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Wednesday
Mar192014

BTS Set Photos From 'The Hunger Games' Continuity Books 

Theme Park Connection is hosting an ebay auction of over 800 costume pieces from The Hunger Games set, and part of the auction is supposed to be 23 Script Supervisor "continuity books" from the film featuring thousands of behind the scenes photos from the set.

The listing had been taken down at press time but we have a bunch of the photos from the books thanks to our friends at Real or Not Real News. They're fascinating!

Want more info on the auction? Go to ThemeParkConnection or check out their ebay store HERE. When we checked out the auction they had lots of little items like tees, Capitol citizens' hats and ties, etc, but nothing too impressive had been listed yet. The coolest items we saw were a Peacekeeper helmet and boots and an Avox outfit.

Wednesday
Mar192014

Find Your Salute in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Fan Mosaic Poster! 

Did you post a picture of yourself doing the 3-finger salute on The Hunger Games UK's Facebook page? Now you can find yourself in this amazing Catching Fire fan mosaic poster! Keep clicking on the image or use the zoom in and out buttons to get a closer look. Click and drag around the image to move around the poster.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Don't have your copy yet? To purchase in the US click HERE. For the UK click HERE.

Wednesday
Mar192014

UK Tributes: Win Tickets to a 'Catching Fire' Screening and Q&A With Sam Claflin in London

To celebrate the release of the film on DVD and Blu-ray, Digital Spy has your chance to win tickets to a special The Hunger Games: Catching Fire screening in London on Monday, March 24th. Sam Claflin will be there in person to introduce the film and take part in a fan Q&A with those in attendance prior to the screening.

The event will take place in Central London on Monday, March 24 at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. This is a private screening, and seats can only be obtained via the competition entry form HERE.

Entries will be accepted up until Thursday, March 20 (so hurry!) and chosen attendees - who will be allowed to bring a guest - will be notified no later than Friday, March 21.

Sunday
Mar162014

An Effie Army at the Catching Fire Capitol Costume Competition

The Hunger Games UK held a Capitol Costume Competition on Sunday, March 16th in honor of the UK release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on March 17th. They requested that fans turn up at Marylebone Station dressed in their Capitol finest in order to win prizes and a chance at a pair of tickets to the Mockingjay Part 1 premiere in November. Check out all of the incredible Effies! We'll update you here when the winner is announced.


Here are the Capitol Costume Competition invite details:

The Capitol requests your presence at a very important event. Dress up in your finest Capitol Couture and join us at Marylebone Station from 11.15am on the 16th March. Bring honour to your District by arriving in your Panem finery and you could win prizes fit for President Snow himself.

Take inspiration from your favourite Victors and bring their style to life with your attire. Pink wigs, butterfly eyelashes and shiny suits are all encouraged, so grab your prep team and get ready to impress us. The Capitol will assess your outfit, and the best dressed citizen will win a pair of tickets to the Mockingjay premiere later this year.

We’ll also be holding a reaping for many more Hunger Games prizes.

Bring pride to Panem and, as always, may the odds be ever in your favour!

Follow HungerGamesUK on twitter to get the latest.


Thursday
Mar132014

Win a Trip To The Set of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay'!

You could witness movie making live and in person on the set of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay!

For a small donation to the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, you will be entered to win a trip for you and a guest to Atlanta to spend a day with producer Jon Kilik on the set! (flights and two night hotel accommodations included)

Jon will personally show you around, introduce you to some of the cast members who are working that day, watch behind the scenes and have lunch with you on set!

*The Hunger Games: Mockingjay set visit experience will take place on April 14, 15 or 16. Enter HERE by April 4th.

Thursday
Mar132014

New Photo of Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth (barely) and an Adorable  Dog

A new picture from the Mockingjay set featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and one cute puppy was tweeted yesterday then quickly deleted. The tweeter said that they were holding her grandmother's dog.

 

Wednesday
Mar122014

Mockingjay's Boggs Talks Jennifer Lawrence and Philip Seymour Hoffman

Mahershala Ali (Boggs) spoke with Vulture about his current role as Remy Danton on House of Cards, and they also managed to sneak in a couple of questions about Mockingjay.

You’re also in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Does Jennifer Lawrence fall down a lot on set?

[Laughs.] No, she stays on her feet on set, unless it’s written that she falls down. And I’d have to say that, out of everyone, she’s the coolest.

Can you talk at all about the rewrites that had to happen after Philip Seymour Hoffman died?

There’s one scene in particular that he really has to be in, and I think they’re going to address that with new technology that’s available to them now. But other than that, he’d already shot a lot of the stuff in part one and some key scenes in part two. He just was really wonderful to work with. Such an education coming to work and seeing him break down scenes and make suggestions and just raise the bar — like, take something that is almost a throwaway line and make it into something that is so much more important than what it was even intended to be. I’ve never seen anyone — and I’ve had the opportunity to work with some really terrific actors in my time — but Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely the best I ever had the opportunity to work with.

Read the article at Vulture.com

Tuesday
Mar112014

'Catching Fire' Is The Biggest Digital Launch in Lionsgate's History

Congrats to Lionsgate on the huge success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital HD! The company announced today that they sold an estimated 3.9 million DVD and Blu-Ray units in the first weekend, increasing almost 40% over The Hunger Games.

The press release:

Lionsgate (LGF), a leading global entertainment company, announced today that the global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise continued to gain momentum as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sold an estimated 3.9 million DVD and Blu-ray units in its first weekend of North American release and had the biggest digital launch in the Company's history with opening weekend digital sales increasing nearly 40% over the first Hunger Games film.

The record digital performance was driven by #1 openings on all major digital platforms, including iTunes, Xbox, Amazon, Vudu, Comcast Xfinity, Verizon FiOS, Google Play and Sony Entertainment Network, among others. Higher-margin Blu-Ray titles surged to 50% of all packaged media sales of Catching Fire in its opening weekend compared to 35% of packaged media sales of the first Hunger Games film.

"This is a monster opening and a tremendous result for the second film in a franchise, underscoring the enormous momentum of The Hunger Games films," said Ron Schwartz , Lionsgate President and General Manager of Home Entertainment Sales & Distribution. "Opening weekend packaged media sales of Catching Fire were comparable to the first Hunger Games title released nearly two years ago while digital sales grew by nearly 40%. With strong increases in digital revenue and Blu-Ray accounting for 50% of packaged media sales, the opening weekend performance is driving significant margin growth and is a testament to the strength of the franchise."

"We opened Catching Fire on nearly 20 digital platforms, including six that have launched since the home entertainment debut of the first Hunger Games film in 2012, and it was number one on almost all of them," said Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television & Digital Distribution Jim Packer. "The broad demographic appeal of The Hunger Games franchise uniquely positions it for this surge in digital ownership."

Thanks to our friends at QuarterQuell.org for the heads up and the photo!