First look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss

What do ya think? I think she looks awesome. Hoping this movie does the book justice!

Read all about it at Entertainment Weekly!

Gale & Peeta Cast for Hunger Games Movie!

Liam Hemsworth - Gale

Josh Hutcherson - Peeta

It's official!  Lionsgate announced who their picks were to play Gale & Peeta in the Hunger Games movie.  What are your thoughts?? opinions??

Hunger Games movie date set!

YES! We finally have a date for the Hunger Games movie!

According to EW.com, it'll be March 23, 2012:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/25/hunger-games-release-date/

Awesome.

Hunger Games Fan-Made Trailer: WOW.

This makes me so, so excited for a Hunger Games movie.

SPOILER ALERT - my post below AND the video are spoilers if you haven't read the book (the first book).


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It's the scene where Rue dies. And it made me want to cry all over again (like I felt when I read the book).

Evidently it was made as some sort of audition? Despite a technical flaw - Rue is dark-skinned in the book, not fair-haired and skinned - it's pretty impressive. (Also, I was a bit confused until I saw the end credits b/c I didn't realize it's Glimmer making the kill at the beginning.) I will say that it's harder watching the violence and seeing the age of the kids - it's easier to get over that somehow in the book for me, I think? Because I can't see their age? It was also weird seeing them in normal clothes running around, like a zip-up hoodie - for some reason the normalcy of it was shocking for me in the bloodbath.

But, YAY! Exciting to see this book move to the big screen!

EW launched a Hunger Games website!

YAYAYAY! I am so excited (and slightly terrified) to see Hunger Games made into a movie!

EW.com has launched a page dedicated to The Hunger Games with potential casting options and more! Check it out here.

I don't agree with really any of the suggestions, but who cares? It's awesome to think about! :D

Mocking Jay/Hunger Games Trilogy Discussion

Since the book has been out for a few weeks and most of us have read it by now, we want to open up the forum for your discussion, thoughts and feelings about the book. Some topics to get you started:

How did you like the ending of the series?

Who were your favorite characters?

Team Peeta vs Team Gale....did she get the guy you wanted?

Were there any surprises for you as this series ended?

What did you like or not like about this series?

..............And, Go!!!!

Mockingjay!!!

No worries, I'm not going to spoil the book for those of you who have not finished, but should have by now, Erin!!! But I wanted to direct those of you to this awesome YA site, Forever Young Adult, that has some pretty awesome reflections on the book!
Go check them out, yet don't forget to leave your thoughts about Mockingjay here too in the comments for this post!!

Biding my time until the 24th.

I am SO SO SO SO SO excited for Mockingjay to come out. SOOOO. EXCITEDDD.

Anyway, here's a great interview with Mockingjay's author, Suzanne Collins, on EW.com. She's amazing.

Question of the day: Since Lionsgate snapped up film rights to the series, who would you like to see play Katniss? Peeta? Gale? etc?

Hunger Games News

I'm a little bit late in reading this, but I thought I'd post it here for anyone who's a fan of the Hunger Games trilogy!

(this article was taken from here and written by Sabrina Rojas Weiss)

I was among the crowd of grown-up, professional but unabashed fans of the young-adult novel "The Hunger Games" gathered for [Censored]tails at Scholastic headquarters on Wednesday night. And as excited as I was to meet author Suzanne Collins and congratulate her on being named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, I'd sort of gotten my hopes up that an advance copy of the third book, "Mockingjay," would be slipped into my gift bag too. Ha. Scholastic publishes "Harry Potter" — they're like the Capital with their secrets. I may just have to wait until August 24 like the rest of you.

But, I got the next best thing. After being mobbed by enthusiastic fans, booksellers and bloggers, Collins made her way to a stool in the center of the room. She pulled out a copy of the second book in the trilogy, "Catching Fire," and read the last few, heartbreaking pages that conclude Katniss' second thrilling escape from the Hunger Games arena. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet (why not, already???), but it was a very moving moment: In a pleasing Southern twang, Collins added just the perfect amount of despair and defiance to convey the thoughts of a 17-year-old girl who's had the fate of her whole country resting on her shoulders and truly believes that she's let them all down.

It seemed at first that we'd be left with that same tease, right where we've been hanging since the book came out last year. But wait! Collins smiled slyly as she pulled out a handful of galley pages and, yes, read the opening passage of "Mockingjay." Even though the scene was even sadder than the conclusion of "Catching Fire," and I fought back tears as she read, I was also fighting back the urge to jump up and down with excitement at getting that tiny sneak peek. (SPOILER: It begins with Katniss looking at the ashes of her home in District 12.)

I got another special treat that I can actually share with the rest of you: I spoke to two producers from Lionsgate who are making the "Hunger Games" movie. They said Suzanne had given them her draft of the script, which is now being revised by another screenwriter. They hope to be able to announce a director this summer, and go into production in January to release the film later in 2011. Can't. Freaking. Wait.

Hunger Games MOVIE!

OK, this is old news, but I did a little searching based on Maggie and Kari's comments on Ryah's The Host movie post, and Hunger Games WILL be a movie! Suzanne Collins is writing her own screenplay. The rights have been purchased by Lionsgate. YAYYYYY!

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