{"id":11432,"date":"2015-01-09T12:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T17:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11432"},"modified":"2015-01-09T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T17:08:42","slug":"transmissions-hunger-games-star-josh-hutcherson-will-guest-judge-on-face-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11432","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Hunger Games Star Josh Hutcherson Will Guest Judge on Face-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games franchise, will \"Face<\/a><\/span>guest judge on Syfy\u2019s critically-acclaimed reality competition series Face Off \u2013 the network\u2019s most watched unscripted series \u2013 in this season\u2019s third episode, \u201cLet the Games Begin,\u201d airing Tuesday, January 27 at 9PM (ET\/PT).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hutcherson will join The Hunger Games makeup department head Ve Neill and her fellow judges (Glenn Hetrick and Neville Page) to critique the contestants\u2019 cinema inspired deadly predator creature designs. <\/span><\/p>\n

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As<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>previously announced, seven-time Academy Award-winner and makeup legend Rick Baker (makeup artist for American Werewolf in London, The Men in Black trilogy, Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller, Planet of the Apes) will appear in the season\u2019s first two episodes, first mentoring the artists and then appearing as a guest judge.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Face Off will return on Tuesday, January 13 at 9PM for an action-packed eighth season themed \u201cReturn of the Champions.\u201d In a twist on the show\u2019s traditional format, three former champions, Rayce Bird (Season 2), Anthony Kosar (Season 4) and Laura Tyler (Season 5), will return in the premiere and select teams of five new artists who they will coach throughout the season.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Additionally, the Season 8 premiere will be super-sized over two episodes.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>At the end of the premiere, host McKenzie Westmore delivers a challenge twist in lieu of an elimination, forcing the action of the premiere to carry over into the next week\u2019s episode.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Also appearing on this season of Face Off are: <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Director (Maleficent) and two-time Academy Award-winning Production Designer (Avatar,<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Alice in Wonderland) Robert Stromberg<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Episode 804 \u201cRoyal Flush\u201d airing Tuesday, February 3, at 9PM <\/span><\/p>\n

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– Five-time Oscar-nominated Sound Designer Erik Aadahl (Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, Argo, World War Z, I-Robot, Monsters vs. Aliens, Godzilla) and Actress and TV Personality Jill Wagner (Teen Wolf, Wipeout)<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Episode 805 \u201cSounding Off\u201d airing Tuesday, February 10, at 9PM <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Actor Doug Jones (Pan\u2019s Labyrinth, Hellboy, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Episode 806 \u201cTroll Bridge\u201d airing Tuesday, February 17, at 9PM<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Academy-Award winning Makeup Artist and Face Off Season 7 Judge Lois Burwell (Legend, The Princess Bride, Saving Private Ryan, War of the Worlds, Lincoln)<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Episode 807 \u201cQueen Bees\u201d airing Tuesday, February 24, at 9PM <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7Horror Legend Clive Barker (Candyman, Hellraiser)<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Episode 808 \u201cDressed to Kill\u201d airing Tuesday, March 3, at 9PM<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler Episode 809 \u201cMiss Intergalactic\u201d airing Tuesday, March 10, at 9PM<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Image Comics founder and former Marvel artist Todd McFarlane Episode 810 \u201cSuper Selfies\u201d airing Tuesday, March 17, at 9PM<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>In total, this season\u2019s Face Off guests tally 10 Oscars (22 Oscar nominations), 7 Emmys and world-renown acclaim.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Face Off is a competition\/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination that allows them to create amazing works of living art. As a member of the multi-generational family dynasty whose name is synonymous with the make-up effects field, actress McKenzie Westmore brings expertise to her role as host of the series.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Some of SFX world\u2019s most celebrated figures judge the competition \u2013 multiple Academy Award-winner Ve Neill (The Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean), industry veteran Glenn Hetrick (CSI: New York, Heroes, Legion), and creature designer Neville Page (Avatar, Prometheus). World-renowned Hollywood makeup artist Michael Westmore (Star Trek) serves as the contestant mentor. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games franchise, will guest judge on Syfy\u2019s critically-acclaimed reality competition series Face Off \u2013 the network\u2019s most watched unscripted series \u2013 in this season\u2019s third episode, \u201cLet the Games Begin,\u201d airing Tuesday, January 27 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3869,3868,3867,567,3866,617,39,673,618],"class_list":["post-11432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transmissions","tag-clive-barker","tag-competition-show","tag-doug-jones","tag-face-off","tag-josh-hutcherson","tag-mackenzie-westmore","tag-syfy","tag-todd-mcfarlane","tag-ve-neil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11433,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11432\/revisions\/11433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}