Molly Mon, November 4, 2013 Studiocanal just posted some new HD The Hunger Games: Catching Fire TV spots to their youtube page this morning. Studiocanal is the european districutor for Catching Fire. The spots have footage we've seen before PLUS small bits of new footage, and are definitely worth a look in HD.
Molly Mon, November 4, 2013 
One of the coolest things about being a fansite (ok, THE coolest, without a doubt) is that sometimes you get to have amazing experiences like the one we had yesterday morning. We were invited to an exclusive fansite phone interview with Sam Claflin (Finnick) and Jena Malone (Johanna) from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. We actually got to speak to them ON THE PHONE. And they were just as charming, funny and thoughtful as you would have hoped. These two care deeply about the characters that we love so much. Read on and see what your favorite fansites asked Jena and Sam and, more importantly, their insightful and hilarious answers. (deep lunges)
Oh, and NBD, but Sam and Jena sang Happy Birthday to our own Samantha at the end of the call. Whatever. (FANGIRL EXPLOSION)
PanemPropaganda.com:
When you were working on your roles, did you speak to anyone, or consider for yourself, what kind of background your characters had outside the Games? Things like family or friendships they may have had back in their Districts, and how did that affect the development of your characters?
Jena: Yeah! The book is SO rich, even though it doesn’t go into specifics about what these characters have gone through, you can pick through, and there are sentences that, really, for an actor, are goldmines. It’s like a doorway you go through, and there’s a whole house inside there. Suzanne Collins created stories that, I feel like as an actor, are like candy. There was so much to work with. And Francis was constantly providing us more information. Even just really understanding who these people were, giving us essays on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and all of these different things to research. I feel like we had so much to go in and paint with. It was kind of amazing.
Sam: Lynn Cohen, who plays Mags, and I spent a few weeks during the preparation time discussing our relationship, coming to the decision that she was more of a mother to Finnick. He was kind of an orphan, we decided. She was his mentor when he was in the Games, and everything that happened since, obviously, leading up to Catching Fire, her volunteering for Annie Cresta, etc. Finnick’s past and his history is mentioned in Mockingjay. There is a very, very dark history painted for him, and I got to talk that through, not only with Lynn Cohen, but with Francis, like Jena said, and everyone else as well. It was easy for me to sort of mold ideas.
There is SO much more of this interview after the jump. Please read on....
Molly Mon, November 4, 2013 It's starting, it's STARTING! The Hunger Games: Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence sat down with MTV News' Josh Horowitz a while back and we've been anxiously awaiting these interviews ever since. They discussed an amazing amount of Catching Fire goodness: arena, Sam Claflin as Finnick, Everlark, Katniss' wedding dress and so much more! Take a look:
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Molly Fri, November 1, 2013 
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire costume designer, Trish Summerville talked to The New York Times about her inspiration behind Katniss' and Effie's costumes in the movie. She also gives us some insight into how she designed Peeta's looks and, sigh, it's all for love:
Katniss Everdeen as fashion’s It Girl? That’s how the costume designer Trish Summerville imagined the teenage warrior portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: As a previous victor, she must be camera-ready as Panem prepares for the 75th games.
“Considering how the Capitol and Panem ingest and digest capitalism and consumerism, and all the parties and galas they go to, they change fashions more quickly than each season,” she said.
Katniss’s outfits — gowns of feathers, accessories in rough-hewed fibers — indicate her ascent in the Capitol while evoking her home in the impoverished District 12. Her male comrades, Peeta and Finnick, received magnetic, matinee-idol looks. And dressing Effie Trinket required tapping Alexander McQueen and House of Worth for statement pieces, including shoes that forced Trinket literally to stay on her toes.
For her grand entrance to the 75th Hunger Games kickoff, Katniss dons a fantasy wedding dress by the Jakartan designer Tex Saverio — the one she might have worn had her nuptials to Peeta not been quashed by the games.
Illustration by Tex Saverio “I wanted to have a subliminal feel of flames and feathers to keep her the Girl on Fire while also representing the Mockingjay,” Ms. Summerville said. Mr. Saverio’s froth of layered organza features a flame-inspired silver corset and fabric peacock feathers sprouting at the waist. As Katniss twirls, the gown erupts, and an iridescent Mockingjay dress rises from the ash. Using images of a mockingbird, blue jay, pheasant and peacock, Ms. Summerville worked with an illustrator and graphic designer to create patterns of feathers and wings, which she then had printed on chiffon and built into the Mockingjay dress.
Katniss wears a one-shouldered, cowl-neck sweater vest, almost like a shield, over her father’s leather coat. The piece, made by Maria Dora, a Los Angeles knitwear designer, is meant to see Katniss through summer, spring and winter.
“I wanted to bundle her up a bit and give her something that had a feel of the Capitol,” Ms. Summerville said, “but still with keeping in those nubby, big natural fibers — something, say, her mom could have made for her.” Like a security blanket, the piece accompanies Katniss on her hunting expeditions and even to bed on the Victory Tour. “It’s trying to marry both sides of her duality,” Ms. Summerville said, “having her heart at home but also fitting into the Capitol world without selling out.”
“This time around we made Peeta’s character much more masculine,” Ms. Summerville said. She laughed as she recounted meeting Josh Hutcherson, the actor who plays him, and saw how athletic he was.
“I was like, ‘We have to dude you up.' ” Using jackets and more structured pieces that amped up his already muscular physique, she accentuated his rapid maturation between the first and second films, and hinted at the emotional and sexual allure that drew Katniss to him initially. Ms. Summerville used a lot of subdued greens in Peeta’s wardrobe “because Katniss’s favorite color is green,” she said, “so subliminally, he’s always trying to woo her.” (!!!)
When the Capitol escort Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) returns to District 12 for the 75th reaping, she is adorned with monarch butterflies — on her dress, an actual Alexander McQueen couture design; her hair; even her eyelashes.
“In her mind, it’s springtime,” Ms. Summerville said. “Her chrysalis has turned into this butterfly, she gets to come out again, she gets to see the kids.” She wanted Effie to look uncomfortable. “I think it’s her penance to herself,” she said, explaining that Effie loves all the grandeur, but that “she’s also really conflicted about her role in calling the kids up for the reapings.” Effie’s waist is cinched a little too tightly, her heels are a little too high, and her clothes are nearly impossible to sit in.
Molly Fri, November 1, 2013 
Francis Lawrence opens up about The Hunger games: Catching Fire in a new article in LA Times Hero Complex. Read on to hear what he has to say and how he, "really liked the book, and I really wanted to make the book."
The color wasn’t finished. The visual effects were not complete. The score, temporary. Yet those details seemed to be of little consequence to director Francis Lawrence, who chose a fine summer day to open up his edit bay and show off his work in progress, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
While other filmmakers might be stressed over the work to be done on such an eagerly awaited film — let alone the inherent pressure of taking over a beloved franchise — the 42-year-old Austrian director gleefully cued up scene after scene of heroine Katniss Everdeen facing the repercussions of having manipulated a government-sanctioned death match in the first film.
Dressed casually in a blue button-down shirt, jeans and sneakers, Lawrence is relaxed, even a little excited by the footage — a fanboy given the keys to the kingdom.
“I really latched on to the themes of the books overall, and I was excited to grow and create this world and cast new people,” Lawrence said.
When Lawrence was hired to direct, Lionsgate Studio had a hard start date just 20 weeks out. But he felt the original script, commissioned by Ross for writer Simon Beaufoy (“Slumdog Millionaire”), was too far afield from the original “Catching Fire” text. So he and Collins spent a weekend in New York poring over the book, creating an outline of all the moments the duo wanted to hit in the film — the after-effects of war, including the post-traumatic stress suffered by Katniss, her fellow survivor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and their mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrelson).
With outline in hand, the pair brought in Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt to rework the script and invent new scenes that articulate the machinations between Snow and his new gameskeeper, Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman).
Coupled with a $140-million budget (far more than the first film’s $80 million), the result is a film with broader scope and scale that expands on author Collins’ themes and the physical world of Panem. Lawrence is hopeful audiences will respond.
I really liked the book, and I really wanted to make the book. I didn’t want to reinvent,” he said. “There is always some true adaptation to be done when you are distilling a 400-page book to a two-hour movie, but I think everybody will be really excited.”
Molly Fri, November 1, 2013 Canadian entertainment show, eTalk has exclusive interviews with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire cast during their daily TV show starting on Monday at 7pm ET on CTV. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin will also be featured in a 30 minute special on Friday, November 8th. We're hoping the interviews will be posted to their YouTube channel!
We assume that they'll start with a snippet of teaser footage from the 30 minute special every night during the broadcast until the show airs on Friday.
Molly Thu, October 31, 2013 
To kick off our #TickTock4 countdown, 24 cities have been selected to hold ADVANCE SCREENINGS of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, presented by Subway®! Attendees at these screenings will be able to view the Red Carpet LIVE STREAM on the big screen, and be one of the first audiences to see the film.
Stay tuned to see if your hometown is included… a new city will be announced each hour today on The Hunger Games’ official Twitter! Then, enter for your chance to win tickets at www.CatchingFireAdvanceScreenings.com beginning on Friday, 11/1 at 2pm ET/ 11am PT. Tweet with #TickTock4 with which advance screening you want to attend & you'll win an exclusive new badge and bonus sparks on The Hunger Games Explorer!We'll add the cities to this post as they appear.
Chicago
Seattle-Tacoma
New York
San Diego
San Francisco
Detroit
Los Angeles
Orlando
Dallas- Ft. Worth
Tampa - St. Petersburg
Philadelphia
Denver
Washington, D.C.
Sacramento
Houston
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
Cleveland
Atlanta
Kansas City
Phoenix
St. Louis
Boston
Las Vegas
Don't see your city? Don’t worry! You can still watch the Red Carpet LIVE STREAM from the LA Premiere on Monday, November 18 beginning at 9:30pm ET/ 6:30pm PT, brought to you by Yahoo! Lionsgate is also looking for one lucky fan to be their special Catching Fire correspondent at the LA premiere... Show your #CatchingFireSelfie skills and you could find yourself on the red carpet with your favorite stars! Get your camera ready and follow @Yahoo_Movies on Instagram for all the details!
Molly Thu, October 31, 2013 
UK tributes! To celebrate the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Yahoo MoviesUK are looking for the ultimate fan of the franchise to win a prize money cannot buy (particularly if you’re unfortunate enough to be from District 12).
The winner of the competition will go to the World Premiere in London for their chance to interview the stars of the film on the red carpet this November 11.
Travel and accommodation will also be covered while you enjoy your Hunger Games stay in the capitol.
So how could you get a shot at winning every Hunger Games fan’s dream prize?
As any self professed Hunger Games fan will tell you, tributes have to impress the GameMakers with their chosen survival skill.
So we want to know just what your specialist skill to survive a Hunger Games red carpet is (being proficient with a bow and arrow is not imperative).
All you need to do is send us a picture of yourself that best explains your specialist skill or party trick and you could be rubbing shoulders with the stars.
Tweet us your picture attached to the following tweet:
“@YahooMoviesUK The gamekeepers would like my skill for the UK #catchingfire prem tix #cfskill yahoo.co.uk/catchingfire"
It’s as simple as that.
Entrants must be aged 15 or over. If entrants are under 18-years-old they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Winners will need to able to travel to Central London on Monday 11th November 2013 for 4.30pm. Click here for full terms and conditions.
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour.
