In November of 2010, a Hunger Games short film featuring Katniss and Rue was uploaded to YouTube and quickly garnered a huge following among fans of the series.  In less than a week the film had hit 60,000 + views and it has not slowed down since. Just today, the Katniss and Rue Short Film from Mainstay Productions hit 1,000,000 views on YouTube.  If you have not seen this fantastic film, that actually got it’s star Danielle Chuchran an audition for Katniss check it out now.

Congratulations to Director John Lyde, Danielle Chuchran, Savanna Kylie Lewis, Caitlin EJ Meyer, Ried Mackay, and all the crew at Mainstay for reaching this milestone.  The film is no less spectacular now then when it was first released.  You have given the Hunger Games fans a gift and we thank you so much for it!

On Mainstay Productions Facebook Page, Director John Lyde offers his thanks to fans and gives tidbits about their next Hunger Games project.

One Millions views!!!


Thank you fellow Hunger Games fans for helping us reach one million views with our Katniss and Rue short film. We were just hoping that someone from Lionsgate would see the film and give our friends a chance to audition. We had no idea it would be seen by so many people. Now we receive requests daily for more Hunger Games films. We know our “no-budget” projects can’t compare to what Lionsgate is going to do. And we can’t wait to see what Gary Ross and crew come up with.

 

Many Hunger Games fans have suggested that we do something with the character Finnick. To do another short film, it would have to be something that Lionsgate is not going to do or has not already cast the parts for. It would seem strange to try and do a scene in which they have already cast someone in the role and have millions of dollars to do the scene. We want to do something unique and different. I pitched an idea to downwiththecapitol.net about doing something with Finnick and Annie, when they were younger and how their relationship grew.  One of their staff members, Shylah Addante, wrote 7 short stories that we are going to film this fall about Finnick and Annie. We hope all you fellow Hunger Games fans will enjoy!

 

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We are so excited about Mainstay Productions future plans for short films featuring Finnick and Annie and so happy that they have allowed us, and especially Shylah to be a part of them.  We know they will be fantastic and we cannot wait to see them.

 

Mainstay has also put out other amazing projects, A Chemistry Screen Test (Katniss and Peeta in the Cave), and of course their most recent Hunger Games Project, The Second Quarter Quell.  You can check out all of their work and some fantastic behind the scenes, as well as interviews with the cast and John Lyde in our Feature Section.

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