He did his job much like a producer of a real-life reality television show would, and this highlighted just how broken Panem was a country and a society. Production then moved to Paris, France, with filming beginning there on May 5, 2014. After the Capitol is defeated, he returns to District 12 with Katniss and marries her. It's a first person account of an individual who has survived two Hunger Games and plays a major role in a revolution. How their lives finally turn out how it's meant to be. And she will not stop. A one-stop shop for all things video games. She can also be extremely angry and cruel, and she’s a good representation of the ways in which being a winner of the Hunger Games can mess with a person. In October 2010, scripts were sent to the actors, and casting occurred between March and May 2011. Before Katniss leaves for the Capitol, Prim makes her promise to try hard to win the Games. Here at Mentor’s College they learn to think and act as a cohesive unit. Revolutionary by … *spoiler* My favourite part of this book was when Katniss leads her team/friends into the Capital to go and fight against the the people of the city. There are rebels. This is definitely a must read for anyone with consciousness.

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Cressida was a Capitol born camera director, who served mockingjay hero Katniss Everdeen during the Mockingjay Rebellion. The rebels are unable to determine whether the cause of death was by choking on his own blood from his untreated mouth sores or because he was trampled by the mob in the panic following President Coin's assassination. The Hunger Games is the 21st-highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$2.97 billion worldwide.

(Possibly M in later chapters, we'll see!). A collection of missing scenes starring Effie Trinket and Haymitch Abernathy throughout the Hunger Games story, just the way I imagine they could have happened. But it's only a slim chance.

President Snow is described as having very puffy lips, which are most likely the result of an appearance-altering operation that is very popular in the Capitol. I feel numb in this kingdom. The sequel to Whisper Your Name. Prim is kind, gentle, and sweet. The Hunger Games (2012) set records for the opening day and the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel film. [24] Wes Bentley was cast as game maker Seneca Crane. [3] He initially appears in The Hunger Games giving the official welcome at the opening of the Games, but he does not speak to Katniss face-to-face until Catching Fire when he pays her a visit at home and tells her he is angry that both she and Peeta were allowed to survive the Hunger Games, as their act of defiance (preferring joint suicide to the prospect of one killing the other) has ignited rebellion in several of the Districts. When the Gamemakers renege on a promise to let two surviving tributes from the same district live, she defies and embarrasses the government by threatening a double suicide with Peeta, becoming the personal enemy of Panem's leader, President Snow. Had the story drawn to a close with Katniss standing majestically with trumpets blaring and flags waving, it would have been completely unrealistic. Marine biologist Finnick Odair is studying mermaids. Where could Katniss turn when she just wanted to be normal for a while? While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. [17] The final two films of the series were written by Danny Strong and Peter Craig. [5] The role was given to Lawrence. Since then, he is known as the "boy with the bread" to Katniss. This promise guides many of Katniss's actions in the game, and Katniss's sacrifice for Prim makes her a popular symbol in the Capitol, prompting Johanna to note that the Capitol cannot afford to threaten Prim to get to Katniss because of the potential outcry. President Coriolanus Snow is the main antagonist of the series, the autocratic ruler of the Capitol and all of Panem. [7] On April 4, it was reported that Hemsworth had been cast as Gale, and Hutcherson had been cast as Peeta.[8]. In the leadup to the Hunger Games, they develop feelings for each other, culminating in a goodbye kiss before she enters the arena. When Prim is "reaped" (chosen by lottery) as a "tribute" who must fight twenty-three other tributes to the death in the 74th annual Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to take her place. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. He was originally from the Capitol but had joined the rebels in the war. Principal photography for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay began on September 23, 2013[37] and concluded on June 20, 2014. Lionsgate released a statement stating that, since the majority of Hoffman's scenes were completed, the release date for Part 2 would not be affected. His family was once rich but had lost a lot of their wealth in the war, mainly due to their factory in District 13 being destroyed. Once again, Gale is forced to say goodbye to Katniss as she prepares for a fight to the death. Peeta is captured by the Capitol at the end of the Quarter Quell and submitted to 'hijacking', a process of torture and brainwashing which gives him a fear of Katniss and effectively turns him into an assassination weapon against her. Her death is also tragic and is used to show just how pointless violence can be. The rebellion lost, Katniss finds herself stuck in the Hunger Games again, even more hopeless than before, but not everyone is ready to give up the fight, Even artists turned into fighters during the rebellion.

District 10 female - Presumably killed by one of the Careers during the Cornucopia Bloodbath. Towards the end of the book, his relationship with Katniss deteriorates because he feels responsible for the death of Prim, Katniss's sister (caused by a bomb he had constructed). Also, Katniss and Peeta both resent Haymitch for keeping information from both of them, sometimes at the request of the other.

On the first night of the Games, his friend Sejanus Plinth infiltrates the arena to administer funeral rites to a tribute, and Dr. Gaul forces Coriolanus to enter the arena and bring him out. Katniss’ family is safe. Now that the war's over, now that there's no more propos to shoot, the problem is turning the fighters back into artists. [19] Alexander Ludwig (who auditioned for Peeta) was cast as Cato, Isabelle Fuhrman (who auditioned for Katniss) as Clove,[20] and Jacqueline Emerson as Foxface. However, Haymitch's strategy was to wait for his opponent to fling her weapon at him, then he would duck and the force field would hurl it back at her. While Katniss doesn’t like her much, many audiences were definitely drawn to her blunt personality. However, Lucy Gray realises Snow's part in the death of Sejanus, and deciding he cannot be trusted, leaves him. It’s the 61st Games and there hasn’t been a winner from 11 in fifteen years. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Katniss messing around with Cressida's video equipment and ending up recording close ups of her face from weird angles and then trying to hide what she did but Cressida watches the footage anyway and teases her about it for the rest of the day. The events of Catching Fire and Mockingjay force Prim to become more solemn and mature beyond her 13 years. She is too prominent to kill, but he threatens her family and Gale unless she proves to the Districts that her act of saving Peeta was merely that of a love-crazed teenager and was not related to any desire to defy the Capitol. Gale confesses his love for Katniss after she asks him to run away with her. It was announced on November 1, 2012 that the studio had decided to split the final book, Mockingjay (2010), into two films: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), much like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and 2 (2011), and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and 2 (2012). In the forthcoming Hunger Games sequel, Mockingjay Part One, Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer will play a character named Cressida. For Cressida, it was because she knew a certain victor from District 7. [12] Color Force and Lionsgate collaborated on all four films. Francis Lawrence will return as director, with a script written by Michael Arndt, from a story adaptation by Suzanne Collins. In the Quarter Quell, he volunteers to be the male tribute from District 12 so that he can protect Katniss in the arena. Following her rescue from the devastating Quarter Quell, Katniss Everdeen awakes in the complex beneath the supposedly destroyed District 13. Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage, Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (43), Hunger Games Series - All Media Types (92), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins (79), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (8), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, I’ll try to mention a bunch of the book characters and add more, Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting, in which Finnick and Annie (eventually) get their happy ending, Haymitch Abernathy in the 75th Hunger Games, Gale Hawthorne/Finnick Odair/Annie Cresta, Gale is as emotionally constipated as Katniss, so much misunderstandings just talk to each other people, i swear there's a happy ending in here somewhere. [25] Stanley Tucci was cast as Caesar Flickerman, Panem's celebrity host. some of the most memorable from the entire series. The story is harsh, gruesome, and bleak. They are attacked by a number of tributes, one of whom Coriolanus kills in self-defense. In Mockingjay, Prim is chosen by District 13 to be trained as a doctor. Now that the war's over, now that there's no more propos to shoot, the problem is turning the fighters back into artists. I couldn't disagree more. The sequel to Whisper Your Name. As part of the strategy, he confesses his love for Katniss on TV in order to make her look desirable so she would have sponsors. The world is littered with undead rotting corpses with a taste for human flesh. Her blue eyes lock onto yours as you two shake hands, and you wonder how you're going to kill her. Within two weeks of his victory, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were all killed by President Snow as punishment for Haymitch using the force field to his advantage. Amanda is a freelance writer in NYC. He dies in the District 12 bombing. Soon afterward, he is brutally whipped in public for hunting on Capitol land.