Rumors of Mia Wasikowska playing 'Johanna Mayson' put to rest

In the previous week a rumor has been going around that Mia Wasikowska was auditioning for the role of Johanna Mason in the upcoming Catching Fire feature.


However Entertainment weekly has  declined this, her reps saying that she has not been approached for the role. And even if she had been she would have not been able to accept because of her busy schedule.


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Romeo Miller has “Met With Lionsgate” Regarding ‘Catching Fire’

Here is what he has said on the subject...


“I want to be the next big action hero or I want to do a lot of romantic type movies, romantic comedies, a little bit of everything, but definitely the next action hero,” Miller said, and then added, “You can see me in ‘The Hunger Games’ or something like that. Just throwing that out there.”


Though he admitted to not being very familiar with Suzanne Collins’ books, Miller confirmed that there has been some discussion about possibly joining “Catching Fire,” which is currently casting.


“I actually just met with Lionsgate about that, so you may be seeing me in one of the ‘Hunger Games.’ That’s all I’m saying,” Miller said. “Not a particular role, we just had a meeting, seeing if it was something I was interested in. I can’t really talk too much, or they’ll kill you. You know how ‘The Hunger Games’ is.”


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Lionsgate Considering Catching Fire Directors

Eight directors are currently being considered for the job of directing Suzanne Collins, Catchin Fire. Three of these where mentioned in a shortlist article.

The studio has been quickly cobbling together a list of directors who would fit their criteria. According to a source with knowledge of the list who isn’t permitted to speak on the record, Lionsgate needs to find a director with enough credits and accolades to appeal to Collins, who is much more interested in quality filmmaking than box-office prowess. This director also needs to have an even keel; no petulant crybabies allowed. The studio wants to get the sequel, “Catching Fire,” into production by August, and the task will require someone who can wrangle a large ensemble of actors, juggle the demands of a swift schedule and collaborate on a script with Collins and writer Simon Beaufoy.

David Cronenberg
Cronenberg has frequently been offered big commercial gigs over the years, including “Return of the Jedi,” “Top Gun,” and “RoboCop,” only to turn them down for arty, independently produced work, often in the horror genre. Though Cronenberg’s best-known film is still 1986′s “The Fly,” the Canadian director has been making movies for decades, with his most recent work, the adaptation of Don DeLillo’s “Cosmopolis” starring Robert Pattinson, likely to debut in Cannes next month.

Alfonso Cuaron
Cuaron entered the blockbuster genre with “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in 2004, but despite great reviews didn’t stick with the boy wizard beyond the one film. Rather, he took on ambitious fare within the studio system, including Universal Pictures’ “Children of Men.” The Mexican director recently finished production on “Gravity” for Warner Bros. The film, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is about a lone survivor of a space mission trying desperately to return to Earth to reunite with his family.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
For Inarritu, joining “Catching Fire” would mark a reunion with his producer from the Academy Award-nominated film “Babel” Jon Kilik, who is producing the “Hunger Game” series along with Nina Jacobson. While “Catching Fire” deals with the heavy themes of rebellion and children-on-children violence, it is still significantly lighter than Inarritu’s most recent work, “Biutiful,” the Javier Bardem-starrer that chronicled a dying man’s attempts to make amends.

To read the entire article click here (LINK)

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Possible August Release Date For The Hunger Games DVD

While the Hunger Games is still doing well in cinemas, talk has already started for the release date on DVD. And according to filmonic.com Lionsgate is thinking of a August release.
Here is what they have said on filmonic.com:


The August date comes courtesy of Amazon Germany which lists The Hunger Games DVD release date for August 23rd. Amazon US and UK don’t have any date listed, but we can probably assume Lionsgate will aim to launch the DVD and Blu-ray at a similar time around the world as they did with the movie itself.
In a recently interview with Collider director Gary Ross said there won’t be many deleted scenes featured in the special features and “there weren’t many scenes that I shot that were cut.” However he said “there’ll be a lot of cool supplemental materials on the DVD, but I don’t think I’ll be putting in other scenes that got dropped.”


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Catching Fire Script already in the works

Its official. Simon Beaufoy, who was involved in films such as Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours is already working on the Catching Fire movie script. This was confirmed by TimeWrap.

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Three Hunger Games companion novel covers released

So here are the much awaited book covers to the upcoming Hunger Games companion novels.
Drum roll please....

The Hunger Games: Official Movie Companion

This Book is set to be released in February.

The Hunger Games Tribute Guide

Release in February also.

The Hunger Games Movie Tie in Edition

February Release.

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FOUR Hunger Games films planned

Lionsgate has said that if the Hunger Games (1#) experinces success then they will turn the three novels into four movies. This was first reporetd by deadline in a meeting with Wallstreet. And Lionsgate has just confirmed that they had baught the rights for four movies but have yet to say which they will be splitting although it is most likley Mockingjay.
Of course if the first hunger games film does badly there is a chance that all of this will be cancled.

Lets hope not!!!

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Exact Release Date given for Catching Fire (Hunger Games 2#) Movie

The second Movie in the hunger games Trilogy is being made into a movie once again to be directed by Gary Ross with Simon Beufoy doing the screenplay.
Set to be released 22nd November 2013.

Here is alink toone of posts where Lionsgate talks about this upcoming movie. (LINK)

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New Hunger Games Photo of Haymitch, Cinna, and Peeta

Another pIcture from the Upcoming Book to movie adaption The Hunger Games has been released.



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New Hunger Games Movie Pictures

Here are some newly released Hunger Games movie pictures.

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Lionsgate talks Catching Fire (THG 2#) Movie

Deadline (LINK) has an exclusive report that Lionsgate is looking to the  writer of Slumdog MillionaireSimon Beaufoy to work on Catching Fire.

Here’s what they had to say:

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is getting serious about the second installment of The Hunger Games. The mini-major is courting Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy to write Catching Fire, the second installment of the three book series that tracks the life and death adventures of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). I’m told that Gary Ross, who directed The Hunger Games, is coming back for the sequel. He originally intended to write the outline for the second film and script it with author Suzanne Collins (they teamed to do a lot of writing on the first film), but the post production schedule on The Hunger Games has made that difficult. The film opens March 23. There is no start date on the sequel, but it is high priority.  Ross and producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik then focused on Beaufoy. Negotiations haven’t begun yet, but Lionsgate is pushing hard for Beaufoy. Aside from Slumdog Millionaire, Beaufoy also scripted 127 Hours, The Full Monty and most recently adapted Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

Her is a link to one of our other psts with teh exact Catching Fire Movie Release Date. (LINK)

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The Hunger Games Official Trailer 2012 HD

Here is the FIRST Official Hunger Games Trailer which was released last night on ABC channel 7. I stayed up intil 12:30 in the evening to watch it under the covers and I can tell you it was worth the wait.

2 min's and 30 seconds of pure glory.

This is the (LINK) is you want to watch it straight from YouTube.


So was it everything you hoped for? Or more?

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Rumour that the Hunger Games trailer is 2 min and 30 seconds long

There is a rumour circulating (although I don't know of its origin) that The Hunger Games trailer is as long as 2 min and 30 seconds. I dearly hope so and I guess we will see in 7 min if like me you are sitting on the edge of your seats watching and waiting eagerly.

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I am just posting this a few hours later to say that here is the (LINK) to our post on the actual Hunger Games trailer released.

Hunger Games trailer to be shown with Breaking Dawn in cinemas

It has just been discovered that the Hunger Games trailer in addition to being released on TV TODAY!!! will also be showing as one of the trailers before Breaking Dawn in cinemas.


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Hunger Games trailer release date

My Hunger Games:

We know that The Hunger Games trailer will be first seen on Good Morning America on Monday November 14 during the 8am (Eastern time) hour…but it will also be available online shortly after thanks to iTunes.

For those of us that live outside the US, we’ll be keeping a close eye on other outlets to make sure we get the trailer on the site as soon as we can.

Here are the viewing times for people in Australia...

Australian air times for the Hunger Games Trailer (based on it premiering between 8-9am EST in New York)

QUEENSLAND: Between 11-12pm TONIGHT

NEW SOUTH WALES, ACT, VICTORIA and TASMANIA: Between 12pm-1amTONIGHT/TOMORROW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA and NORTHERN TERRITORY: 10:30-11:30pmTONIGHT

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 11:30-12:30pm TONIGHT

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New photo of Katniss from the Hunger Games movie

Here is the most recent shot of Katniss, presumably hunting in district twelve (wooden bow, plain clothing). I think Jennifer Lawrence has really pulled of Katniss and looks very sure with a bow!

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New Hunger Games related book

The people who brought you The Girl Who Was on Fire, will be publishing another Hunger Games-related book.  This time it’s a detailed analysis of the future nation created by Suzanne Collins.

The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games by V. Arrow will be released in December of next year.

V. Arrow was also the creator of this unofficial  map of Panem.

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Book of the Month- November 2011: The Hunger Games by Sazanne Collins

This months book of the month is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Genre: Distopia/Action/Adventure

Released: September 14th 2008

PLOT:
In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss's young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Collins's characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing.


Polls are now open for our December book of the month, so get voting! And don't forget to comment on your view of this book!

Rapunzels Opinion:

Spoiler Alerts are written in purple and when the spoiler is over i have put a note in blue.

So I want to start this review by saying that I adored this book but not the series. The premise of the Hunger Games is one made up of brilliance and i adored Katniss. But the whole series? Not so much. The reason for this is both Gale and Peeta.

(*Spoiler Alert*)

I ship KatnissXGale and the fact that she ends up with Peeta just bothers me. And for so long time and so much I can not stress it enough.  I would not have even minded Finnik that much just not Peeta. I mean his special talent is 'camoflage' (Scary). Anyway lets not get bogged down in that

(*Spoiler over*)

But once I put all of that aside -very hard- I was able to fully appreciate how wonderful the rest of the characters where and how much I had enjoyed the actual story line. 

Katniss really was a wonderful character to have the story told from. As you would know from my previous review I like my characters strong and Katniss fit that bill while being very original. One of my favourite scenes in the book where this is really demonstrated is after the TV interview and they are 'discussing' (more like yelling) about Peeta declaring his love for Katniss. Sure she is unhappy at first but after  that she manages to put her pettiness aside and look at the big picture. She never annoyed me by getting dragged down by her problems but just gave them thought and then put them aside until a later time.

(*Spoiler Alert*)

And when rue died, I was so upset (for me a real trophy to the story and how much I liked these character) and this was despite that fact that someone -names shall not be named- told me she died.

(*Spoiler over*)

When I was reading the book the whole time she was actually inside the games I spent it on the edge of my seat. I put this down to Suzanne Collins engrossing writing and the story line. I would practically anyone who likes a good book with action, a badass heroine, amazing story line and a smidge of romance.

Hunger Games Movie: New Posters and Synopsis

Here is the new synopsis for the Hunger Games movie:

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.  Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.  If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik.  Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 12 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following. It has spent more than 157 consecutive weeks/more than three consecutive years to date on The New York Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2008, and has also appeared consistently on USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.

And here are the new character posters for the Hunger Games movie, they all look perfect (click for hi-res image)!

   

   

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Hunger Games: Collectors Edition

Scholastic is set to release a special collector's edition of "The Hunger Games" for $30 this November. It looks GREAT!

Also, movie tie-in editions including "The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition" ($12.99), "The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion" ($18.99) and "The World of The Hunger Games" ($17.99) will be released February 2012.


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