OBX Weekend Movie Update – April 13, 2012

Posted By Matt Artz on April 11, 2012

The Games begin at the newly digitized Pioneer Theatre this week, while the must-see horror movie of the year takes on the Three Stooges in local theaters starting on Friday the 13th!

Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for the weekend of April 13, 2012.

Jennifer Lawrence on the North Carolina set of The Hunger Games.

The record-breaking blockbuster adaptation of the bestselling novel The Hunger Games (rated PG13) opens at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo on Friday. You can view the official trailer in the player below!

The futuristic action movie stars Jennifer Lawrence and was filmed on location at various locations throughout North Carolina.

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Lenny Kravitz in The Hunger Games

Click here for our exclusive special feature on The Hunger Games, or here for exclusive feature on the ‘digitization’ of The Pioneer Theatre!

The much buzzed about horror film Cabin in the Woods (rated R) headlines this week’s new releases, opening on Friday the 13th at KDH Movies 10 in Kill Devil Hills.

Cabin was co-written and produced by ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ creator Joss Whedon and has gotten great reviews from everyone from gore-obsessed fanboys to high end critics who have seen it.

Anna Hutchison stars in The Cabin in the Woods.

It stars Chris Hemsworth, who also appears as Thor in next month’s The Avengers (directed by Whedon). You can view the official trailer in the player below!

Also new at KDH Movies 10 this week is the comedy revival of The Three Stooges (rated PG), directed by the Farrelly brothers (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber).

The Three Stooges opens this week.

You can see the new Stooges in action using the player below!

The final new release of the week is the sci-fi adventure Lockout (rated PG13), starring Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Momento) and Maggie Grace (‘Lost’). You can see a trailer below.