Hunger Games returns to theaters.
A dystopian film from 2012, based on the first book by Suzanne Collins Hunger Games trilogy, returns to the big screen in October with a two-day engagement, ahead of its predecessor’s release on November 17 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesthe 2020 adaptation of Collins’ novel of the same name.
Presented by Lionsgate and Fathom Events, the screenings will take place on October 15 and 18, according to Fathom’s website.
“There is no better way to whet your appetite Hunger Games prequel than with the original Hunger Games“, Lionsgate’s president of domestic distribution, Kevin Grayson, said in a statement.
He added, “We are thrilled to be teaming up with Fathom Events to give fans the opportunity to see Hunger Games again in cinemas.”
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Jennifer Lawrence played the heroine Katniss Everdeen in the first four Hunger Games of films based on Collins’ eponymous series of dystopian books for young adults. The films broke box office records from 2012 to 2015, grossing more than $3 billion worldwide.
In addition to Lawrence, stars Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Moore and others appeared in the series.
He asked Diversity in June if she would ever reprise her role in a future sequel to the franchise, Lawrence, 33, said: “Oh my God – totally!”
“If Katniss could ever come back into my life, 100 percent,” the actress added.
A ballad about songbirds and snakes follows 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (played by Sutherland, 88, in the original series and in Tom Blyth’s new film), who eventually becomes the tyrannical president of the dystopian nation of Panem, and the show’s main villain.
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The cast also includes Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Jason Schwartzman and Josh Andrés Rivera.
Director Francis Lawrence recently said Empire magazine that the character of Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler, 22) is in many ways the “anti-Katniss.”
“Katniss was an introvert and a survivor. She was quite quiet and stoic, you could say [she was] asexual,” he said. “Lucy Gray is the opposite. Wear your sexuality on your sleeve, [and] she really is a performer.”
While at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022, Lawrence told reporters what advice she would give the cast of her predecessors: “You’re going to have a good time. Just have fun — don’t worry about anything.”
Tickets for Hunger Games‘ theatrical re-releases are now available at fathomevents.com.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in cinemas on 17.11.
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