The Hunger Games
Gary Ross directs this sci-fi
action film based on the best-selling novel by Suzanne Collins.
Jennifer Lawrence stars as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a citizen of
the totalitarian post-apocalyptic country of Panem, formerly the United
States. Every year, the all-powerful ruling agency known as the Capitol
selects one boy and one girl from each of Panem's 12 impoverished rival
districts to fight to the death on live national television in a contest
known as 'The Hunger Games', in which the winner is given food to feed
their entire district for a year. When her younger sister Primrose
(Willow Shields) is selected as a contestant, Katniss steps up to take
her place in the match. Under the tutelage of inebriated former champion
Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), Katniss goes into training for
the fight of her life.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Jennifer
Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the second instalment
of the sci-fi adventure trilogy based on the novel by Suzanne Collins.
Fresh from her triumph in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss, along
with fellow winner Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), returns home to
District 12 for some much needed rest. But soon after, while on a
'Victory Tour' of the other districts, she becomes aware of growing
dissent to the Capitol's rule, and realises that rebellion is in the
air. As Panem prepares itself for the third 'Quarter Quell' (75th Hunger
Games), autocratic ruler President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland),
still smarting from the Capitol's humiliation in the last games, stacks
the deck to ensure that the upcoming tournament will wipe out any
resistance from the districts once and for all.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The
worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on
fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters
the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne
Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings
as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her
courage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 is directed by Francis
Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced
by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The
novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by
Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S.
alone.