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YAHOO! The Reel Breakdown: Adams on Reel Women: Is Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen the performance of 2012?

She argues that Jennifer Lawrence's performance in The Hunger Games is Oscar worthy.

I know it's a little early to harp about Academy Awards, but when I see that Jennifer Lawrence is currently the Oscar front-runner for "Silver Linings ( Read more... )

Entertainment Weekly has done a piece on three possibilities for where Mockingjay might be split for the two films. A poll at the site follows.

But pulling off this kind of final book spliteroo is not simple surgery. Adventure-based novels (at least those not written by Dan Brown) don’t tend to have major climactic cliffhangers dangling ( Read more... )

After a quick but fairly exhaustive search, Lionsgate has chosen Francis Lawrence to direct the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire ( Read more... )

More marketing talk, because I work in marketing and think this stuff is super awesome. Your mileage may vary. However, I think their talking about wanting to stay away from love triangle stuff is interesting... and I really liked how they did their campaign overall.

Danielle DePalma, the social media strategist behind The Hunger Games’ elaborately ( Read more... )

From the New York Times--'Early on, a gold-eyeliner-wearing stylist played by Lenny Kravitz stresses the importance of appearance, telling Katniss that he’s not there just to make her look pretty, but “unforgettable.” Stanley Tucci, who portrays the blue-haired host of the televised games, looks like a cross between Karl Lagerfeld and Roy Horn of ( Read more... )

Mike Ryan compares the characters of THG to characters from SW:

The Hunger Games Is the New Star Wars

He sticks with Episode IV characters, you'll be glad to know. He makes a lot of good points, too. Now I kinda want him to do Lord of the Rings.

Here at The Hollywood Reporter:

"Jennifer Lawrence is stellar in this faithful, good-enough film version of the massive best-seller."

In an unusual and risky strategy, Lionsgate's $45-million marketing campaign for 'The Hunger Games' shows none of the titular combat.

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