Attack the Block at the Kapow Comic Con

The Kapow Comic Con invited the Attack the Block team to feature in their inaugural event.

A short push from the main entrance Joe Cornish, Luke Treadaway and John Boyega chatted on the sofas of a little raised IGN deck. They were scheduled to do this at 4:30 but since the main panel was due to start at 5pm in the Bikram Yoga Room*, they appeared about an hour early, causing some people to be late for the start. They obliged with signings, photos and for the lucky (pushier) few, cosy, sofa chitty chat before bouncing up the wangy stairways to the arena for a 'Platform' discussion which consisted of showing a) the prevailing trailer of the moment b) the 'First Kill' clip as seen on Film 2011 c) a much longer clip.

These were discussed with a well-balanced mixture of levity and passion followed by a handful of diverse questions from a salivating audience.

What had prevented him making the leap to the big screen for so long? ‘I’m really lazy, there was a lot of good telly on‘ replied Cornish, in a typically self-effacing answer – whilst Cornish is undoubtedly modest about his efforts, his answers over the course of the panel revealed someone who is incredibly passionate and principled about film.

...from Colin Bell at ComicBooked.com

Cornish says that all the best sci-fi is actually about someone other than what you think it's about. Referring to E.T. again, which Kathleen Kennedy admitted to Cornish is really about divorce, as we all know. He wants this to have a clear element of social commentary too - he says like Precinct 13, in which things are said without being said explicitly.

...from Adrian Hieatt at Ain't It Cool News

Regarding the idea for Attack the Block 2, Cornish told the amassed fans at his afternoon panel that the idea was Edgar Wright’s, and that it’s “brilliant”. Cornish said that he doesn’t think it “should be” his next film.

...from Brendon Connelly at Bleeding Cool.

*It was impossibly hot, rendering the film more of an odorama presentation than one had been expecting.

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