Global Showbiz Briefs: ‘The Simpsons’ Getting the Lego Treatment; Locarno Fest Opens With ’2 Guns’ This Week
Woo-Hoo! ‘The Simpsons’ Lego Set Coming Next Year
Lego said Monday that it will launch its first set based on The Simpsons next year. A spokesman for the privately held Danish toymaker wouldn’t single out which characters will be Lego-ized, but he said the company hopes the set will “appeal to fans of the Simpsons family”. Fox’s The Simpsons, which starts its record 25th primetime season in the fall, joins such big-name Lego properties as Star Wars and The Hobbit.
Locarno Film Festival Kicks Off Wednesday With ’2 Guns’ International Premiere
The 66th Festival del film Locarno, the first edition with Carlo Chatrian as Artistic Director, begins Wednesday with the Piazza Grande Opening Ceremony. The evening will begin with the presentation of the official juries and preview extracts from films taking part in the Concorso internazionale. The Moët & Chandon Excellence Award then will be presented to Christopher Lee, followed by the international premiere of the Denzel Washington-Mark Wahlberg action-comedy 2 Guns — which topped the domestic box office this past weekend — introduced by director Baltasar Kormakur. The festival, which runs through August 17 in the Swiss city, will screen 250 films from 40-plus countries across 10 venues. Among the boldfaced names set to appear are Werner Herzog, Faye Dunaway, Jacqueline Bisset, Brie Larson and Moritz Bleibtreu. Special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull will receive Douglas Trumbull will receive Locarno’s inaugural Vision Award — Electronic Studio, which pays tribute to a professional whose creative work behind the scenes, as well as in their own right, has contributed to opening up new perspectives in film.
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