Tripp Vinson is the producer of the brand new ‘Red Dawn’ remake, out in the U.S. Thanksgiving week. He took time from his busy pre-release week to sit down with me and talk about the film, why he wanted to take on the remake of a cult classic and the hurdles he had to cross to bring it to the screen! He also talks about casting talented actors-turned-megastars, his approach to an audience’s reaction and turning the entire Chinese Army into North Koreans! PLUS! What’s up for the ‘Baywatch’ remake and has John Milius contacted him about the remake of his beloved film?

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Universal Pictures’ Snow White and the Huntsman opens this weekend and to celebrate Geekscape is throwing a Snow White and the Huntsman themed contest in which you can win some movie-themed prizes!

Up for grabs are 2 of these Snow White and the Huntsman prize packs that include:

A T-Shirt
A Cell Phone Mirror
A Sling Bag
$10 Fandango bucks (which you can use to see the movie or really any movie you’d like but this movie actually looks pretty good)

 

Prize pack valued at $31 per pack
Giveaway open to US mailing addresses only
Prizing courtesy of Universal Pictures

The rules are pretty simple

First, join our Geekscape Facebook group.

Next, post a Snow White and the Huntsman themed haiku. It can also be a Kristen Stewart, Chris Helmsworth or Charlize Theron themed one. Anything that has to do with the film counts!

Then, get your friends to “like” or comment on your post in the Geekscape group.

At Midnight PST on June 7th, the two Geekscapists with the most likes and comments on their haikus win the prize pack!

Easy? We thought so. If you forgot what a Haiku was or how to write them, here are a few examples as a refresher:

So Bella no more
Kristen Stewart is Snow White
Watch her on June 1st

Chris Hemsworth’s hammer
swinging into wicked witches
sex allegory

Kristen Stewarts eyes
gazing into my own eyes
look at her shudder

See? Easy! They are short, 3 line poems of 5, then 7, then 5 syllables each.

Got it? Great! Now go post a few to the Geekscape group because time is running out!

And while you’re joining groups, why not try The Official Snow White and the Huntsman facebook group too?

In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power.

The breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale is from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland, producer Sam Mercer (The Sixth Sense) and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders.

At SXSW tonight, I got a chance to talk to Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard about their new movie “The Cabin in the Woods”. We talked about the movie being shot 3 years ago, whether Chris Helmsworth got Joss the job directing The Avengers and what it was like developing a “cabin in the woods” style horror film!

We also talked to Cabin actress Anna Hutchison about her role in the movie… and her former life as a Power Ranger! Yup. We’re pretty much awesome… and so is the film! Expect a review soon!