The Hunger Games Funko Pop Vinyls Are Coming!

We've finally got a good look at the highly anticipated Hunger Games Funko Pop vinyl figures!  The Pops will sell for 9.99 and should be showing up in stores in the next few weeks. They're also available for pre-order here. 

From the Funko Pop blog:

Katniss Everdeen comes in a variety of her most iconic outfits. 

Between her debut as “The Girl On Fire,” the media sensation that
is her wedding dress, the Mockingjay outfit that functions as a symbol of
rebellion against the Capitol, and her standard battle gear,
there’s a Katniss for everyone!

The series also include the nefarious President Snow, illustrious political puppet,
Effie Trinket, and Peeta Mellark, Katniss’ District 12 cohort!

May the odds be ever in your favor!

New Still of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in Mockingjay Part 2 + Sam Claflin Interview in total Film

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There's a beautiful and intense new Mockingjay Part 2 still of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and a short blurb about the film in Total Film's Winter Preview Edition.

Click for full sizeThere's also a cute little interview with Sam Claflin where they pose film quotes to him as questions. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at that that infamous old lady strip club....

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New Still of Woody Harrelson in 'Mockingjay Part 2'

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VMAN Magazine's Issue #34 contains a great never-before-seen behind the scenes photo of Woody Harrelson in Mockingjay Part 2!

The copy reads:

Francis Lawrence on Woody Harrelson

I was at dinner when I received a photo of a horribly bloodied Woody on my phone. He had wrecked on his bicycle in some gravel and was in horrible shape. We were in the middle of shooting Mockingjay and he had a scene the next day but his face was damaged. I called immediately and he sounded horrible – weak, worried and a bit blurry. I was truly worried for him and desperately urged him to go to the hospital. There was a moment of silence and then I heard that amazing Woody laugh. It was a joke that he and our makeup team had devised. None of it was real but I bought it. I bought it because he brought the same talent to that joke as he does to his performances. He finds a truth and fills it with vulnerability, unpredictability, gravity and mischief: the perfect ingredients for a great actor (and also a really great joke).

Huge thanks to our follower @RonnieLauth for initially finding this photo and posting the LQ version to twitter! It took quite a while to unearth the actual magazine it was from and then figure out where to purchase and download it. 

Enter To Win a Trip to the 'Mockingjay Part 2' Premiere in London

The Mockingjay Part 2 premiere sweepstakes are starting! Sony Xperia Lounge is giving away a trip for 2 to the London premiere on November 5th, including international flights, hotel, spending money and more. This sweeps is open to international tributes excluding Australia, Brazil and Italy. Sorry, guys. 

Head to Sony Xperia Lounge, sign in, and answer the following question:

Who plays the part of Commander Lyme in the franchise?

Elizabeth Banks

Gwendoline Christie

Natalie Dormer

The winner will be the 20,000th person who submits a valid entry and correctly answers the competition question. You MUST go to Sony Xperia Lounge to enter, kids. The giveaway is sponsored soley by them, NOT US!  

Good luck!

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' Most Anticipated Fall Release Ever

According to Variety and consumer tracking company Piedmont Media Research, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is the most hotly anticipated upcoming release. Piedmont polled 3,000 people about upcoming fall movies and both Mockingjay Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens were some of the highest ratings Piedmont has recorded since it began polling audiences five years ago.

The company rates consumer engagement on a scale of zero to 1,000, and the fourth and final Hunger Games installment had a 514 rating, beating last summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and its score of 509, as the best overall number it has ever recorded.

The Star Wars sequel posted a 495 rating, the third best figure since Piedmont began its surveys. It also had the best score among males that Piedmont has seen with 553. Females also are looking forward to the film, with their interest level hitting 383.

“Those are huge numbers,” said Joshua Lynn, president of Piedmont Media Research. “Every demographic is showing up for this.”

Variety noted that the people surveyed were selected to be demographically representative of the movie-going public in terms of age, gender, ticket-buying behavior and ethnicity. Piedmont also tries to quantify the impact that a film’s cast has on audiences. It polls people to find out if their interest rises or falls when a particular concept is matched to an actor and filmmaking team.

We'll see if those 3000 people were truly representative of the population come November! 

The Toys Are Coming! New Katniss and Peeta Barbies and Hunger Games Funko Pops On The Way

The toys are coming!! It's like Christmas today in The Hunger Games fandom. TheDollGenie posted a great sneak peek of the Mockingjay Part 2 Katniss and Peeta Barbies today. The Katniss doll is now IN STOCK at DollGenie.com.

Our follower @TechnaDeschanel shared a photo of a new President Snow Funko Pop doll with us , matching a listing of Hunger Games Pops we got earlier (Below). The toy store Kokomo Toys says they'll be selling President Snow in their ebay store starting on Monday, Sept 28th.

Image via Funko Pop HuntersIt looks like we'll be getting an Effie, a Peeta, and 4 different Katniss pops as well. Word is there may be an exclusive Katniss pop released at New York Comic Con October 8-11. Funko has released wave 1 and 2 of their NYCC exclusives as of today, with new waves releasing daily so stay tuned! 

Special thanks to Funko Pop Hunters, @TechnaDeschanel and DollGenie.com.

The Essential Everlark: 50 Influential Works of Fanfiction

Guest Post by Caryn (papofglencoe on tumblr)

 

Over the past several weeks, readers and authors of Everlark fanfiction were surveyed on what they think the most influential fics in the fandom are. The following works appear in alphabetical order by title name and directly reflect the results of that vote. Links to each story are included or, when unavailable, links are given to other works by the author.  

Thank you to everyone who voted, and happy Hunger Games reading!

(Number crunching and gif by papofglencoe.)

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A Favorable Wind by Court81981

A Softer Place to Land by SoThere

All the President’s Men by authoresskika

Alone in a Crowded Room by Wollaston and Pompeiigraffiti

Anywhere I Would Have Followed You by dracoisalooker76

Best Man by C-r-roberts

Bliss by Dustwriter

Butterflies by misshoneywell

Crash My Party by Court81981

Degrees of Separation by Loueze

Drifting Between Grey and Blue by sponsormusings

Eggshells by Amelia_Day**

Elasticity by TwoPisces

Five Loaves of Bread: Dark Toast by aimmyarrowshigh (series)

For the Movies by acciograce

Girls Night Out by Sohypothetically

Good Again by titania522

Grow Together by Miss Scarlett 05

Have Heart, My Dear by monroeslittle

Heartsick by misshoneywell

Hero of the Story by atetheredmind

Hotel Paper by katomass

Knot Your Fingers Through Mine by monroeslittle

Legend by HGRomance

My First Date with Katniss Everdeen by holymfwickee

My Last Breath/Come Rain or Come Shine by ArthursCamelot

No Surprises by Nonemoreblack

Not In Our Favor by TwilightCakes

Range of Motion by Fnurfnur

Rebel by HGRomance

Refuge by DustWriter

Reviving Romance by DandelionSunset

Sever by DandelionSunset

Synchronicity by Everlark_Pearl

The Ashes of District Twelve by Silvercistern (series)

The Bucket List by Meadowlark27

The Education of Peeta Mellark by atetheredmind

The First Time by annieoakley1

The Golden Mean by Fernwithy

The Green and the Gold by salanderjade

The Luxury and the Necessity by Devanrae

The Mating Games by ktface3

The Miner’s Wife by MockingJayFlyingFree

The Road to Recovery by Jamiesommers

The Unrecorded Hours by hollycomb

Two Wrongs by JLaLa

Voyeurs by atetheredmind

Waterlily by HGromance

When the Moon Fell in Love with the Sun by Porchwood/Mejhiren

With Eyes To Hear by Amelia_Day** 

Worse Games to Play by Belmione

**These works have been pulled by the author and are currently unavailable.

A Peek at Tim Palen: Photographs from The Hunger Games Ultimate Collection

We have our first peek at Tim Palen: Photographs from The Hunger Games Ultimate Collection, the luxury edition of the book Tim Palen: Photographs from The Hunger Games. The publication of Tim Palen: Photographs from the Hunger Games was so well received, that publisher Assouline decided to make an Ultimate Edition of the book to meet the demands of their high-end collectors. 

Only 350 copies have been made of this oversized hand-bound leather book that includes 11 never-before seen images and an archival print of the cover image signed by Tim Palen.  

Dimensions are 14 x 17 inches, 144 pages, 108 total images.

The book is currently listed at $540.00 on amazon. But what you should know is that Lionsgate’s proceeds from the sale of the books will go to the World Food Program and Feeding America. 

They'll also be giving an Ultimate Edition of the book away to 5 lucky fans! Get excited, people!! We'll update you with the giveaway details as soon as they're announced. 

Here's the official description:

In exclusive collaboration with Lionsgate, Assouline presents Tim Palen: Photographs from The Hunger Games. Compiled in one deluxe volume, Palen's evocative and powerful portraits capture each character from the series with striking intimacy and transform the high-octane adventure of the films into exquisite visual art. Through Palen's unique lens, Katniss, Peeta, and the citizens of Panem become icons, immortalized as the beloved characters the world has embraced. Photographs by Tim Palen. Comes in luxurious clamshell case, limited numbered edition of just 300 copies, includes art print and exclusive never before seen photography from Mockingjay Part 2.

Only 300 copies. Save your pennies (and nickels and dimes and hundreds). The book will be released October 27th but you can pre-order it now on amazon.