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Join Us for Episode 57 of the Fireside Chat: Who Should Play Johanna?
May 7th
Episode 57 of Hunger Games Fireside Chat will air live this Monday, May 7, at 10pm ET/7pm PT! This week, our panel of experts will include some of our fabulous friends from Down with the Capitol, Crystal from Mockingjay.net and FictionalFood.net, Kait from Victor’s Village, Sam of Sam Cushion Music, and Ariel of Nerdy, Wordy, and Almost Thirty!
If you missed last week’s Finnick episode, click here to listen!
- We’ll continue our Catching Fire casting series by talking all about District 7 victor Johanna Mason! We’ll discuss fan favorites like Naya Rivera and Kristen Bell and also share some of OUR top picks. We’ll also discuss the qualities that we think our future Johanna MUST possess. Leave a comment here and let us know who you want to play Johanna and why, and we might share your thoughts on the air!
- We’ll do a round of Pick a Page and discuss a randomly selected page from Catching Fire. Get your books ready!
- To conclude, we’ll share our thoughts on a VERY interesting Johanna-related Crackpot Theory!
“They can’t hurt me. I’m not like the rest of you. There’s no one left I love.”
– Johanna Mason, ‘Catching Fire’
You can chat with other listeners throughout the live show by using our hashtag #HGFiresideChat on Twitter! We recommend TweetChat to easily follow along with the conversation.
Click here to listen LIVE on Monday night (5/7/12) at 10pm ET/7pm PT!
President Snow– Guilty in Hunger Games Mock Trial
Apr 27th
A south Florida court convicted President Snow on all charges of of kidnapping, child abuse and other heinous crimes for his role in perpetrating Panem’s annual Hunger Games– all of this, of course, taking place in a mock trial for the Broward County Courthouse take your children to work day:
Donnelly worked evenings developing The Nation of Panem v. President Coriolanus Snow and recruited fellow prosecutors to play the roles.
“Wanna-Be President Snow is the one who was behind the whole thing,” Adriana Alcalde, argued as nation of Panem prosecutor. “We want peace for the districts. We don’t want the Hunger Games.”
Her star witness, head gamekeeper Seneca Crane, played by Tony Loe, complete with a shiny black, curlicue beard (applied with hair dye), testified in exchange for a plea deal that would send him to prison for two to five years for his part in the games.
“Everything I did was because he told me to do so,” he said, referring to Snow as an “evil man.”
And Snow, aka Broward’s head homicide prosecutor, Brian Cavanagh, indignantly took the stand in his own defense: “I think I am the victim of the ultimate political prosecution.”
The Stand Your Nation law, he said, allows the use of deadly force to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to defend the nation.
The Hunger Games maintain law and order, he bellowed. “We would have pandemonium in Panem, otherwise.”
Justice won out, however, and Panem’s most infamous political leader was sentenced to 5,000 hours of community service, washing the judge’s car and driving her to her hair appointment– a little different of an outcome than his fate in Mockingjay.
Has your school done anything cool and Hunger Games related like this? Let us know in the comments!
Hunger Games NC Set To Be Featured on Syfy Show
Apr 25th
A local North Carolina newspaper, the Hickory Daily Record, is reporting that the Hildebran set of The Hunger Games, including the historical Henry River Mill Village site, will be featured in an upcoming episode of the Syfy Channel show Hollywood Treasures:
The SyFy Channel was at the village on Tuesday filming an episode of the second season of “Hollywood Treasures,” and the show’s host, Joe Maddalena, was at the village looking for anything left behind from the movie.
The show is a documentary reality show based on Maddalena’s life as he travels the world hunting down Hollywood treasures to sell at auction. Maddalena has been hunting treasures for 26 years and owns a business in Los Angeles, “Profiles in History.”
Maddalena said the episode also could help the property’s owner, Wade Shepherd, sell the village that stood as the home for “The Hunger Games” heroine Katniss Everdeen.
He talked about how beautiful the property is and how people may have the misconception that it’s in the middle of nowhere.
“I think that’s one thing we’ll do on the show is convey how amazing this property is and how amazing this location is,” Maddalena said. “It’s like out of a Norman Rockwell painting.”
Maddalena added, “It’s just a nice experience.”
You can read the rest of the article over on the Hickory Daily Record.
No information about the specific airdate of the episode has been released, though the second season of “Hollywood Treasures” will start May 22 on the SyFy channel and airs at 10 p.m..
Will you be tuning in to watch the Hunger Games set on the small screen? Let us know in the comments!
Zooey Magazine Gets To Know Dayo Okeniyi
Apr 25th
Zooey Magazine got Dayo Okeniyi to open up about himself– everything from his career to his guilty pleasures to what’s on his ipod. Here’s a snippet of what Dayo had to say:
The best part of my job, is just getting a chance to work with people that you admire so much. It’s a really fortunate job. I love my job. Film is such an old media, that there are people who have been doing this for such a long time and are still doing it. And people that grew up admiring the characters that were played on screen and to actually get a chance to meet them and work with them. Working with people like Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland, people who are so awesome at what they do, it’s incredible.
Getting a chance to do something that really touches people. Sometimes you think of film as such a trivial thing. But there are movies that change people’s lives. People leave movie theaters and have completely changed the way they live. If somebody comes to me and says, ‘your movie made me think of something differently’ or ‘I watch your movie whenever I have a bad day,’ I would love that.
One thing on my bucket list is to win an Academy Award. It’s always work related, because I love acting so much. Work with Will Smith. Work with J.J. Abrams. Work with Steven Spielberg. I could go on and on.
My biggest guilty pleasure is Food Network. I watch everything on Food Network. It’s pretty embarrassing, but I love it (and my roommates hate it)! I watch Chopped. I watch Iron Chef and Man vs. Food. I watch everything. It’s kind of bad, but I am proud of it.
The most played song (at the moment) on my iPhone is probably Drake’s “We’ll Be Fine.” I cannot live without my Iphone.
You can read the rest of his interview (including his favorite pastime, his biggest inspiration, and what he loves most) here.
Will you be following Dayo’s post-Hunger Games career? Let us know in the comments!
Jennifer Lawrence Named One of PEOPLE’s Most Beautiful at Every Age
Apr 25th
PEOPLE Magazine released their list of 2012′s ‘Most Beautiful at Every Age,’ and our own Jennifer Lawrence made the cut! Here’s what PEOPLE had to say about the Hunger Games star:
The Oscar-nominated actress scored legions of fans thanks to her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in this year’s box office hit Hunger Games. But don’t expect the young star to fall victim to the pressures of being thin in Hollywood. “I don’t diet,” she told Glamour. “I do exercise! But I don’t diet. You can’t work when you’re hungry, you know?”
We’ve long admired Jen for her stance on dieting and beauty– we’re glad that PEOPLE magazine is helping to spread that message!
No other Hunger Games stars made the list, but we think that the rest of the cast definitely deserves an honorable mention for being beautiful inside and out!
You can see the rest of the list here!
Dayo Okeniyi Talks Role In New ABC Show ‘Prairie Dogs’
Apr 25th
Dayo Okeniyi is slated to star in the upcoming ABC comedy, Prairie Dogs, and Cambio.com was able to snag an interview with him about what fans can expect from the show:
His character on the show is total opposite of his Hunger Games character Thresh. Thresh is tough, strong and basically “the reason Katniss makes it to Catching Fire” as Dayo’s Twitter says. His character on the new gig…isn’t like that at all.
“Fans of the Hunger Games are going to see a different side of Dayo,” he said. “You’ll get to see the goof ball Dayo.”
You can read the rest of the story and see the video interview with Dayo here.
Companion Album Producer Greg Wells Talks Top 40 Radio and Kid Cudi
Apr 24th
Popmatters.com had the chance to interview the second producer on the Hunger Games companion album, Songs From District 12 and Beyond, Greg Wells. In the interview, Greg talks about working with T-Bone Burnett to give the album broader appeal in addition to his collaboration with Kid Cudi:
As for the The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond, “It was T-Bone’s idea to bring in another producer that was more in line with Top 40 radio, which sometimes I am, sometimes I’m not,” Wells says. “But I made it to the top of his list of who he should talk to.” The first task Burnett gave Wells was creating a version of the Taylor Swift/Civil Wars song, “Safe and Sound”, that would be different than the version on the soundtrack, and more appropriate for Top 40 radio.
Wells explains, “[Burnett] said, ‘I’m not going to come watch you work, I’m not going to sit over your shoulder. I think you should just take these vocals and take this main acoustic guitar track, and just do what feels right to you. When you feel like the cake is baked, or baked enough, I’ll come by your studio and give it a listen.’
“So that’s exactly what I did, I just followed my nose. And that’s pretty much what I do with whoever I’m working with. I try not to overthink things, I just sort of lead with my gut feeling. There were some rhythm elements in his original version that I really liked that sneak in toward the end, kind of a rolling, marching snare drum thing, and I thought ‘Maybe we can start the song with something like that.’ It was important to me to have the same kind of intention and feeling that his version did. I didn’t want it to sound like apples and oranges. I just wanted to give it a bit more momentum. Then they came by and really liked it, and everyone, including Taylor, encouraged me to take it even further, and up the energy even more. And I’m quite proud with how it turned out.”
However, the real gem of the soundtrack is the Kid Cudi song, “The Ruler and the Killer”, which Wells co-wrote with Cudi and Burnett. The track has been universally hailed as the highlight of the album, and Wells knew it was special the moment the song was born.
You can read the rest of the article over on Popmatters.
What was your favorite song from the Hunger Games companion album? Let us know in the comments!
Source via HGGirlOnFire
BREAKING: Francis Lawrence Offered the Job of Director for Catching Fire
Apr 19th
The Hollywood Reporter is now reporting that Francis Lawrence will direct Catching Fire:
After a quick but fairly exhaustive search, Lionsgate has chosen Francis Lawrence has been offered the opportunity to direct the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire.
Sources say that Lawrence will receive an official offer this afternoon. If he accepts and a deal can be worked out, he will replace Gary Ross, who directed the first installment of the hugely successful franchise.
The hunt had been a fast and furious one, with the field narrowing down to Lawrence, the director of I Am Legend and Water for Elephants, and Bennett Miller, the director of the acclaimed Brad Pitt baseball movie Moneyball. Both directors met with the studio today, according to sources, and Lionsgate executives have made their pick.
It also speaks to the state of the screenplay:
One question that Lawrence’s hiring raises is that of the shape of the screenplay. Ross, who is a writer as much as he is a director, worked on the Hunger Games script and was planning on spending two months honing Fire, working on a script previously penned by Simon Beaufoy. The producers and new director can keep working with Beaufoy or hire new scribes to hammer out words.
Read the rest of the article here.
Variety has reported Lionsgate has confirmed to them that Lawrence was indeed offered the position. Now we just wait for the official acceptance.
Let us know your thoughts on our new director in the comments.
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Josh Hutcherson Talks About His Time In ‘Detention’
Apr 19th
The Daily Free Press from Boston University had the opportunity to interview Josh Hutcherson about his role his new film, Detention. In the interview, he speaks about his character, the storyline, and working with Joseph Kahn:
Josh Stadtner: How was Detention a new or different acting experience for you?
Josh Hutcherson: Well I’ve never read a script nearly as crazy as this. For me, it was about trying to find a way to bring all these different elements together. As an actor, it was important for me to convey the scene in a very solid way even in this high-concept, far-fetched material. I think that was the biggest challenge for me.
JS: Detention is clearly an indefinable film in terms of genre, yet the story still holds together. Why do you think that is?
JH: I think it’s based on the script. I think Joseph Kahn did an amazing job at colliding about 25 different genres into one film, but he made the characters solid enough so you can track along with them as they go through the experience. I think a lot of it was done with the editing. It’s very fast-paced, but still maintains the story and stays true to the way in which it was shot. Joseph did an incredible job finding that balance with making something extremely ADD and fast-paced but still make sense.
You can read the rest of the article here.
Have you seen/plan to go see Detention? Let us know in the comments!
The Hunger Games is Great For Merchandising
Apr 19th
MSNBC has a new report up today on how the popularity of The Hunger Games is delivering a business boom for everything from archery supply stores to cosmetics. Fans who have watched the development of merchandise tie-ins over the last year (including China Glaze nail polish, an entire line of NECA products, and, most recently, a Barbie doll) have watched and wondered as to how many products would end up emblazoned with the Mockingjay emblem.
MSNBC talks about what it takes to get the Games on a product:
Not just anyone can slap The Hunger Games name on a product and go into business, says Lodes. Merchants must get a licensor’s blessing, agree to share a percentage of sales and guarantee a minimum royalty payment with a deposit that can range from $5,000 to $100,000, depending on the product and terms of the agreement.
That hasn’t stopped artisans from putting Katniss’ trademark Mockingjay design on handmade jewelry, infinity scarves, custom sneakers, stationary, you name it. A recent search for The Hunger Games on online marketplace Etsy turned up 7,700 items. Smaller merchants often skirt the issue of licensing by selling unofficial merchandise “inspired” by the movie, says Lodes, and studios may be willing to turn a blind eye if the products support the brand and “aren’t complete knock-offs.”
Mattel’s Katniss Everdeen Barbie doll notwithstanding, The Hunger Games hasn’t attracted the kinds of big-ticket promotional tie-ins that typically accompany other blockbusters. Blame it on the macabre storyline of kids killing kids. But experts say the flick — part of a trilogy — still has the potential to be as big a brand as the likes of Harry Potter or Twilight, and small companies have been piggybacking on the movie’s success. “It appeals to a broad audience,” says Agata Kaczanowska, who is a lead market analyst at Los Angeles research firm IBISWorld and herself a fan. “You have the Capitol style, which is very high fashion, and then you have Katniss’s style, which is more about the outdoors.”
You can put Hunger Games on just about anything– for the right price. You can read the rest of the article here.
What is your favorite piece of Hunger Games merchandise? Is there anything you wish they’d make or a product that should never be linked to the series? Let us know in the comments!
