Molly Mon, October 12, 2015 ;)
The newest batch of very serious-looking Mockingjay Part 2 stills out today feature Finnick, Johanna and a very melancholy Katniss, a tiny glimpse at handcuffed Peeta, a very protective Gale and Squad 451. Check them out thanks to QuarterQuell.
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Molly Tue, July 22, 2014 
Capitol Couture has relaunched with issue number four, Fida Coeur, and new Capitol portraits of Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Jena Malone as Johanna Mason. Capitol Couture has also posted gorgeous and heartbreaking new motion posters ("Living Portraits") of both Peeta and Johanna.
Capitol Couture is proud to commemorate President Snow’s “One Panem” initiative with a brand new Special Issue of Capitol Couture focusing on collaborations in art, fashion, and design. Today we celebrate the incredible achievements coming out of the Capitol—the beating heart of Panem. Gaze upon the fervently awaited Capitol Citizen Living Portraits presented by Capitol Couture featuring your cherished victors Johanna Mason and Peeta Mellark as they stand proudly before Panem.
The site teases that the "Living Portraits" will be available for viewing this summer. Will they be displayed as "astoundingly realistic hologram displays" as Capitol Couture promises?
See it all at CapitolCouture.PN
Molly Mon, May 5, 2014 
Photos by James Orlando for BullettJena Malone covers Bullett Magazine's Volume XIII The Lost Issue. She talks about her band with Lem Jay Ignacio, The Shoe, her upcoming projects and about playing Johanna in The Hunger Games films.
From Bullett:
If Malone’s Donnie Darko experience predated today’s obsessive fan worship, the actress tossed herself directly into the vortex when she accepted the role as the plum-haired, axe-wielding Johanna Mason in a little movie called The Hungers Games: Catching Fire, which to this date has grossed $850 million worldwide. In the film, her character, a former winner of the titular games, is furious at having to unexpectedly fight in another life-or-death competition after having been promised a pampered life filled with the spoils of victory. While on a live television broadcast, she tells the interviewer that yes, in fact, she is very angry. “Fuck that! And fuck everyone that had anything to do with it!” she screams, unleashing a rare, bleeped out F-bomb in the family-friendly franchise. Eventually, she forms an unlikely alliance with the film’s protagonist, Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence).
Malone, who is set to reprise the pivotal role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, the franchise’s third and final installment (it will be divided into two movies), approached the role with the vigor of a method actor. “When you first meet Johanna, she’s got enemy written all over her,” Malone says.
“She’s violent and sexual and caustic and nefarious. But she has a big arch of friend or foe. But she’s fierce. What I really wanted to explore with her was learning anger. Anger has to be so genuine or it feels so fake, like a fake sneeze. So, the first week of shooting, I didn’t talk to anyone. I needed to have this intimidation factor. I had all this [angry] energy surging through me. She almost killed me. A month and a half in, I learned how to turn her off, but at first she was dangerous.”
Read more at BullettMedia.com
Molly Mon, April 28, 2014 
Jena Malone and Lem Jay Ignacio did a reddit AMA this morning in support of their band The Shoe's upcoming debut album release (be sure to check out I'm Okay on June 3. Pre-order in their store or iTunes). Jena answered some of your Mockingjay questions during the Q&A and even confirmed - once again - that she's a Joniss shipper.
We've transcribed all the Hunger Games/Mockingjay-related questions for you but you can also check out the entire reddit AMA HERE.
I've always wondered this about movies - did you really strip naked during the elevator scene in Catching Fire, or did you have something to cover up?
naked!
hahah no not really. I had little stickers on parts I wanted covered
Has it been difficult to interpret Johanna in Mockingjay?
Mockingjay is a whole new world !! It's very thrilling and nerve wracking making it perfect.
First, thanks for doing this AMA! And congrats on the new album! I pre-ordered the vinyl and I'm super psyched to hear it! (Spoilers ahead for those silly enough not to have read the Hunger Games trilogy..)
For Jena - I'm a huge fan of your work and particularly fond of Johanna. Since we only experience Katniss's perception of Johanna after her torture in Mockingjay, how did you get inside her head? How different was portraying this Johanna from the one we know in Catching Fire?
PS - I know you were upset they didn't make a Johanna Mason barbie, and I may or may not definitely have gotten one commissioned by this badass girl who does amazing custom barbies. When I get it, I will definitely post you a photo!
Johanna was very hard bird to crack. I think the first entry into her was discovering what true anger felt like and living in it for a prolonged amount of time.
Can't wait to see a little Johanna doll!
I would like to ask Jena, what was it like to act along with such amazing group in Catching Fire? What would you say about Jennifer Lawrence? And I love The Shoe, really want to get that album. xx
Its been a dream working with the Hunger Games cast. I love them all so much. Jenn is the best person ever (besides my little sister) and she is truly inspiring to work with
Hey Jena, do you have an OTP (One True Pairing) from the Hunger Games? x
I don't know what this is.
You guys create such beautiful music together, you should be seriously proud. Thank you for becoming The Shoe and sharing your magic with us! Jena, YOU SHIP JONISS. You don't understand how crazy we all went when you replied to a fans twitter question the other day and answered with 'Joniss.' How did you come to like Johanna and Katniss together, and do you see them purely as a friendship or do you see the chemistry that hundreds of us can totally see?! Joniss rules.
I recently discovered the whole "joniss" phenomenon and think it is so amazing that the fans have created our backstorys and worlds out of these characters!! I can't help but love it!
Jena, what was the most rewarding experience in filming Catching Fire? Also, did anything funny happen on set? I preordered the signed album. I can't wait!
The most rewarding experience was getting to work the amazing cast. We have all kind of fallen in love with each other so going to work every day is such a treat
Hi Jena! Big fan of yours since Sucker Punch, also loved you as Johanna Mason and congratulations on The Shoe. My question is how was it like filming the Hunger Games now knowing that the end is approaching & that you'll no longer play Johanna Mason?
It makes me sad, actually.
Jena, what was your favourite part of playing Johanna?
The fans!
Hey Jena, do you think you (not Johanna) would be capable of winning the Hunger Games?
Yes!!! I would totally win!
hahah not really prob just run and hide
Hi Jena, If you could have written music for any movie you have already starred in, which would it have been? And would you have preferred writing the score or just a single song?
Gosh we would love to write something for the new Mockingjay films!!
Molly Tue, April 1, 2014 
Jena Malone at the Vanity Fair Oscar party last monthJena Malone recently spoke with Cosmopolitan.com about The Hunger Games, her music career and much more. We loved the tiny tidbit she leaked about only working on Mockingjay two days a month. We were curious why she hadn't been seen on set!
From Cosmopolitan.com:
You know Jena Malone from her movies — Donnie Darko, Sucker Punch, Into the Wild, and of course, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. But when she's not dressed up as a tree and kicking ass as Johanna Mason, Jena has a second career as one half of improvisational pop act The Shoe. Their second album, I'm Okay, drops June 3, and is full of gorgeously melancholy tunes about love. Jena stopped by Cosmopolitan.com to talk about her new record, The Hunger Games, and the age-old Peeta vs. Gale debate.
You just finished shooting Inherent Vice, and you're still working on Mockingjay. How do you also find time to work on your music?
It's been a blessing, because with Hunger Games I have a lot of time off. I've only been working maybe like two days a month on that, so I've had all this time where I can't even really be looking for projects, and I have a lot of space to work on the music.
Molly Wed, March 5, 2014 
Concept sketch of Johanna Mason's chariot costume in Catching Fire
Jena Malone recently spoke with Jarett Wiesleman of BuzzFeed about the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on Blu-Ray and DVD on March 7th. “Can I just fangirl out for a second?”she asked before talking about the Blu-ray as though she were one of its many admirers as opposed to one of its stars. “There is so much behind-the-scenes footage. We had so much fun on Catching Fire that I’m just excited to sit down and watch.”
Buzzfeed also has an exclusive behind the scenes Catching Fire clip all about Johanna's look. You can watch the video HERE.
“I learned so much about myself through playing Johanna. I knew I had strength as an actor, but Johanna taught me how incredibly strong I could be emotionally, that I could intimidate an entire room with just the energy I walked in with. You can really do some damage through how you carry yourself in life.”
And thanks to her 16-year-old sister, Malone is also aware of the powerful role movies play in shaping the next generation. “My sister really looks to cinema for a lot. Whether it’s purposely or subconsciously, it’s partly how she learns to be good at this or bad at that, how she learns about body issues, and how she learns to deal with friends,” she explained.
That’s why Malone wants every character she plays to have purpose, whether it’s within the film world or the real world. “At the end of the day, film has such an eternal shelf life — my movies will last longer than I’m going to last, so I might as well be making things I think are important, playing women I find inspiring, and playing characters that I would want my children to look up to.”
As a longtime fan of The Hunger Games book series, Malone chased the role of Johanna, recognizing that with its underlying themes of social equality, Catching Fire had much more on its agenda than pure, popcorn pleasures. And LGBT equality is a cause close to Malone’s heart since she grew up with two moms.
“The message of the film is amazing,” she continued. “As a society, we’re much further than where we were when I was younger and I love that people are so much more accepting and loving. Families can focus on just giving love now. That’s the most important thing. I think that’s an incredible time to be a part of.”
Now, after nearly two decades in this business, Malone is preparing her next big endeavor: releasing an album with her band The Shoe on June 3. “I think every young woman should constantly be wanting to surprise herself and constantly be pushing herself until the day she dies,” she said. “I will always be a storyteller, and I’m just excited there are now so many different ways I will get to tell my stories.”
Catching Fire is available March 7th!
Molly Tue, December 10, 2013 
Jena Malone in Un-Titled Project. Photos by Magdalena Wosinska Jena Malone was recently featured in Un-Titled Project Magazine's Issue #6. In addition to a great article on Jena and some beautiful photos by Magdalena Wosinska, the magazine also features a very special portfolio of "stolen images she collected while filming Catching Fire last winter in Atlanta. and Hawaii. "We were not allowed to take photos on set, so I had to be a bit of a thief sometimes."
Jena on set as Johanna. Photo by Jena Malone
The Capitol theatre - built on a soundstage. Photo by Jena Malone
Various Capitol Wigs. Photo by Jena MaloneTL: Are you excited about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire?
JM: I’m beyond excited. I just saw it recently, and it’s such a great film! I always worry about sequels, but the director Francis Lawrence just knocked it out of the park. I was on the edge of my seat! I kept thinking, "this is such a good movie!" I’m just so proud to be a part of it, and the character I play, Johanna Mason, is so fun, with so many layers, and so many things to challenge myself with. Even if this character was in some small, low-budget film, I think I would have fought just as hard to get the part because she’s just so interesting.
READ MORE of the article and see more photos after the jump!
To see the full article and all the photos, you can buy the magazine or download the PDF for 1.99 at Un-titledproject.com.
Molly Fri, November 15, 2013 Sam Claflin and Jena Malone stopped by GMA this morning to talk about The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. They talked about shooting the infamous sugar cube scene, Johanna's character, and introduced 2 new clips!
