which was recently featured in New York Magazine is selling a wide variety of cookie stamps so you can add a little element of geekiness to your cookies. In addition to what she already offers, you can also request a custom stamp design. The stamps are priced at $11.95 each and they arrive with a recipe for shortbread and a recipe for sugar cookies along with easy to follow (picture) instructions. Below are some of our favorites from the shop. Totalum covers everything Tell Me More!
Video of The Day: The BAMF Girls Club
What happens when six of the greatest heroines from TV and film move into a house together and have their lives filmed? The BAMF Girls Club! The BAMF Girls Club is a hilarious new parody webseries from Comediva that follows some of our favorite heroines as they move in together and get to know each other better. The ladies include Hermione (Harry Potter), Michonne (The Walking Dead), Buffy (BtVS), Katniss (The Hunger Games), Bella (Twilight), and Lisbeth (The Girl With The Dragon Tell Me More!
The Hunger Games Outsells Harry Potter on Amazon
We could barely believe our ears when we heard that The Hunger Games had outsold Harry Potter as Amazon's best-selling book series ever. Being huge fans of both series, we were in no way disappointed by the news, just shocked, plain and simple. For one thing, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series consists of seven books while Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series consists of three books. Not only has The Hunger Games trumped The Boy Who Lived, but Katniss' book sales soared above Harry's in both Tell Me More!
Etsy Shop of the Day: GoChaseRabbits
Today's Etsy Shop of the Day is GoChaseRabbits. The designed Ashley Mertz or New York has created a line of irresistible geeky skirts. All of the pieces are her own original designs. Ashley's shop really took off after her R2D2 design captured the hearts of geek girls everywhere. Being the proud owner of five of her skirts so far, I can tell you that each item is very high quality. My most recent purchase from Ashley was the Nintendo controller skirt. Each time I wear one of her designs Tell Me More! 1 2