Lauren at SDCC! ...and CSI on video
Pic from MovieWeb
A pleasant surprise! Lauren Lee Smith joined her co-star Brian Cox and director Michael Doherty at this year's San Diego Comic-Con for a sneak-peek screening of Trick 'r Treat on Thursday night, to advertise the October DVD release.
From IGN 7/24/09 and Collider.com:
After making the rounds on the festival circuit for years, and proving to be a crowd pleaser wherever it plays, the Halloween-themed horror film Trick 'r Treat will make its debut exclusively on DVD in October. But Comic-Con attendees got a sneak peek at a screening on Thursday night, along with a panel featuring director Michael Dougherty and stars Brian Cox and Lauren Lee Smith. Fans lined up as early as an hour before and nearly filled the 4,000-seat ballroom where it was shown and gave the film a thundering round of applause after it was finished. And that recognition was well deserved. Trick 'r Treat is a thoroughly enjoyable ride from beginning to end.
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Lauren Lee Smith was sold on her role of when she was told she’d be playing a “storybook princess.” With her charming presence and easy smile, you could see her in that princess role. The script was being kept secret so she was pretty surprised by what her role ultimately was. Her favorite scary movie is The Shining, but she was affected by Nightmare on Elm Street when her parents put it on for her at the tender age of six. Lauren would love to have a go at some comedy and would also appreciate the opportunity to work with John Malkovich, Christopher Walken, Sean Penn and Kate Winslet. Of course, she’d also love a shot at a role on True Blood with Trick R Treat co-star Anna Paquin. If she could have a superpower, she’d choose flying, but a close second would be the ability to make herself invisible. Lauren will next be seen starring alongside Ashley Judd in Helen and just finished CSI season nine.
* A video of one reporter's short chat with Lauren before the panel is here.
* The newly developed cover art for the Trick 'r Treat DVD is up on Icons of Fright.
* 9 minutes of preview footage can be found on YouTube.
Secondly, CBS Home Entertainment has announced that Lauren's season of CSI will be released on DVD September 1st!
There will also be a new CSI video game available from Ubisoft in the fall, which will feature all the new characters, including Riley Adams.
Excerpt from IGN 7/17/09: Today Ubisoft and CBS Consumer Products announced an all-new video game based on the world's number one television franchise CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(TM): Deadly Intent, players help solve Las Vegas' most gruesome crimes with the brand new characters and cast from the latest season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The video game features five shocking cases written with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television writers and the game will be available in Fall 2009 for the Wii system from Nintendo, Nintendo DS(TM) system, the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC.
Exclusive features to CSI: Deadly Intent - The Hidden Cases for the Nintendo DS system let players solve additional bizarre cases through an enhanced questioning system and game mechanics with unique touch gameplay. Players will feel like a real CSI character with heart-pounding interrogations, stylish visuals and a unique story structure that unveils the shocking truth when all the cases are linked together.
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Game Features:
JOIN THE NEW CSI FAMILY… and partner with the cast of the CSI Season 9, including new characters such as Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne) and Riley Adams (Lauren Lee Smith). Be prepared to work with your partner as a real team, working together on the crime scene or helping each other during tough suspect interrogations.
PUT YOUR EXPERTISE TO THE TEST… as you play one of the most skillful forensic experts to join the Las Vegas CSI team. For the first time ever in the CSI video game series, help other detectives in their investigations and gain their respect through your actions and teamwork.
PERFORM THE TASKS OF A CSI DETECTIVE…collect evidence at the crime scene, search for items that might be related to the case and unveil hidden evidence through observation. Interview witnesses and suspects with an improved interrogation system for more realistic character interaction.
ANALYZE THE EVIDENCE WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY… use DNA and microscopic analysis and much more.