New 'Mockingjay Part 1' Behind The Scenes Clip - How Effie Made it To Mockingjay

PopSugar has another new clip from the Mockingjay Part 1 special features, The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of MJ1 (8-Part Documentary) which is available on the iTunes HD download and will be included with the blu-ray editions ofMockingjay Part 1. 

This new clip goes behind the scenes of the film, out on DVD on March 6, featuring never-before-seen interviews with director Francis Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and Elizabeth Banks (aka Effie Trinket) that explain how Effie made it to Mockingjay Part 1. 

Mockingjay Part 1 is now available for digital download. Find all the info you need on where to get it HERE. Mockingjay Part 1 will be released on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on March 6. More info and where to buy HERE. 

Deleted Scene From 'Mockingjay Part 1' Katniss Gets an Effie Makeover

Effie to the rescue in this new deleted scene from Mockingjay Part 1 thanks to Vulture! Effie (Elizabeth Banks) does some quick work on Katniss' (Jennifer Lawrence) face, and reminds us why we're so glad she's playing a bigger part in the final 2 Mockingjay films. 

Mockingjay Part 1 is available digitally on Feb. 17, before being released on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on March 6. More info and where to buy HERE. 

New Still of Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in 'Mockingjay Part 1'

Effie still courtesy effiefuckingtrinket.tumblr.com

There's a new - and FABULOUS - still of Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in Mockingjay Part 1 in the November issue of Elle Magazine (US version). Elizabeth is featured in Elle's Women in Hollywood issue, where Liz talks about career highs AND lows:

On if she ever had a career low: “There were a couple of auditions…one of them for a slasher film. I was going to be naked and get my neck slashed in a bathtub. I was like, I might be broke right now, but I’ll figure out another way to pay the rent.”

Thanks to ElizabethBanksFans for discovering the beauty that is this new still first, and to effiefuckingtrinket on tumblr for the gorgeous HQ version!

'Mockingjay Part 1' Images from The Hunger Games Instagram - Day 6 - Haymitch and Effie

Hayffie shippers. do your happy dance - the Mockingjay Part 1 images revealed today on The Hunger Games instagram account are Haymitch and Effie. 

Woody Harrelson takes a stand against the Capitol as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.

Elizabeth Banks shows you the woman behind the couture as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.

Even Elizabeth Banks herself thinks Haymitch and Effie have a very special, secret relationship that isn't overtly touched on in the books or films. See one of the many examples of Liz talking about Hayffie HERE. 

Come back tomorrow for day 7 of the 8 days of new stills. And check out Days 1 - 5:

DAY 1 - Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Cressida (Natalie Dormer)

DAY 2 - Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and Caesar (Stanley Tucci)

DAY 3 Castor (Wes Chatham) and Pollux (Elden Henson)

DAY 4 Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Boggs (Mahershala Ali)

DAY 5 Plutarch (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Messalla (Evan Ross)

You can see all of the still images released from Mockingjay Part 1 in our Gallery. 

Elizabeth Banks Says Goodbye to Effie and The Hunger Games: "I Cried My Eyes Out"

Josh Horowitz got to spend a little time with Elizabeth Banks at Tiff while she was promoting her film Love and Mercy and, excellent fanboy that he is, Josh asked about Mockingjay wrapping up for good. 

"It's done. I never get to play that role again, it's so sad. I cried my eyes out. I love, love, love Effie so much. I really love her and, yeah, it's over."

Horowitz said he was relieved that we get to see a little bit more of Effie in the last two films than the book would dictate. Banks replied, "They did [write a little bit more of Effie into the films]. I got lucky. It was VERY flattering and fun story for her actually. REALLY fun. To go from The Capitol to District 13 is a shock for anybody. I like how I talk about it like it's real life. (laughs) Anyway, she's there. She's the fish out of water. It's fun."

Elizabeth Banks on Effie and Mockingjay: "It's a True Action Movie"

Elizabeth Banks has been making the rounds to promote her involvement with Doritos Crash The Super Bowl Contest. E Online got a little bit of Mockingjay Part 1 and Effie information out of her during their recent interview.  

How Effie maintains her style in District 13 

“Effie really is a fish out of water in District 13 and they do not have anywhere near the resources that the Capitol does. So Effie really finds herself having to what I like to call ‘Project Runway her way’ through the wardrobe that’s given to everyone. Everyone gets sort of standard wardrobe in District 13 and she of course has to put her own twist on everything…she can make anything fabulous."

Book vs. Movie Effie

“Well she [Effie] doesn’t make an appearance in District 13 in the actual book, but Suzanne Collins and Francis [Lawrence] and I…everyone sort of came to me and said ‘We really feel like Effie…it would be really fun to keep her involved in the story’ and of course I’m thrilled to be a part of it and get to go to 13 and take care of Katniss a little bit longer.”

What she thinks of the film (aka press kit sound bites) 

“I’m really thrilled with the way it’s turned out. I think Francis [the director] has a really interesting take on the material and it’s a continuation of the story of Katniss and she’s one of my favorite heroines of all time. The scope and scale is huge. It’s really a true action film now, we’re not just in the Games anymore, we’ve really upped the stakes of the movie. It’s really about a full scale rebellion and a war between the Capitol and the Districts. So all the action sequences are just amazing and upgraded…action-movie level stuff going on, not just the story of a small-town girl.”

Elizabeth on the Mockingjay cast

“I mean we really have a lot of comradery. We’ve been through a lot making the movies. It’s very rare in this business that you get to spend this much time with the same people, over and over again on something that we all care about a lot. And we really want to make a great product every time and we want to have fun while we do it and we just have really great shared perspective on the whole thing."

New 'Mockingjay Part 1' District 13 Citizen Posters

We're getting an earlier than expected look at six new Mockingjay Part 1 District 13 character posters. President Coin, Haymitch Abernathy, Beetee Latier, Effie Trinket, Plutarch Heavensbee and Finnick Odair are featured in their District 13 finest. And by finest we mean their drab grey uniforms. Looks like Effie is making the most of what she's been dealt in 13. You go, Effie. 

The posters debuted on various websites tonight after they were leaked a bit early online right after the District 13 mobile site launch. 

We assume this is the first wave of District 13 citizen posters and we're very excited to see Katniss in one of them, hopefully in the near future. Because District 13 is alive and well and so is the Mockingjay.

'Mockingjay' News: Effie's Role Expanded and Philip Seymour Hoffman Will Not Be CGI'ed

Peter Craig, Nina Jacobson and Francis LawrenceThere's a wealth of information about Mockingjay Part 1 on the new site, TheHungerGamesExclusive.com including confimation that Effie's role in the Mockingjay films has been expanded in the books - per Suzanne Collins! And that the oft-rumored use of CGI to recreate the late Philip Seymour Hoffman for his remaining scenes is not happening. Director Francis Lawrence, Producer Nina Jacobson and Screenwrighter Peter Craig sat down for a filmmaker roundtable to elaborate on everything from the newest cast members to a shocking Capitol escapee.

Another treat for fans? The Hanging Tree will be included in the film! Nina Jacobson says:

I’m excited about what these two dreamed up for ‘The Hanging Tree.’ Francis and Peter [Craig] came up with an incredible way of turning a powerful moment in the book into great big cinema.”

You can read the entire filmmaker roundtable at TheHungerGamesExclusive.com.