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The unofficial West Coast warm-up to the untamed beast that is the San Diego Comic-Con is WonderCon, which will commence on Friday, March 29 and run through the weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center. This year's convention once again brings several movie panels and screenings to balance out all the rampant comic-booking.

And here's part two of our tweet roundup of South By Southwest. Check out part one here.

MUD: The McConaughey goes feral and lovestruck in this terrific coming of age drama by the director of TAKE SHELTER #sxsw

— Yahoo! Movies (@YahooMovies) March 10, 2013

GettySouth By Southwest. It's like Comic Con for film geeks, music mavens and tech nerds only better barbeque. On the film side, there were plenty of highlights from big-budget fare like "Evil Dead" and "Spring Breakers" to smaller flicks like "Rewind This!" and "Snap." If you couldn't make it out to Austin, or if you're an Austin local who decided not to leave the house, check out this tweet roundup of the fest:

Darth Vader in 'The Empire Strikes Back' (Photo: Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox)When Darth Vader himself pimps a "Star Wars" character tournament, participating in it is indeed the only way.

The Dark Lord of the Sith has taken center stage to rather enthusiastically introduce "This Is Madness," a tournament that allows fans to vote for their favorite "Star Wars" characters in a series of death matches between the good guys (the "Light Side" of the Force, as it were) and the bad guys (the "Dark Side," of course). Vote for your go-to Jedi, Sith, Rebel, scoundrel or bounty hunter and help decide who is, once and for all, the galaxy's most popular "Star Wars" character.

Steve Carell and David Copperfield in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' (Photo: Warner Bros.) Near the beginning of "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," Burt (Steve Carell) and his partner Anton (Steve Buscemi) perform a magic trick called "The Hangman" during which they magically swap positions as one of them hangs from a noose.

What moviegoers may not know is the trick is performed for realsies in the movie.

And, oh yeah, it was designed by the world's highest-earning magician, er, illusionist himself: David Copperfield.

Yahoo! Movies recently interviewed "Wonderstone" cast members Carell, Jim Carrey, and Olivia Wilde in Las Vegas (see video below), and Carell offered some behind-the-scenes detail on the hangman trick. "We did it without any kind of special effects. So we really did it live, and that was exciting," the 50-year-old actor said.

South By Southwest. It's like Comic Con for film geeks, music mavens and tech nerds only better barbeque. On the film side, there were plenty of highlights from big-budget fare like "Evil Dead" and "Spring Breakers" to smaller flicks like "Rewind This!" and "Snap."
If you couldn't make it out to Austin, or if you're an Austin local who decided not to leave the house, check out this tweet roundup of the fest: