MEGA NEWS! Megamind Breaks World Record Of Largest Gathering Of Superheroes!

Mega-Victory! Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Animation invited Superheroes young and old to the kickoff of Megamind/Megamonth and We Are Movie Geeks was there to cover the event. (I even had my nails painted Mega-blue in the spirit of Mega-fun!) It was all in a grand attempt to suit up and break the World Record for the Largest Gathering of Superheroes this Saturday morning at Nokia Plaza.

L.A. Live was transformed into a glorious MEGA epicenter for superheroes! The day started with all participants registering for the record and then everyone was treated to a Mega-Blue Breakfast filled with blueberry muffins, blue tortilla breakfast burritos, & blue cupcakes, cookies and cotton candy.

All participants had to be dressed as an easily recognizable superhero that has appeared in a published book, comic, television programme or film, as stipulated by the record guidelines. Everyone wholeheartedly took on the challenge.

There were Supermen, Batmen, and Wonderwomen of all ages, shapes and sizes. Also among the represented were the Hulk, Wolverine, Power Rangers and The Flash. It was a veritable who’s who from the Hall of Justice.

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More than 1,501 superheroes gathered for the event – 1,580 to be exact!

Introduced by Dreamworks’ own caped crusader Jeffrey Katzenberg, Megamind, Metro Man and Will Ferrell made a magnificent appearance as the Mega Guinness World Record was announced.

Even Stan Lee was on hand!

The ecstatic crowd went wild!

The feat was witnessed by official Guinness World Records Adjudicator and Spokesperson, Stuart Claxton, who judged and verified that the attempt adhered to the strict guidelines of the record category before making an on-site announcement of the attempt’s success!

The world record marks the kickoff of MEGAMONTH, an official month dedicated to Mega-events across the country in celebration of the upcoming release of MEGAMIND, starting the voices of Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt.

When asked after the event what he thought of working on his first big animated feature, Ferrell said he enjoyed the process and was honored to be around such talents as Tina Fey, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and director Tom McGrath.

McGrath, going from being a Animation Designer, Animator, Layout Artist on 1992’s COOL WORLD, liked reuniting with Brad Pitt. He enjoyed working on this film because he has an special affection for super-villains

MEGAMONTH is DreamWorks Animation’s month of Mega events. Events scheduled across the country, which include Mega regional contests, Mega marathon weekend races and Mega food festivals. These events are Mega-big, Mega-bold and Mega-Mega!

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From DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures, MEGAMIND will be hitting theaters in 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D on November 5, 2010. Like it on Facebook and follow it on Twitter. The superhero movie will never be the same!