ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ultimate Fan Event in LA on Feb. 19th, Now You Can Join via the Web
Written by Joseph B. Mauceri
Thursday, 18 February 2010
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Ultimate Fan Event is not to be missed! The event will be held Friday, Feb. 19th, 5 p.m. PT, at the Hollywood & Highland Centre in Hollywood, CA, but it’s also being streamed LIVE online.
Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Records join forces with Hot Topic, KIIS-FM, MySpace, and artists from the upcoming album “Almost Alice” for a great big ultimate fan event celebrating “ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” Featuring four musical acts, a visit from director Tim Burton to introduce select members of the “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” cast, plus opportunities to win prizes, including special meet-and-greets and a sneak peek of actual film footage, the ultimate fan event will be streamed live on MySpace at myspace.com/wonderland, powered by Ustream. Additionally, EXCLUSIVE to the LIVE STREAM – fans will be able to see a brand new clip from the film.
Watch LIVE on MySpace: www.myspace.com/wonderland
Watch LIVE on Facebook [on the “Alice Live” tab]: www.facebook.com/aliceinwonderland
The LIVE stream will also be available via Ustream’s iPhone app. Click here to download.
Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Records join forces with Hot Topic, KIIS-FM, MySpace, and artists from the upcoming album “Almost Alice” for a great big ultimate fan event celebrating “ALICE IN WONDERLAND.” Featuring four musical acts, a visit from director Tim Burton to introduce select members of the “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” cast, plus opportunities to win prizes, including special meet-and-greets and a sneak peek of actual film footage.
Director TIM BURTON will appear on stage to introduce select members of the cast, including MIA WASIKOWSKA (Alice), ANNE HATHAWAY (White Queen), HELENA BONHAM CARTER (Red Queen), CRISPIN GLOVER (Knave of Hearts), MATT LUCAS (Tweedles), MICHAEL SHEEN (voice of the White Rabbit) and more.
The event’s featured artists will do a short set, including their song from “Almost Alice.” Artists/songs include 3OH!3 (“Follow Me Down”), METRO STATION (“Where’s My Angel”), KERLI (“Tea Party”), and NEVER SHOUT NEVER (“Sea What We Seas”).
COSTUMED FANS (inspired by characters from “ALICE IN WONDERLAND”) will have the chance to get a special sneak peek of footage from the film at the El Capitan, and be judged by Academy Award®-winner COLLEEN ATWOOD, costume designer for the film
KIIS-FM’s Manny on the Streets is the on-stage host for the event. Quddus from MySpace and theQside.com, Roslynn Cobarrubias from MySpace Music and Philip DeFranco from YouTube are backstage hosts, interviewing key players along the way.
ALSO GOING ON:
Available March 2, 2010, “Almost Alice” (almostalicemusic.com) is a 16-song compilation featuring the film’s end credit track “Alice,” written and performed by Avril Lavigne, plus songs All American Rejects, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Franz Ferdinand and Shinedown. Hot Topic’s exclusive expanded version includes three bonus tracks. The album is a companion to the film’s soundtrack, which features the score by composer Danny Elfman.
Host Hot Topic’s Hollywood locale (3rd level of Hollywood & Highland Center) has been transformed to a mad version of Wonderland. The retailer features exclusive “ALICE IN WONDERLAND”-themed products now available at Hot Topic stores nationwide and online.
Beginning Feb. 8, the first 250 customers to purchase any 3OH!3 t-shirt and preorder the "Almost Alice" CD at the Hollywood & Highland Hot Topic location will receive a wristband granting access to a special meet-and-greet with the band 3OH!3, entry into the concert's preferred viewing pit and admission into a special 3D sneak peak of footage from the film at the El Capitan Theatre after the concert event.
MIA WASIKOWSKA will also be signing autographs after the performances for the first 250 customers who, beginning Feb. 9, purchase the special-edition “Alice in Wonderland” t-shirt at the Hollywood and Highland store and receive a wristband which gives them access to the autograph signing and the preferred viewing pit. These fans are encouraged to dress in their best Alice costume for a chance to be chosen to attend the sneak peak of footage from the film at the El Capitan Theater after the signing.
KIIS-FM, 104.3 MyFM and 98.7 FM are giving away VIP preferred viewing pit wristbands to listeners between now and event day. Additional VIP tickets will be given away via MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. VIP attendees will be treated to a special 3D sneak peek of footage from the film at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre immediately following the event.
MySpace hosts the exclusive live stream of the event at myspace.com/wonderland, powered by Ustream. Viewers around the world can experience the event first-hand, see exclusive backstage interviews with talent and interact by posting comments and questions to the page.
Ustream, the leader in live interactive video on the web, powers the live webcast of the event. To watch, interact or embed the live stream, visit ustream.tv/aliceinwonderland.
From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure ALICE IN WONDERLAND, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA WASIKOWSKA as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes ANNE HATHAWAY, HELENA BONHAM CARTER and CRISPIN GLOVER. The screenplay is by Linda Woolverton. Capturing the wonder of Lewis Carroll’s beloved “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865) and “Through the Looking-Glass” (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and the most charismatic characters in literary history, ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D on March 5, 2010 (U.S. theaters)>
