CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
Slideshow: Exclusive Photos of ‘Twilight’ Author Stephenie Meyer, ‘The Host’ Stars
CHICAGO – Stephenie Meyer is one of the most famous authors in America, because of the phenomenon of her “Twilight” series of books, and their subsequent film versions. She embarks on a new chapter with “The Host,” which was published in 2008, and has just been adapted to the screen. Meyer made a promotional appearance in Chicago recently with co-stars from “The Host,” Max Irons and Jake Abel.
“The Host” is a bit of a departure for Meyer. Instead of the creatures of “Twilight,” this story is more of a science fiction tale, with extraterrestrial beings coming to earth and taking over by infiltrating human inhabitants and using their bodies as hosts for their inner consciousness. The tables turn when a girl named Melanie fights her new persona, an alien named The Wanderer, and tries to convince the infiltrator (via thought conversations) to give her the body back. There is romance involved, as Melanie is also trying to reconnect with the lover she had before the conversion, and The Wanderer actually falls for another guy. Max Irons and Jake Abel portray those romancers in the film.
On March 11th, 2013, Stephenie Meyer, Irons and Abel appeared on behalf of the film at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois, signing books and greeting fans. Photographer Joe Arce took these Exclusive Photos for HollywoodChicago.com Click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through the slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos © Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com.
By PATRICK McDONALD |