First of many 'Hunger Games' reviews pour in

Major entertainment websites such as The Hollywood Reporter and Empire have posted their reviews of The Hunger Games. The general consensus of reviews seem to be positive, praising Jennifer Lawrence's undoubtedly splendid portrayal of Katniss Everdeen, as well as the sense of realism to the film. The film currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, denoting a perfect set of ratings from the film's critics.

Check out Rotten Tomatoes for more updates on the film and its reviews.

Jeremy Irons Cast as Macon Ravenwood in 'Beautiful Creatures'

Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons (The Lion King, Eragon) has been cast as Macon Melchizedek Ravenwood, Lena Duchannes's uncle, in the film adaptation of Beautiful Creatures.

Irons portrayed Scar in The Lion King, Brom in Eragon, and won the Best Actor Oscar for his work in Reversal of Fortune.

Cover of 'Light' Revealed

The cover of the sixth and final Gone series novel, Light, was released yesterday, March 13, 2012.

The cover is shown below, and depicts Sam and Diana.



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Book Review | 'Legend'

Legend
Marie Lu
Putnam
305 pg., U.S. Hardcover
Five out of Five Stars

Pottermore Opening Date Announced

For the past few months (since October, really), Pottermore has constantly postponed its opening date to 'next month' to 'next year' to 'this spring', and now it is finally announced that Pottermore will open in April 2012, six months after it was originally scheduled to! The Pottermore Insider issued a statement discussing new features on the website, including sounds and more exclusive content! To read the full article, click here.

'Beautiful Creatures' update; 'Beautiful Redemption' cover revealed, actor in talks to play Link

A quick update for the Beautiful Creatures series (the Caster Chronicles):

-The cover for the fourth and final book (Beautiful Redemption) has been released!



-Casting update: Thomas Mann (Project X) is currently in talks to be playing Ethan's best friend, Wesley "Link" Lincoln.

The Fates and Tyson in 'Sea of Monsters' Have Been Cast!

Things are really looking bright for 2013's release of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters; Missi Pyle (whom you may know from Tim Burton films, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish--she's brilliant, trust us), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Drake and Josh, (500) Days of Summer), and Mary Birdsong (The Descendants--which I have reviewed) have been cast as the three Fates seen at the beginning of the story after Percy and Annabeth escape Percy's new school and head back to Camp Half Blood.
Also: Percy's half-brother/Cyclops, Tyson, has been cast! Douglas Smith has been cast as the brother.

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