The Hunger Games - Part 1

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[Project862006]

Synopsis

The Hunger Games takes place in an unidentified future time period after the destruction of North America, in a nation known as Panem. Panem consists of a rich Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol, every year one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected at random and forced to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised event where the participants, or "tributes", must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena until only one remains. The story follows fatherless 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Games in place of her younger sister, Prim. Also participating from District 12 is Peeta Mellark, a boy whom Katniss knows from school and who once saved Katniss's life by giving her bread when her family was starving.
Katniss and Peeta are taken to the Capitol, where they meet the other tributes and are publicly displayed to the Capitol audience. During this time, Peeta reveals on-air his long-time unrequited love for Katniss. Katniss believes this to be a ploy to gain audience support for the Games, which can be crucial for survival, as audience members are permitted to send gifts to favored tributes during the Games. The Games begin with 11 of the 24 tributes dying in the first day, while Katniss relies on her well-practiced hunting and outdoors skills to survive. As the Games continue, the tribute death toll increases, but both Katniss and Peeta are able to evade death.
Supposedly due to Katniss and Peeta's beloved image to the audience as "star-crossed lovers", a rule change is announced midway through the Games, stating that two tributes from the same district can win the Hunger Games as a pair. Upon hearing this, Katniss searches for Peeta and finds him wounded. She nurses him back to health and acts the part of a young girl falling in love to gain more favor with the audience and, consequently, gifts from her sponsors. When the couple are finally the last two tributes, the Gamemakers suddenly reverse the rule change and try to force them into a dramatic finale where one must kill the other to win. Instead, they both threaten suicide in hope that the Gamemakers would rather have two winners than none. It works, and both Katniss and Peeta are declared winners of the 74th Hunger Games.
Though she survives the ordeal in the arena and is treated to a hero's welcome in the Capitol, Katniss is warned that she has now become a political target after having defied her society's authoritarian leaders so publicly. Afterwards, Peeta is heartbroken to learn that their relationship was at least partially a calculated ploy to garner sympathy from the audience, although Katniss remains unsure of her own feelings.

Deadline reports that there are three contenders to helm the first of a hopeful new franchise from the novels. David Slade (Twilight: Eclipse), Gary Ross (Pleasantville) and Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road) are the favorites to direct a story that has apparently captivated both teens and adults alike and has all of Hollywood buzzing.






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[John Locke]

Who do you think will make out of this movie as a much bigger star than before? Jennifer Lawrence is big, but she can establish herself as an A-list actress if Hunger Games become a runaway hit. And Liam Hemsworth can get himself a franchise almost as big as his older brother Chris' Thor and The Avengers.

I think all of the main three with e bigger stars. However Jennifer Lawrence will be the bigger of the three since she is the main character and unlike Stewart the main focus of the film.

 

[ComicChick]

We'll see how the film pans out once we've seen it. The thing to remember is this film can be hurt in a few ways :

It changes important parts of the book, that will piss fans off.
It's love theme is ramped up and violence dumbed down; Twilight.
Or all of the above.

So even if the film is nothing like Twilight, it still runs the risk of changing the details of the book that may anger a lot of the fans.

theres gonna be a little bit of a love theme. when katniss realizes she's got to play it up to help them survive, there's awkward lovey dovey kissing and whatnot. you don't think about it too much cuz of all the other stuff going on at the time, so hopefully the movie will be like that as well.

peeta and katniss have to convince everyone watching that they're in love, so they're gonna have to convince us (the other audience) as well

 

[kickass]

Jennifer, Josh, and Liam are all going to be attending the People's Choice Awards next week. Let's hope they premier a new trailer (it would be about time, I'd say).

 

[kickass]

New interview with Gary Ross. Pretty good.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012...ource=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=63378

 

[Project862006]

 

[Project862006]

 

[kickass]

Love the new photos!

 

[ComicChick]

i'm really looking forward to the scene where Katniss earns the nickname The Girl Who Was on Fire. can't wait to see what Cinna cooked up and I hope it doesn't disappoint

also. i really hope the picture isn't the final result.

 

[Project862006]

^of course it has something to do with it this is the quote attached to that picture

This is one of those moments where Cinna’s character syncs up with the creativity of our costume designer Judianna Makovsky.
What Cinna was trying to do was create something that came out of District 12, out of a coal mining world, with a fresh, bold look to it. So Judianna went to this wonderful black reflective material that glistened like coal or graphite and would obviously work well in the Tribute parade where Katniss becomes the Girl on Fire.

 

[ComicChick]

i kinda figured that, i just hope those aren't the finished pieces i guess i should say. i really want to see this dress. it's amazing in my head haha

 

[OsGom]

I kinda of hot for Effie Trinket....

Loved her Revlon spread =)

 

[OsGom]

i kinda figured that, i just hope those aren't the finished pieces i guess i should say. i really want to see this dress. it's amazing in my head haha

Agreed but I would rather see it revealed on film then in a pic. Those are solid renditions of the coal outfits however =)

 

[ComicChick]

Agreed but I would rather see it revealed on film then in a pic. Those are solid renditions of the coal outfits however =)

completely agree. that is one scene i do not want spoiled

 

[Crockett]

New poster.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/the-hunger-games-poster-jennifer-lawrence_n_1217423.html?ref=entertainment

 

[carrrnuttt]

I finally broke down and bought the whole trilogy after hearing all about these books, especially with the movie coming up. Read all three books this past weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed most of it.

Looking forward to the movie.

 

[Project862006]

New Viral Website
http://capitolcouture.pn/

Gif From Website!!

 

[kickass]

Love that gif. We need a new trailer NOW.

 

[craigdbfan]

This movie feels like something Verhoeven would have made in the 80's. That isn't necessarily a bad thing either in fact that's very good thing.

 

[EternalMaster]

Need more news!

 

[Raiden]

This movie feels like something Verhoeven would have made in the 80's. That isn't necessarily a bad thing either in fact that's very good thing.

If Verhoeven had directed The Hunger Games back in the 80's, he'd probably turn it into a R-rated action movie, which would be very interesting to see.

 

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[Liam_H]

I doubt it but it would be pretty ballsy if they chose not to release another trailer before it comes out.

 

[Project862006]

i am betting on a new trailer for journey 2: mysterious island

it star josh hutcherson who plays peeta in HG