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Tuesday
Oct082013

Elizabeth Banks on 'Catching Fire' and Effie's Over-The-Top Costumes

Elizabeth Banks was honored at Variety's 5th Annual Power of Women event for her work with the American Heart Association. She talked with Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson about Catching Fire and Effie's couture costumes.

 

Wednesday
Sep112013

UPDATE: Full Versions of The Latest 'Catching Fire' Stills From Hunger Games Explorer

Last week The Hunger Games Explorer gave us 20 new Catching Fire character stills. Today, our friends at QuarterQuell.org posted the full, uncropped, Hi-Res versions of the stills and we have them here for you. Also, be sure to check out the Catching Fire Movie page on The Hunger Games Explorer for movie posters, cast and crew bios and tons of pictures.

 

See the rest of the full size images in our Gallery (click each image to enlarge).

Wednesday
Sep042013

New 'Catching Fire' Character Portraits in October Vanity Fair

October's Vanity Fair includes a feature on Catching Fire, including some never-before-seen portraits of Katniss, Peeta, Effie, Gale, and Finnick shot by Lionsgate CMO, Tim Palen.

Jennifer Lawrence Vanity Fair October 2013

The Hunger Games films may have begun as Suzanne Collin’s hugely popular trilogy of books aimed at young adults, but with a new director and a star who scored the best-actress statuette at this year’s Oscars, the second installment of this blockbuster franchise is all grown up.

“One of the big overarching themes for all the books is this idea of the consequences of war, and one of the unfortunate consequences of war is post-traumatic stress,” explained Francis Lawrence, who directed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, out this November. In this movie, not only have young leads Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson aged nearly two years, but also their characters, Katniss and Peeta, have returned to their home district haunted by what they’ve seen and done. “That’s one of the first things you see in the movie,” the director adds. “They’re changed people because of having been in the Games.”

The Games is the annual event that unites the 12 districts of the fictional nation of Panem. Twenty-four teens are chosen to battle to the death using a variety of weapons in a gruesome display meant to cow the populace. Only when it became their turn to kill or be killed in the earlier film, Katniss and Peeta broke the rules - and for the first time there were two victors. This act of defiance sparked a rebellion in the districts, and in Catching Fire Peeta and Katniss must struggle with their roles as unwilling icons - not to mention taking another round in the arena against other previous champions.

Those new foes include Jena Malone, Amanda Plummer, Jeffrey Wright, Lynn Cohen, and a sensuous and tricky Sam Claflin. They expand an enviable ensemble that already featured Donald Sutherland as the nefarious president of Panem, Elizabeth Banks as Katniss and Peeta’s increasingly self-aware chaperone, and Liam Hemsworth as a young miner who competes with Peeta for the affections of our heroine. The director - no relation to his star - describes the group as “The sort of fantastic actors that you empathize with, that you feel a warmth for.” That is, until they start trying to kill one another.”

- Chris Rovzar

Thanks to Quarter Quell.org for the tip and FashionScansRemastered for the scans!

Tuesday
Aug272013

HQ Versions of 'Catching Fire' Stills from The NECA Calendar

We've got scans of the 2014 Catching Fire NECA Calendar for you! Here are the NEW stills from the calendar. The rest you've seen before HERE and HERE.

Purchase the calendar HERE.

Thursday
Jul112013

Elizabeth Banks Talks Effie With The Advocate

In a new interview with The Advocate, Elizabeth Banks talks Effie Trinket and her fabulous fashion:

Have you ever played a lesbian?
I don’t think I have — although Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games might be gay. My vision of the Capitol is pansexual like ancient Rome, where everybody’s doing everybody.

Any chance she’s a drag queen?
I’ve actually thought about that. I think Suzanne Collins created the character to be nurturing and mothering in her own way, so she’s probably a woman. But I definitely saw a lot of drag Effies last Halloween in West Hollywood!

Are Effie’s wigs and outfits in Catching Fire even more outrageous than in the first film?
They really are. We relied a lot on Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen for the costuming, so there’s some amazing, handmade, one-of-a-kind couture. I feel so honored to have worn these pieces of art.

Effie's serving Nicki Minaj meets Frenchy from Grease in Catching Fire promo photos.
There’s some of that, true, but she changes quite a bit and has a more varied palette this time around. You haven’t seen her more fabulous stuff yet.

What advice would you give a guy who wanted to dress up as Elizabeth Banks for Halloween?
Just look really tired and maybe stick a baby on your hip. That should do it. I’m an exhausted mom with two very young children, so I’m not very fabulous right now. But Halloween is one of my favorite holidays; I’m a pagan at heart.

See more at The Advocate

Tuesday
May282013

New 'Catching Fire' Still from Empire Magazine

Chins up, smiles on! Check out a new Catching Fire still from Empire Magazine featuring Effie and Peeta! We'll get a HQ version up when it's available. 
Monday
Apr222013

VIDEO: Elizabeth Banks Talks Effie At Cinema Con

Elizabeth Banks talks about Effie's amazing costumes in Catching Fire during an interview at Cinema Con. 

See more photos of Elizabeth on the red carpet and receiving the Excellence in Acting Award at Cinema Con HERE.

We can't wait to see Effie's monarch butterfly dress in the movie!! We're almost certain it's this Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 dress of hand-painted feathers:

 

Thursday
Apr182013

Effie Wears Alexander McQueen

When the last Hunger Games Explorer image started to un-blur itself last Saturday, we thought the dress Effie was wearing looked an awful lot like Alexander McQueen:

Turns out our normally useless, totally random fashion knowledge is good for something! Alexander McQueen confirmed that the dress is indeed McQueen Autumn/Winter 2012. Effie Upgrade!