'Mockingjay Part 1,' Sam Claflin, and Julianne Moore in Empire's Winter Preview Issue

Sam Claflin and Julianne Moore talk Mockingjay Part 1 in the October issue of Empire Magazine. In Empire's Winter Preview Sam talks about living up to the first two Hunger Games films, while Julianne Moore remembers Philip Seymour Hoffman and says that Jennifer Lawrence is "very, very easy to love." There's also a small feature on Sam's upcoming film, The Riot Club.

 

Julianne Moore recently came full circle after filming a prominent role in the last installments of The Hunger Games - the fourthcoming two-parter Mockingjay - where she worked for a final time with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

 

Moore features as President Alma Coin, another high-profile co-star for Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss. "I did the bulk of my work on the film with Phil," she says, quietly. Hoffman was her friend and co-star from Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski and Magnolia. "He had pretty much completed shooting, so I had done all my work with him..."Her voice trails off, a cue for Empire to move on.

 

She must've also enjoyed re-teaming with Hunger Games mainstay Woody Harrelson, we inquire (the two having worked together on The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio and the TV picture Game Change, where Moore played Sarah Palin)? "Oh yes," she coos. "It was great fun to be with Woody and sometimes you forgot you were in this dystopian fantasy. Then someone would walk by with half their head shaved and there would be weird things coming out of the back of them and you were like, 'Oh yeah, this is a fantasy movie!'"

 

Moore's route into The Hunger Games came, somewhat predictably, through her two children. She picked up her daughter's copy of the first book in the series while on holiday, when her kids were playing table tennis. "I thought it was great and my children love these books, so for them it is very exciting for me to be in the franchise. Generally, I make movies that they can't see! And they both love Jennifer Lawrence. She is very, very easy to love."

 

Hack Into The Capitol.PN and Unlock Cressida's Confidential Case File

The mobile District13.co.in site promised us 5 "hacks" and number 1 arrived today shortly after the surprise release of the new "Rebel Warrior" Mockingjay Part 1 character posters. To hack TheCapitol.PN you will need your mobile device and a desktop computer. 

First: Go to m.district13.co.in on a browser on your device. If you're outside the US, you can try going directly to m.district13.co.in/signin   if you have trouble. Connect with either twitter or facebook.

Second: Open TheCapitol.PN on your desktop computer. Enter the session ID number from the upper right corner of TheCapitol.PN into your device. 

You should then see this on your mobile device:

And your desktop will change to this:

 

Third: Touch "01 Hack Discovered" on your mobile device. You'll get this screen on your device. Touch initiate:

Fourth: Keep TheCapitol.PN open on your desktop computer screen while you complete the challenge. Lock your device screen to portrait and complete the gyroscopic challenge. (Just keep the blue line between the pie pieces):

Your desktop screen will change and start a countdown as you complete the challenge on your device. 

After successfully completing the challenge, your device will display this: 

And TheCapitol.PN will change Cressida's file from

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Looks like The Capitol didn't get the intel correct on the spelling of Castor's name yet. But, what a freaking COOL mobile site. We're looking forward to the rest of the hacks we'll be unlocking in the coming weeks. Hopefully one of them will be Katniss?!?!?

Thanks to our friends at QuarterQuell.org and WelcomeToDistrict12 for their help and advice on unlocking the hacks. They OBVIOUSLY hail from District 3, so make sure to follow them!

Meet the Rebels! New 'Mockingjay Part 1' Character Posters

Thanks to Wired we've got our first look at the "Rebel Warriors" of Mockingjay Part 1. Check out members of Star Squad 451 in uniform with the awesome new black mockingjay symbol in the background. We can't wait to see Katniss' poster with those wings looking like they're coming out of her back  - now we see where that stylistic change Francis Lawrence talked about in EW is going. It will be the warrior version of the mockingjay dress Cinna created for Katniss in Catching Fire.

The "Rebel Warriors" posters feature Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Natalie Dormer as Cressida, Mahershala Ali as Boggs, Wes Chatham as Castor, Elden Henson as Pollux and Evan Ross as Messalla. 

Natalie Dormer and Woody Harrelson at the Emmys

Mockingjay Part 1 cast members Natalie Dormer (Cressida) and Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy) attended the 2014 Emmy awards last night. Woody was nominated for his work in True Detective. He didn't win but was pretty fabulous while presenting the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. My new motto is going to be "Just forget about it." Thanks, Woody! 

Natalie was there in support of Game of Thrones who were shut out at the Primetime Emmys yet again. Boo. 

TNT Secures Television Rights to 'The Hunger Games' Franchise

TNT recently secured the television rights to The Hunger Games and Divergent movie franchises in a deal with Lionsgate. Confused? Me too. We announced recently that ABC Family was to air The Hunger Games on network TV this October and had also secured the rights to air Catching Fire. 

The new deal with TNT gives them the right to air the movies after ABC Family's window. The Hunger Games will air on TNT in winter 2015, with Catching Fire following in winter 2016, Mockingjay Part 1 airing in 2017, and Part 2 in 2018.

The deal also includes network premiere windows for Divergent and sequel Insurgent, which hits theaters in March 2015, plus two additional follow-up films.

This deal comes into effect after the pay TV window for both franchises and ABC Family's airings. EPIX has first-run pay TV rights to The Hunger Games franchise, with the first film and Catching Fire currently available through Epix's cable channel, On Demand service, website and apps. HBO has first-run pay TV rights for the Divergent franchise.

So, basically, The Hunger Games franchise is popular enought that networks are buying and re-buying the rights to the franchise and it will be on television forever. 

The Hunger Games airs on ABC Family October 10th, 11th and 12th at 8pm ET/PT.

District 13 "Our Leader The Mockingjay" Graffiti Tagging App Launches

The mysterious Our Leader The Mockingjay and District 13 graffiti tagged photos going around the web for the last few days were the preview of a new District 13 "Our Leader The Mockingjay" mobile app that launched today for android and iOS. 

 

The details: 

Download the District 13 Our Leader the Mockingjay app for direct access to District 13 communications. Use this app to show your support for the Mockingjay.

• Create digital Marks on real-world surfaces and pin them with your location 

• Leave messages on Marks created by others. 

• Earn points on Hunger Games Explorer 

• Stay updated on announcements and 'propos' from District 13 

• Access information about the film

Be a part of the District 13 movement to help rally support from around the world.

Check back regularly for exclusive interactive experiences as you prepare for the arrival of the Mockingjay later this year.

Download the app on ANDROID and iOS.

 

About Location and Privacy

 

You can make your marks private.

For those worried about their location being shown on the OLTM app - you can make a private mark. After you make your mark (when you get to the screen where it shows you the location of your mark) you’ll see the three buttons (shown above). The button on the right lets you skip it and the mark will be private. It will be stored so that the right mark is shown at the right location, but it won’t display on the “nearby marks” section.

District 13 & OLTM Send Mysterious Photo Clues to Fansites & Fans

Something very mysterious in going on in District 13. We just received this photograph via email from OLTM with the date 8.21.14 - that's Thursday, my friends. The photo is a street in the Notting Hill neighborhood of London. 

Fellow fansites and fans are receiving messages with different photos.

QuarterQuell.org got a photo of the Lotus Temple in New Dehi, India:

Welcome to District 12 received this image:

My Hunger Games got this one of an abandoned warehouse:

HG Girl on Fire received this photo:

Le Geai Moqueur got this one of The Great Wall of China:

Hunger Games Fireside Chat received this shot:

And fan Martino (@mauino22 on twitter) got this one:

What do you think it all means? We definitely need to be alert for something to happen tomorrow, August 21st. If YOU get an email from OLTM tweet us and we'll share your photo here. 

'The Hunger Games' Cast and Crew Take The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Nina Jacobson, producer of The Hunger Games films, graciously accepted our ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Nomination and took the plunge in honor of The Hunger Games fans. Thank you, Nina!! You are amazing. Check it out:

She nominated Jennifer Lawrence, Jena Malone and Natalie Dormer to take the challenge.

Director Francis Lawrence ALSO accepted our challenge and took his icy bath in honor of the fans:

What a champ! Thanks, Francis! It means so much to the fans that you both did this. Francis has nominated Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Claflin. Josh and Sam accepted and completed the challenge:

Natalie Dormer completed the challenge. You can see her video exclusively at Buzzfeed. I LOVE that she's wearing a Mockingjay t-shirt!! 

Jennifer Lawrence and Jena Malone both opted to donate in lieu of completing the ice bucket challenge. Ice or no ice, we love you, Jennifer and Jena! Thanks for donating! Jena posted a pic of her interpretation of the Ice Bucket Challenge to her social media and is donating $1 for every like/rt the photo gets on twitter, facebook and instagram by 5:30am on Thursday, 8/28/14. Go, go, go! 

 

Willow Shields took the challenge in honor of The Hunger Games fans too! This may be the cutest one I've seen. 

Liam has already done the challenge through another nomination. Love the outfit, Liam.

Check out some of our other THG cast members doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. And find out more about this great cause HERE.  

Julianne Moore:

Elizabeth Banks:

Evan Ross:

Alexander Ludwig did it on behalf of his show Vikings:

Alan Ritchson completed the challenge with Rob Ramsey and they took it up a notch and used Slushys.

Dayo Okeniyi completed the challenge and called out Amandla Stenberg, Jack Quaid and Leven Rambin.