The Hunger Games Reviews, Interviews & More

Though it seemed as if Zoe Aggeliki would portray the character of Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it appears that reports of her casting were a little premature.  Rather, it turns out that Jena Malone is now set to play the role.  Details below.

IMAX is the way of the future for blockbuster movies. There's no way that The Avengers could have made $200 Million in its opening weekend without it (or 3D). As such,  today both Star Trek 2 and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire announced new IMAX developments.

Speculation over casting for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire seems to be finally picking up a little heat; so far most early rumors have been focusing on who’ll play the handsome fan favorite Finnick Odair, but now new reports are in that Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman could be joining the line-up as Plutarch Heavensbee, who plays a small yet pivotal part in the new film.

After the continued success of The Hunger Games (still no.9 at the Box Office this week) who’s ready for some fresh blood? That’s right, there will be a whole slew of new of tributes for the sequel, Catching Fire.  With I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence replacing original director Gary Ross, we can look forward to plenty...

The cast for David Gordon Green’s (Pineapple Express, Your Highness) unnecessary remake of the classic ‘70s horror film Suspiria has just been announced, and it’s a pretty intriguing criss-crossing of varied talent.  The  cast will be lead by 15-year-old The Hunger Games actress Isabelle Fuhrman; in the original film, her character was in her...

Francis Lawrence has been confirmed as the director of Catching Fire. We told you this was rumored to be happening last month, but now it's official. Such is the way the industry works now, and how information like this is parsed. We guess that means that everyone had about two weeks to change their minds.

In what would normally be a sleepy period ramping up to the big summer movies, this weekend showed big numbers from all of the new films with pack leader Think Like a Man  nearly tripling its budget. The Lucky One did well, and even Chimpanzee opened to much bigger numbers than expected. It's true, you can have a...

A story of left-turn plot twists just as interesting as anything in the film in question, the ongoing saga of who will and who won’t be directing Catching Fire (the sequel to the mega-successful The Hunger Games) looks to have finally reached its conclusion.  And, like many endings to epic tales, it can’t quite live up to what came before it, and is something of a...

You can tell it's April because this week offers little excitement for the young white men who seem to be Hollywood's primary target. They have to wait a couple weeks for the summer films, but in the meantime there's The Lucky One with Zac Efron, Chimpanzee with... chimpanzees and Think Like a Man...

This was the first weekend since it opened that The Hunger Games was weak enough to be dethroned from the top slot. Fortunately for the film, it's competition was weak. Perhaps not as weak as originally thought, as The Three Stooges and The Cabin in the Woods exceeded some expectations, whereas Lockout...

This weekend a film that's been sitting in a can for nearly three years goes up against a reboot of a franchise spawned in the 1920's, only to have to face deadly Hunger Games competition. Yes, we are in April, and yes, the system is winding down after a record-setting March to deliver odd films that the system never figured out how to sell.

The loss of Gary Ross as a director of The Hunger Games sequels has been absolutely devastating for devoted fans of burgeoning franchise. As a rabid fan myself (and as a friend of many other rabid fans), I can’t even begin to tell you how crestfallen we are. Ross was truly one of us – an ardent admirer of the series who happened to also don a director’s cap. His respect...

In a back and forth that’s been as tense and harrowing as The Hunger Games itself (ok, not really, but hey, I needed an intro),  ever since the release and wild hyper-success of The Hunger Games films, one of the big questions regarding the film’s planned sequels would be whether or not director Gary Ross would be returning to helm the remainder of the franchise.  First...

On Friday, word came that Gary Ross had walked away from negotiations for his sequel contract on The Hunger Games's follow up Catching Fire. Now word comes that Ross isn't out and that he's back in talks - talks that start today. What are we to make of this public in and out, was it a miscommunication or what?

Though far from disastrous, American Reunion didn't get the nostalgia buzz hoped for, and may become the least appealing film in the American Pie box set (there's eight films in total if you include the direct to video set). So for the third weekend in a row, The Hunger Games has taken the crown. It also passed the...

I liked The Hunger Games. A lot. I have no problem with that. But I think that it's also a film that should be graded on a curve, the franchise/blockbuster curve to which Hollywood seems most comfortable turning everything into (they're trying to make a Horrible Bosses 2). As such, it's worth noting that these films - including...

It's hard to say this is surprising, but it was confirmed today (by Indiewire) that Gary Ross will not be directing the sequels to The Hunger Games. Shooting is to commence this fall, so we should see a shortlist or a replacement sometime next week. Ross - having signed up for one film - was in negotiations to come back, but they appear to have fallen apart.

I'm guessing Universal didn't think American Reunion was going to be going up against such heavy competition, but it looks like the reissue of Titanic is already making money. It did $4.7 Million on the day it opened, which is impressive for a three hour plus movie that's been on home video since 1998. And then there's The Hunger...

When a picture opens to gigantic numbers - even if it takes a second weekend plunge - the momentum is usually such that it can only decrease so much. And even though The Hunger Games is off 60% from last week, it's 60% off of over $150 Million. That's enough to withstand Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror, it's...

The Hunger Games was going to be huge, but two months ago it was hard to say it was going to be this big, and it would have been impossible to predict when Relativity slotted Mirror Mirror, or when Warner Brothers plunked down Wrath of the Titans on the schedule. Surely both were hoping to the be the number one film of their...