'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' Los Angeles Premiere

 

We are still in shock after attending The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Los Angeles premiere and after party last night. We even got to be a part of the Yahoo red carpet live stream! You can check it out here. We're about 1:24 mark on the video.

It was an unforgettable night that we're still trying to process. The movie is going to blow you away. No spoilers here, but it's probably one of the best book to movie adaptations ever!

Check out pics of the cast (and Suzanne Collins!) on the red carpet last night. 

 

 

Bruno Gunn

Meta Golding

Alan Ritchson

Stephanie Leigh Schlund

Our Mags, Lynn Cohen on the red carpet

Stef Dawson - our Annie Cresta!

Suzanne Collins and Francis Lawrence Talk to Time Magazine Part 1

TIME talks to the writer-creator of The Hunger Games and the director of Catching Fire —  Part 1 in an exclusive five-part series. The interview has been divided into five parts, running Monday through Friday.

Compare Katniss at the beginning of Hunger Games and Katniss at the beginning of this movie. How is she different now?
Francis Lawrence: Well, Katniss is different because she’s been through the games. I think that was one of the things that really interested me most about the material and about this book was that we get to start to see the kind of effects that the games have on people, the effects that violence has on people.

How do you show that change?
FL: Even though she’s in the place she loves in the forest, I think that there’s a look to her, I would call it the thousand-yard stare. She’s still disturbed by things, and can’t get certain thoughts and images out of her head. And pretty quickly she has flashbacks to the games, within minutes of the opening.

Suzanne Collins: She’s got a lot of classic post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. She has nightmares. She has flashbacks. And in the beginning you can see she’s practicing avoidance. She’s completely pushed Peeta to arm’s length, you know? She’s trying to stay away from him. Why? Because everything associated with him except some very early childhood memories are associated with the Games. She’s conflicted to some degree about her relationship with Prim because she couldn’t save Rue. So she’s dealing with all that, and her method of dealing with it is to go to the woods and be alone and keep all of that as far away as possible, because there just are so many triggers in her everyday life.

But of course, what happens right at the story is it’s beginning of the Victory Tour, and that means that she’s going to have to go to every district and stand there and look at the families of the dead children. Some of them in some districts, like District 1, she killed both tributes. She killed both Marvel and Glimmer. So it’s this nightmare waiting to happen. And then just to make it extra awful, Snow visits her with the threat, so she’s something of a wreck at the beginning.

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Catching Fire Fan Camp - Day 2

Josh Hutcherson made a surprise visit to Catching Fire Fan Camp today! He joined Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, and Jeffrey Wright at the table to sign for fans. Francis Lawrence made a surprise visit to Fan Camp right after that signing. The fan sites got to hang out in the press pit the entire time to take pictures. It was amazing for us to get such access to the cast! We were not even two feet away from them during the entire signing. The cast is so gracious and kind. We were surprised how much energy they had after their whirlwind press and European tour. 

Josh Hutcherson walking in to surprise the fans at Catching Fire Fan Camp. This video courtesy HG Girl on Fire.

The cast signing autographs for fans.

Sam, Jena and Jeffrey signing at Fan Camp. Photo courtesy The HobHeeeeere's Joshy!

Sam acting totally normal at the signing

Sandy from My Hunger Games, Tiffany from Mockingjay.net and I posing "with" Josh

So close I could smell him - delightful.

Francis surprises the fans!

Francis sees the big Mockingjay for the first timeThis is what he was looking at. It will be on fire tomorrow!

I met Francis! There we are!

A Brief Message From Jennifer Lawrence

Check out a very brief message from Jennifer Lawrence about Catching Fire in IMAX. It's only 9 seconds but it's JEN. Even 9 seconds is fabulous.

Thanks to our friends at QuarterQuell.org.

Jena Malone on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Jena Malone was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and showed Jimmy her original party game and discussed her role in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

New 'Catching Fire' Clip - "Let it Fly"

There's a new official Catching Fire TV spot called "Let it Fly." It's a great spot BUT be warned - there are some arena spoilers. Avoid if you don't want to see any! 

Celebrate the Release of 'Catching Fire' With New Social Media Skins

Celebrate the release week of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by updating your social media skins and icons! Lionsgate has sent us a beautiful package of the latest social skins to share with you. Google+, Facebook and Twitter skin and icons are available. Click HERE to view the gallery of updated social media art!

Photos and Video: The 'Catching Fire' Premiere - Paris

The cast looked gorgeous, if a little tired, on their stop in Paris today for the premiere of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Check out some of the red carpet pictures and a video peek at the introductions inside the theatre before the movie started. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Francis Lawrence and Nina Jacobson were on hand for the Paris premiere.

Barbie Photobomb! Thanks to ElizabethBanks.com