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Movie/Comic-Con News: The World’s End – Fan Crawl to Win Tickets to Attend Launch Party

In a press release:

IGN & FOCUS FEATURES ANNOUNCE KICK-OFF TO COMIC-CON PARTY

IN CELEBRATION OF

TAKE PART IN THE IGN FAN CRAWL IN SAN DIEGO ON THURSDAY, JULY 18TH

FOR YOUR CHANCE TO ATTEND!

SAN DIEGO, July 3rd, 2013 – IGN is teaming up with Focus Features to host their annual invitation-only Comic-Con launch party at the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, July 18th in celebration of the epic finale to Edgar Wright’s “Blood & Ice Cream” trilogy, THE WORLD’S END.  The eagerly anticipated comedy stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, and Rosamund Pike.

 

Twelve lucky fans will win access to the party after competing in THE WORLD’S END: IGN Fan Crawl, a trivia event featuring all things Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz!

 

The three-hour Crawl will commence at 1:00 PM on Thursday afternoon at The Commons SD (www.thecommonssd.com) and proceed to the Hotel Solamar and Hard Rock Hotel until twelve winners emerge victorious.  “Good food, fine ales and total annihilation” await all participants in the Crawl.  There will also be special prize giveaways, including passes to a sneak screening on Friday night!

 

THE WORLD’S END Comic-Con party will be held on Thursday, July 18th from 7:00-11:00 PM at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Float Bar with director Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in attendance.  The trio will also be participating in THE WORLD’S END panel in Hall H on Friday, July 19th.

 

For more information on how you can participate, visit www.ign.com/TheWorldsEnd.

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment is the leading Internet media and services provider focused on the video game and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN’s properties reach more than 57 million unique users worldwide, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore.  IGN is the Web’s #1 video game information destination and also owns the world’s largest men’s lifestyle website, AskMen.com.  IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices across North America, Europe and Australia.

 

About THE WORLD’S END

A signature brew of camaraderie, knockabout humor, excessive quaffing, questionable life choices, hand-to-hand combat, and explosive surprises, THE WORLD’S END (www.TheWorldsEndMovie.com) reteams director Edgar Wright with actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following their hits Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007). Focus Features releases the comedy nationwide on Friday, August 23rd.

 

About Focus Features

Focus Features and Focus Features International (www.focusfeatures.com) comprise a singular global company. This worldwide studio makes original and daring films that challenge the mainstream to embrace and enjoy voices and visions from around the world that deliver global commercial success. The company operates as Focus Features in North America, and as Focus Features International (FFI) in the rest of the world.

In addition to THE WORLD’S END, upcoming Focus Features releases include Closed Circuit, the suspense thriller directed by John Crowley and starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall; the true-life dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger, to be directed by Michael Cuesta and star Jeremy Renner; the comedic fable The Boxtrolls, the new animated feature from LAIKA, directed by Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable with a voice cast that includes Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, and Tracy Morgan; Black Sea, the adventure thriller to star Jude Law for Academy Award-wining director Kevin Macdonald; and Dallas Buyers Club, the fact-based drama directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Jared Leto.

 

Focus Features is part of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses. NBCUniversal is owned by Comcast Corporation.

 

Source: ©2013 IGN Entertainment, Focus Features, NBC Universal. All Rights Reserved.

 

 

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