The Hunger Games Trailer

It looks so good!!!

Hunger Games Posters

The countdown begins!

Hunger Games Trailer

This makes me so excited!  Mark your calendars: March 23, 2012...my 25th birthday and the Hunger Games.  Y'all are all invited!

Four Movies for the Hunger Games

Convinced that it has the makings of a hit franchise, Lionsgate is planning to spin the three books in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games trilogy into four feature films -- a la the extended film adaptations of the Twilight trilogy and the Harry Potter novels.


"The property is generating tremendous buzz and excitement, and it all points to a major Lionsgate franchise in the making," CEO Jon Feltheimer said during an analysts' call Wednesday.

The Hunger Games, the first film in the series, which is set in a post-apocalyptic world where teams of teens compete for their lives in an annual TV event, started production last week in North Carolina and is slated for release March 23.

Joe Drake, Lionsgate's motion picture group president, said the title was the studio's highest-selling film when it was offered for international sales at the recent Cannes Film Market.

He added that while the Hunger Games books have sold mostly in North America, they are starting to penetrate the international market, raising the movies' box office potential overseas.

"We have distributors who consider this as their big brand next year, the movie that can change their company," Drake said.

Although the film has attracted a high-profile cast -- which includes hot new talents like Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Banks as well as established names like Donald Sutherland and Woody Harrelson -- Lionsgate said it held the line on the back-end payouts it offered to bring them on board.

"Our business affairs did an extraordinary job. Although everyone is being treated fairly, we do retain the upside in all of the pictures," Drake said.

Prez Snow

The Hunger Games has elected its leader: Veteran actor Donald Sutherland has been cast as sinister President Snow in the film adaptation of in the dystopian trilogy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Sutherland's character is described as "cruel and ruthless in his intimidation and control tactics – especially toward Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen.

Cinna

Lenny Kravitz has always had a unique sense of style – and now he's taking on the role of stylist in The Hunger Games.


Kravitz will play the character of Cinna, who designs eccentric, crowd-pleasing costumes for protagonist Katniss Everdeen, to be portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the upcoming film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The musician-actor is joining the likes of Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Banks in the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins's sci-fi novel.

Kravitz's performance as a nurse in Precious got the attention of director Gary Ross.

The first installment of the best-selling triology hits theaters in March 2012.

KATNISS!

I was a little worried when Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Katniss seeing as she had light blonde hair and pale skin, but look what a good Katniss she makes!  Now I'm getting very excited to see how the rest of the cast turns out...its going to be so good!!!

This is Effie!

Elizabeth Banks is joining the likes of Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson in the highly anticipated film adaptation of the sci-fi novel The Hunger Games.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin actress, 37, broke the news on Twitter. "I can now confirm I'm EFFIE TRINKET in The Hunger Games," Banks wrote. "So excited!"

Always on time, Effie is very strict about manners. But despite her seemingly serious demeanor, she has bright pink hair.

Peeta and Gale

The PEOPLE have spoken! And although they voted for Hunter Parrish, 23, to take on the role of Peeta in the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins's wildly successful sci-fi story The Hunger Games, that part will be going to the just-as-hotly tipped Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right).


Hutcherson's lovesick baker-boy will compete for the affections of Katniss (to be portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence, 20) with her strapping hunting partner Gale, to be played by 21-year-old Liam Hemsworth, (a.k.a. Miley Cyrus's on-again, off-again beau...GROSS, this makes me not like him already).

The teen love triangle comes to a head in a televised, to-the-death match that finds tough-gal Katniss determining her own fate. That heated combat is where the movie, out March 23, 2012, gets its name.

With shooting to start in May, expect Hutcherson, whose Peeta is described as having "ashy blond hair that falls in waves over his forehead," to get a dye job – and maybe a perm! – pronto.

Who Should Play Haymitch?

Let the games begin: After it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence – who received an Oscar nod for her rugged role in Winter's Bone this year – would once again rough it onscreen in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games, fans of the trilogy are abuzz about who will join her on the big screen.


As Lawrence, 20, prepares to flex her leading lady chops in the role of Katniss Everdeen, the feisty, dark-haired heroine in author Suzanne Collins's dystopian society, there are two other major roles up for grabs: Peeta Mellark, her love interest, who (mostly) stays by her side during the annual life-or-death Hunger Games, and Haymitch Abernathy, a Hunger Games champion with thick skin and an alcohol addiction – tokens of his survival.

With Hunter Parrish as the frontrunners to fill Peeta's shoes, who should step up for the role of Haymitch?

• Robert Downey Jr. has played the wise guy before, most recently in Sherlock Holmes, where he portrayed the iconic detective

• Hugh Laurie, whose no-nonsense portrayal of Dr. Gregory House seems like a perfect match

• Alan Rickman, better known as Harry Potter's Severus Snape, is no stranger to book-turned-movie franchises

• Jeff Bridges proved he can play the tough guy in the boots of True Grit's Rooster Cogburn, a role that earned him an Oscar nod

WHo Should Play Peeta

Now that Jennifer Lawrence has snagged the plum part of Katniss Everdeen in the post-apocalyptic saga The Hunger Games, who will play her fellow Games competitor and (possible) true love, Peeta?

 

 As fans of the Suzanne Collins trilogy know, fiercely independent Katniss is at the heart of a love triangle with Peeta, a quietly courageous baker's son, and Gale, Katniss's childhood best friend and hunting partner. But when both Peeta and Katniss are forced to compete in the cruel Hunger Games, things between the two get especially complicated.

 

 In the books, Peeta is described as having "ashy blond hair that falls in waves over his forehead," blue eyes and a muscular build from lifting huge bags of flour at his family's bakery. He is also a gifted artist who uses his talents to help charm a reluctant Katniss.

 

"He's good and nice in a world that's harsh and unkind," Lawrence, 20, tells Entertainment Weekly of her fondness for Peeta.

 

 As for who should play him in the Hunger Games film, due in March 2012, a few young men immediately come to mind.

 

 

Who should play Peeta in the Hunger Games (these are People.com's picks)?

•  Hunter Parrish (maybe)
• Josh Hutcherson  (no)
• Chord Overstreet (YES!!!)
• Liam Hemsworth (def no)

Birthday Plans

Guess what I'll be doing for my birthday in 2012?  Going to see this girl:

Jennifer Lawrence play Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games...because it comes out on March 23rd...MY BIRTHDAY!

Jennifer was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Winter's Bone this year, so the girl can act...I'll keep you posted on other developments, I can't wait to see who they pick for Peeta!

Recomended Reading

I love a good book.  I love a good book series even better (because I'm never ready to be done with characters after just one book).

Several people told me about these, but I resisted reading them because they sounded so weird.  I should have known better...I did the same thing with the Twilight Saga at first.

I'm not even going to try to explain what they are about.  Just trust me, you should read them...like right away.  And don't just buy one to see if you will like them.  Buy them all, you will like them and you will want to start reading the next one immediately.

...And just a little bit more warning...don't start them unless you have some free time, you will not be able to stop reading.

...Oh, and someone at work said they are making them into movies at some point...I can't wait for that and will def keep you in the loop as dets are released.