The Hunger Games: The Rime of the Nightingale and the Serpent, Thanksgiving and Diabolik Who Are You? previewed at Lucca Comics & Games 2023

The program of the MOVIE area of ​​Lucca Comics & Games, a section dedicated to cinema, TV series and entertainment created and organized by QMI, has been enriched with important new features.

The special screening of has been added to the calendar of unmissable events Thanksgivinghorror movie directed by Eli Roth and starring Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, Rick Hoffman and Gina Gershon (Thursday 2 November 8pm, Cinema Astra). Thanksgiving follows the story of a mysterious killer who brings terror and death to the small town of Plymouth during Thanksgiving. After an exclusive preview at Lucca Comics & Games 2023, the film will be released in Italian cinemas on November 16th with Eagle Pictures.

The special fan screening of The Hunger Games – The Rime of the Nightingale and the Serpentthe new highly anticipated saga movie Hunger Games which arrives in cinemas on 15 November with Notorious Pictures (Sunday 5 November at 8pm, Cinema Astra). Italy will therefore be one of the first countries in the world where the film directed by Francis Lawrence will debut on the big screen and the special fan screening at Lucca Comics & Games will be the closing event of the Movie area. Set 64 years before the saga, The Hunger Games – The Rime of the Nightingale and the Serpent And a prequel inspired by the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.

Expect the Oscar award in Lucca Michel Gondryacknowledged director of If you leave me I will fire you. An artist with eclectic and visionary talent, whose career spans between direction, screenplay, animation and video clips, will be the protagonist of a masterclass at Lucca Comics & Games on the occasion of the release of his latest film, The solution book, in Italian cinemas from November 1st distributed by I Wonder Pictures in collaboration with Unipol Biografilm Collection. During the masterclass titled In Lucca with Gondry (Wednesday 1 November from 2.00 pm, Cinema Astra) moderated by writer Manlio Castagna, the career of this master of imagery will be re-examined through preview clips from the film The solution bookand the documentaries dedicated to him directed by Francois Nemeta, Michel Gondry, Do It And In bed with Michel Gondry.

The screening of 300, cult film directed by Zack Snyder and based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, thanks to collaboration with Star Comics, Warner Bros. Discovery and Mediaset Infinity (Saturday 4 November at 7.30pm, Cinema Astra). On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the iconic comic, Frank Miller is at Lucca Comics & Games where, among other events, he will introduce the screening of the film in the theater.

There will be no shortage of surprises for young viewers. Little fans of the DC universe cannot miss the event that Cartoonito (DTT channel 46) has prepared for them. From November 1st to 5th – from 10.00 to 19.00 in Piazza Guidiccioni – children and families will experience unique and engaging emotions – and no emissions! – on the fully branded automotive circuit Batwheels. The series, broadcast exclusively on Prima TV for free on Cartoonito from October 30 every day at 7:00 pm, is the new and first unmissable DC show aimed at pre-school audiences starring a team of young super-powered vehicles that defend Gotham City from crime. along with a host of iconic heroes like Batman, Robin and Batgirl.

The appointment at is always focused on the little ones MetamonstersCiaopeople’s new YouTube program aimed at girls and boys aged 3 to 7, available on YouTube and YouTube kids from October 31. Young viewers can meet the program’s stars at Family Palace ( Friday 3 November at 12:45pm) and discover the first episode of the series with them.

Italian cinema appointment with a special screening of devil who are you?, final chapter of the film trilogy dedicated to the King of Terror inspired by one of the most iconic books of the series (Friday 3 November at 8pm, Cinema Astra). The film, in Italian cinemas from 30 November by 01 Distribution, will be shown in Lucca i Manetti brothers.

The full preview of the first episode of the series has also arrived in Lucca We are Legends, fantasy-tinged teen drama directed by Carmine Elia broadcast from Wednesday 15 November in prime time on Rai 2 and Rai Play. They were together with the director in Lucca Emanuele di Stefano, Giulio Pranno, Margherita Aresti, Milo Roussel, Sofya Gershevich, Nicolas Maupas, Valentina Romani, Giulia Lin, Giacomo Giorgio, Beatrice Vendramin, which will welcome the public on the event’s community carpet and present the series in the magnificent setting of the Teatro del Giglio (Sunday 5 November at 4:30 pm).

Movie area also includes guests Francesco Mandelliopponent of a panel in Lucca on Some scenes, podcast produced by Chora Media with Universal Pictures International Italy dedicated to films that have marked our lives (Thursday, November 2, 3:30 pm, Cinema Astra). Francesco Mandelli together with Marco Villa (Editorial Content Lead of Chora Media) will talk about films, anecdotes, stories and curiosities from the world of cinema from a completely personal perspective, telling why the seventh art is so important to we all live.

In the middle of meeting with Pablo Trincia supervised by Omar Schillaci, the editorial project of Sky Italia and Sky TG24 created by Chora Media on the disappearance and murder of Elisa Claps, among the darkest cases in the history of our country (Wednesday 1 November at 2.30 pm, Auditorium San Francesco). After the success of the podcast Where no one is looking – The case of Elisa Claps – and thought of as a natural progression – came the Sky Original docuseries with Pablo Trincia, written by Riccardo Spagnoli, who is also the director, and Trincia himself. Available Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th November on Sky TG24, Sky Crime and streaming NOW.

For fans of great Japanese animation, the screening of The boy and the storknew film by animation master Hayao Miyazaki ten years after his last feature film The wind is getting stronger (Sunday 5 November at 2.30pm, Cinema Astra). The highly anticipated film, which has already won the box office in Japanese cinemas, will hit theaters from January 1, 2024 with Lucky Red. To accompany the screening, there is also a special panel titled A film of a lifetime: two generations versus Hayao Miyazaki where Dario Moccia and Luca Raffaelli will revisit the history and career of the great master (Saturday 4 November at 11.30 am, Auditorium San Francesco). But the events also continue with a panel entirely dedicated to Studio Ghibli titled Studio Ghibli, there and back: the near future of the Japanese animation studio in Italy moderated by Gianmaria Tammaro (Friday 3 November at 10.00, Auditorium San Francesco). In the Loggiato Pretorio in Piazza San Michele there will also be a dedicated stand where all fans will find official Studio Ghibli merchandising.

Also this year, RaiPlay will host a section where a series of original content produced in Lucca will be exclusively published, conceived and created specifically by LC&G for this edition. Exclusive content includes: the documentary Garth Ennis – To the End of his Wordscreated by Luca Bitonte and Alessandro Apreda, in the figure of the legendary screenwriter who changed the face of comics; I have a featherdocumentary on AkaB (Gabriele di Benedetto), a cartoonist who died prematurely at the age of 43, told here through the testimonies and memories of friends, artists and colleagues who shared his courageous path; 25 years of Area Performance – The Artist Playgroundor the story of the artist playground of Lucca Comics & Games told directly by Emanuele Vietina, director of the festival and Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini art director of Lucca Comics & Games.

Source: Press Release