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JEFF KINNEY & ROBERT CAPRON Talk To Melissa From WAMG/FILM FIEND

Why, hey there all you boys and girls… It’s your good friend Melissa here  (I feel like I should follow that with “and with me as always is Garth“… I wish I had a best friend named Garth!)

For those of you that don’t know… I, your fellow Movie Geek Melissa, host a local St. Louis television show about films called FILM FIEND. Let me break this down for you… NERD + CAMERA + TELEVISION = SUPER MEGA NERD! If you are in the St. Louis area, you can catch FILM FIEND every Sunday morning at 10:30am on channel MY46. Seriously, you should tune in!

In these two lovely clip from the show,  I was lucky enough to talk to JEFF KINNEY and ROBERT CAPRON via satellite about their newest film DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES. They were incredibly nice, and I cannot thank them enough for their time! These satellite junkets can be long, and with people asking the same questions over and over… But you can tell that they really enjoy it, so high five to them!!!  *Stay tuned later this week for my interview with DEVON BOSTICK.

Now, this interview happened after the first one, and the feed came in as I was getting mic’d up. So that is why I am caught off guard! lol

There you have it guys!

Make sure you keep your twitter thumbs limber with lots of exercise! Here, I will help!

TWITTER LINKS…TAHDAHHHHH!

(If you don’t picture jazz hands while you read this then it just makes me look silly! SHAME ON YOU! )

FOLLOW DIARY OF A WIMPY KID @WIMPYKIDMOVIE

CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

FOLLOW ME @WRATHOFHEARTS (For your daily dose of snarky tom-foolery with a campy undertone!)

FOLLOW WAMG @WEAREMOVIEGEEKS (All your friends are!!! PEER PRESSURE)

FOLLOW FILM FIEND @FILMFIENDMY46

Until next time guys, keep it fancy!

♥ MELISSA,

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES IS IN THEATERS NOW

Happy St. Patrick’s Day From DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES

And don’t forget to wear GREEN!

Synopsis:

Welcome to the Next Grade! In this sequel to 2010′s surprise hit, Greg Heffley, the kid who made “wimpy” cool is back in an all-new family comedy based on the best-selling follow-up novel by Jeff Kinney. (Kinney’s Wimpy Kid” series has thus far sold 42 million books.) As he begins seventh grade, Greg and his older brother — and chief tormentor — Rodrick must deal with their parents’ misguided attempts to have them bond.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES will be in theaters on March 25, 2011. Like the film on Facebook HERE and on Twitter HERE.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES “Tik Tok” Music Video!

Hey DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES fans! Rowley’s feeling like P. Diddy in this big music video debut, “Tik Tok.” Watch as Greg and Rowley take their best shot at making their own viral video. If you could make your own home music video what song would you sing?

Synopsis:

Welcome to the Next Grade! In this sequel to 2010′s surprise hit, Greg Heffley, the kid who made “wimpy” cool is back in an all-new family comedy based on the best-selling follow-up novel by Jeff Kinney. (Kinney’s Wimpy Kid” series has thus far sold 42 million books.) As he begins seventh grade, Greg and his older brother — and chief tormentor — Rodrick must deal with their parents’ misguided attempts to have them bond.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES will be in theaters on March 25, 2011. Like the film on Facebook HERE and on Twitter HERE.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES Trailer

Check out the awesome online-only trailer for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES. The sequel to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, “Rodrick Rules” brings back all the characters, fun, and wimpiness! Greg and Rodrick must work together, despite their brotherly differences. Rowley, Fregley, Patty, Chirag, and Manny are all back, too. Based on the best-selling book series by Jeff Kinney.

Synopsis:

Welcome to the Next Grade!
In this sequel to 2010’s surprise hit, Greg Heffley, the kid who made “wimpy” cool is back in an all-new family comedy based on the best-selling follow-up novel by Jeff Kinney. (Kinney’s Wimpy Kid” series has thus far sold 42 million books.) As he begins seventh grade, Greg and his older brother — and chief tormentor — Rodrick must deal with their parents’ misguided attempts to have them bond.

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2: RODRICK RULES will be in theaters on March 25, 2011. Like the film on Facebook HERE and on Twitter HERE.

Review: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

Based on the 1st of four successful illustrated books, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID follows around clever Greg Heffley and his adventures in middle school. He’s a bit of a smart-alec who logs everything into his “its not a diary, its a journal,” complete with the horrors of cooties, bullies, icky girls, and the dreaded “cheese touch,” all of which make a grown-up want to get as far away from middle school as possible. Greg figures that if he can rise above all “the morons” to become popular, it’ll be smooth sailing right through to high school.

After an extensive nine-month search, the producers found the perfect Greg in Zachary Gordon. If you’re a fan of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, you’ll see that his wisecracks are exactly as portrayed in the book. Wary of his big brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick) who plays a prank of waking him up in the middle of the night, weeks before school begins, yelling that he’s late for the first day of school, patient with his little brother Manny (Connor and Owen Fielding), and best pals with the socially unconscious Rowley (Robert Capron), Greg does everything possible to live through his first week in middle school. Rowley means well and has a heart of gold, but when he blurts out in front of everyone on the first day of school, “Hey Greg, you wanna come over and play?”, you have that sinking feeling how the rest of the school year might go for these two. None of this compares to that one kid in class that everyone knew was a bit “off”, and in Greg and Rowley’s case, its Fregley, convincingly played by Grayson Russell. He gives the film its gack factor by constantly wanting to share and display everything with his classmates.

Steve Zahn takes on the role of one my favorite characters in the books, Greg’s dad, Frank Heffley. From the start, Frank is always trying to help his son to do more manly things like lift weights. Rachael Harris is Greg’s mom, Susan Heffley, who’s insistent on embarrassing her son every chance she gets. The screenwriters added some characters to fill out the rest of the book. Wise beyond her years, Angie, (Chloe Moretz of 500 DAYS OF SUMMER), becomes friends with misfits Greg and Rowley and tries to share with them her philosophy of how to fit in. Fans of the book will also notice that wrestling teacher Mr. Underwood becomes Coach Malone (Andrew McNee), the Gym teacher who “lives and breathes physical education.”

The film’s smart screenplay comes from a pair of tv writers Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs (FREAKS AND GEEKS & LIFE AS WE KNOW IT,) and the husband and wife team of Jackie Filgo and Jeff Filgo (THAT 70’S SHOW). Their script is never patronizing to kids and is filled with amusing, yet embarrassing moments from almost everyone’s childhood. Thor Freudenthal (HOTEL FOR DOGS) successfully translates Jeff Kinney’s popular book into a funny kids movie and he doesn’t miss any of DIARY’s quirky diary entries, even down to the amusing cartoons so prevalent in the novel. Even with its excited, built-in audience, it looks likes Fox has another hit franchise on their hands.

From 20th Century Fox, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID opens in theaters Friday, March 19th.

PG: For some rude humor and language. Running Time: 92 Mins.