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By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment Writer

SAN DIEGO — The cast of“The Hunger Games” ismaking its Comic-Condebut, alongwith the trail-er for “TheH u n g e rG a m e s :C a t c h i n gFire.”

J e n n i f e rL a w r e n c e ,Josh Hutcher-s o n , L i a mHemsworthand Lenny Kravitz wereamong the film’s stars who

watched the trailer for thefirst time Saturday with morethan 6,000 dedicated fans.

Lawrence and Hutcher-son also talked about theirkissing scenes in the film.She said they involved “a lotof slobber.”

Hutcherson said, “It willbe really hot if you’re intosnot.”

Lawrence also discussedtraining for the stunts sheperforms in the film butnoted, “the hardest stunt isprobably still just basic run-ning.”

She said she runs “weird”and added that she had arunning coach for the film.

Lawrence, who won thebest actress Oscar earlier thisyear for her role in “SilverLinings Playbook” and waspreviously nominated for“Winter’s Bone,” said thatthe Hunger Games VictoryTour is not unlike navigatingHollywood’s awards season.

“The stakes weren’t ashigh,” she quipped. Contes-t a n t s i n “ T h e Hu n g e rGames” must kill their com-petitors.

The actress also madeanother Oscars-“HungerGames” connection: Herfavorite costume from thenew film is a voluminouswedding dress with a skirt

five feet in diameter. “I’m not good at walking

in giant dresses, as we know,”she said, referring to the spillshe took on her way to claimher Oscar in a full-skirtedgown.

“The Hunger Games:Catching Fire” opens inNovember.

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Imag-ine Marvel’s comic bookheroes recast as Bollywoodcharacters, a whiny Skeletorteaming up with Loki inattempt to get back at thosejerks He-Man and Thor, and“Star Wars” reimagined as amusical complete with achorus line of Jawa show-girls.

Cosplay enthusiasts gath-ered Saturday night atComic-Con to get their geekon, participating in theannual Masquerade meantto celebrate creativity, imag-ination and costume mak-ings skills of all levels.

Fans, scores in their ownmulti-colored multiverse ofcostumes, began lining uphours early for one of the

pop-culture celebration’smost-anticipated events.They were rewarded with alittle bit of everything fromthe comic book, film, animeand video game worlds.

Some of the 38 contestentries aimed for authentic-ity, faithfully recreating Bat-man and Wonder Woman,others for camp. Fansresponded to both, laughingand cheering along with agroup that morphed the“Yu-Gi-Oh” card game into acontest between membersof the DC and Marvel comicbook catalogs, but alsoapplauding imaginative cre-ations with moving partslike “Bat Wolf” and “Knightso f S a g g i t a r i u s ” a n d“Scourge.”

Fans get geek on at Comic-Con’s Masquerade

ABOVE: Fromright, RoseWalker, AlexLorezen andErick DeLunashow off theirElizabeth,Booker and theHandymancostumes in askit at the 2013Comic-ConInternationalMasquerade onSaturday in SanDiego.

LEFT: DevonJopling showsoff his Charrcostume.(AssociatedPress)

Kristen Carr shows off her self-designed Rosa Farrellfrom “Final Fantasy IV” costume.

‘Hunger Games’ cast debuts sequel’s trailer

Lawrence

S A N D I E G O ( A P ) —Exploding airplanes, flat-tened trains, massive mis-siles and even more mas-s ive monsters greetedComic-Con fans Saturdaymorning.

Stars Bryan Cranston,Elizabeth Olson and AaronTaylor-Johnson joined direc-tor Gareth Edwards to offer alook at early footage from“Godzilla,” which hits the-

a t e r s n e x tspring.

W a r n e rB r o s . f i r s ta n n o u n c e dt h e f i l m a tCo m i c - Co nlast year, andEdwards saidshooting justwrapped days

before this year’s pop-cul-ture convention.

The footage showedGodzilla battling anothergiant monster, nearly deci-mating an airport and send-ing cities into chaos.

Edwards said he wantedto make this film “all my life”and hoped to make “a mod-ern-day blockbuster that hasheart and soul and is slightlyartistic also.”

The film is set for releasein May 2014.

Comic-Con gets ‘Godzilla’ sneak peek

Edwards

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