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WonderCon 2015, Conclusion and onto ComicCon 2015
by Glen Maldonando Anaheim
In the Arena at WonderCon we had the bigger presentations. First we had Warner Brothers present their big movies of this summer. First up was “Mad Max Fury Road,” as George Miller is back to bring back the Mad Max franchise. This film is a sequel not a remake but the world has changed, since its been 30 years since the last one was
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made. Tom Hardy is replacing Mel Gibson since Mel is too old and crazy for Mad Max. The technology has certainly caught up and the previews we saw at WonderCon looked amazing. Up Next was “San Andreas.” At first I thought it was an adaptation of the game “Grand Theft Auto San Andreas,” but it turns out it’s about LA’s Earthquakes. “San Andreas” is about the “big one,” the earthquake that is supposed to wreck havoc in LA. But this film took the prediction and turned it up to max. It features Dwanyne Johnson but only Alexandra Daddario, Carla Gugino, and director Brad Peyton were present at the panel. Up Next in the arena for us was “Gotham’s” presentation; it featured Ben McKenzie, Robin Lord
Taylor, Cory Michael Smith, and producer John Stephens. They discussed the future of “Gotham” and if we will see them in costumes soon. We were given a preview of the next “Gotham” episode and a recap on what has happened in the series so far. They discussed how it felt to be the iconic characters of the Batman franchise. Ben is happy that he will not have to have a mustache anytime soon. Ben and John used to work in “The O.C.” and were joking about cross overs, but I doubt we will ever see that. Blumhouse was the final presentation that I saw. Blumhouse Productions is a production company that specialty is horror on a low budget. There at the presentation was no other then Blumhouse himself, and he
introduced a few movies. The first one was “The Gallows” made on a shoestring budget; it is the latest found footage horror movie to make its way in the theaters. The film was shot very low budget with first time writers and directors Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing. Next film presented was “Unfriended;” the entire cast and director was present and we got to hear how they shot the film. “Unfriended” was shot in a house using computer cameras for each person, with each person staying in a room by themselves in the house. The cast stated that they did the Cosplay character. Courtesy photo by Devette Johnson entire film in one-take runs to get the continuity right. The director WonderCon continued on page 7
a great way to showcase their talents – not to mention providing a good fundraising opportunity. Chung ran with the idea and it has since flourished into a full scale school wide event complete with student art for sale, a
live auction and even some live art. with that famous Mona Lisa One example of live art smile. Standing next to her was fifth grader Connie was the official Mona Lisa Cheng standing as the Mona historian, Ayumi Tran. Tran Lisa. She was dressed effectively orated many much like the Cortadas' Art Show continued on page 7 original, complete
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Last Thursday, a large crowd eagerly waited in line for the El Monte City School District Cortada School cafeteria doors to open. Upon entry, evidence of the cafeteria was diminished and the beauty of student art was obvious. Tables and walls were adorned with drawings, paintings, sculptures, prints, crafts and photography. All art was for sale, and parents and students had their wallets at the ready. Teacher volunteers Melissa Oliva and Kiby McDaniel served as cashiers. The idea for the event started last year when sixth grade teacher, Lily Chung learned that March is Art Education month. She thought, “What a great opportunity for our school to implement some art education.” Chung realized that with budget cuts many of the “fun” activities were being eliminated. She thought the student art gallery would be fun for the students and