MTV’s Fandom of the Year Tournament Round 2: The Hunger Games and Divergent Face Off
Two of the most-compared and most-loved young adult dystopian movies these days, "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent," are now facing off in the first ever mtvU Fandom Awards.
Winning over "Captain America," the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' novel "The Hunger Games," starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, came past first round and has now moved on to the second round to compete with another YA dystopian movie, "Divergent."
The movie adaptation of Veronica Roth's YA novel, "Divergent," starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, has beaten "The Hobbit" and is now face to face with "The Hunger Games" for a chance to move on to the third round and maybe snag the Fandom of the Year award.
According to MTV, the mtvU Fandom Awards is created to honour diehard fans and their favourite movies and shows.
"Fandom is loyalty," MTV wrote. "It's pure untamed passion that brings fans together for the common cause."
Two other movies who have gotten past round one and are now facing off, based on the mtvU Fandom Awards page, are "The Fault in Our Stars," starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, and "Veronica Mars," starring Kristen Bell.
From 32 competitors, the movies and shows that are competing for Fandom of the Year is now down to 16, eliminating "Captain America," "The Hobbit," "Pacific Rim" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the movie category. Favourite TV dramas "The Vampire Diaries," "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones" and "Pretty Little Liars" weren't able to get past first round as well.
The voting in round two is said to be open until July 18 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Here is the complete list of movies, television dramas, comedies and animation facing off in Round 2, according to the tournament chart of the mtvU Fandom Awards.
1. "The Hunger Games" vs. "Divergent
2. "The Fault in Our Stars" vs. "Veronica Mars"
3. "Glee" vs. "Community"
4. "Awkward" vs. "How I Met Your Mother"
5. "Teen Wolf" vs. "Doctor Who"
6. "Sherlock" vs. "Supernatural"
7. "Naruto" vs. "Free! Iwatobi Swim Club"
8. "Blood Lad" vs. "Attack on Titan"
The mtvU Fandom Awards is said to be happening on July 27, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. ET in San Diego's Petco Park with surprises for fans and performances from Linkin Park and rising hip-hop star G-Eazy.