Are you familiar with the Scene-it? series of DVD games? They’re a series of movie quiz games you can play on your DVD player – sort of like Buzz, but don’t require a console. Anyway, the exciting news is that a Twilight one is coming very soon and is even coming to the Nintendo Wii in some sort of super deluxe package. Team Edward can face off against Team Jacob in trivia showdowns very soon then.
What a to-do!
Following on from this post about The Twilight Saga Official Guide, it has now been announced that the publication date has been pushed back to (wait for it) December 2010. Understandably, the library buyers have decided to cancel the order and re-place it closer to the actual and for real release date. So, if you notice your reserve has gone walkabout off your card and been replaced with a little note from the library elves, that’s the reason.
Here’s hoping Ms Meyer will dust her rubber stamp off some time next year and approve publication.
Apologies and thanks for your patience!
This summer looks to be the summer of beloved childrens books being turned into good movies. With Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, and now Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox set for cinematic release one can only speculate what will be next. Personally, I’d like to see Willard Price’s Adventure series get a turn. Anyway, here is the trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox, starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and directed by Wes Anderson.
The Wellington City Council would like your opinion as to which name they should use for an upcoming photography competition for the youth of Wellington (i.e. most of you).
The options are:
Which is best? Leave a comment below. Thanks!
Fans of the Avatar DVDs will be very pleased to hear about the movie The Last Airbender, directed by M Night Shyamalan (who sees dead people, for example, in The Sixth Sense). The cast has many interesting people, for example Dev Patel (Skins, Slumdog Millionnaire), Jackson Rathbone (he of the pained-looking Jasper in Twilight), and the great Cliff Curtis. The official site is here, the IMDB page here, and then here’s the trailer:
Speaking of Twilight, as with Twilight and Twilight, there’s going to be a new New Moon book cover to tie in with the Twilight: New Moon movie. It’ll make Team Jacob happy – here’s a link.
More on Cassandra Clare and web2.0-ness: her publisher is promoting City of Glass with the aid of a widget that you can grab from their site (here) and stick on your blog and share for example (from thebookseller.com).
Shaun Tan fan? Have a look at this interview in the School Library Journal. [Shaun Tan and Pixar? I thought. Well, he was a concept artist on Wall-E. Fun.]
Twitterature is hot; but who needs 140 characters when you can do it in 17 syllables? (I feel a competition coming on.)
It’s less than a month to Harry Potter number 6. Then, finally, Coraline on the 6th of August, in glorious 3D.
Looking for some friday night fun? Head along to Karori Pool on Friday 26th June from 7pm for a pool party. Only $8! Sold!
Free sausage sizzle, a DJ, inflatable, a bomb competition, and zorb action. Like it says on the poster —>
Karori Pool is holding a party for you guys on Friday June 26th 7-10pm. For only 8 bucks (which you can pay on the night) you’ll get all the swimming you desire, a sausage sizzle, big inflatable pool toys, a bombing comp, some zorb action and there’ll even be a DJ working the sounds.
You can find the pool at 22 Donald Street. Grab your mates and get there!
YA fiction may seem to be getting increasingly grim, although the books that are most popular here tend not to be the ones listed in the article.
Speaking of grim, The Hunger Games is going to be made into a movie. Suzanne Collins is writing the script herself. People lucky enough to read advance copies of Catching Fire say it’s excellent (with unexpected plot twists). More here (and here for a review (without any hints at all) from an advance reader).
Did you love Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta? If you did, you’ll be pleased to hear that the book she’s working on at the moment, called The Piper’s Son, is about Tom (from Saving Francesca). I liked Tom, so this is pleasing news: you can read more in this interview.
David Eddings fans will be sad to hear that he died last week at the age of 77.
Stephenie Meyer is #26 on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list, just behind Simon Cowell and one in front of Roger Federer. She earned a cool $50 million last year. Others on the list include Beyonce, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, James Patterson, and of course Barack Obama.
There’s a manga version of Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan out and about that people like. They’re also making it into a movie (more).
What makes Catcher in the Rye so appealing, after all these years? (And remember the sequel? Salinger is taking legal action against the author.)
Judy Blume was interviewed on the wireless on National Radio last week. You can listen to the podcast here.
Finally, WhatILearnedToday: Darren Shan is Irish.
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