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Favourite Casts: The Hunger Games
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The Rebellion has been making quick work of President Snow’s campaign posters.
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Fire is catching…
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» fuck yeah, the hunger games: Shorlist of Directors for Catching Fire Revealed: Cuaron, Cronenberg and Inarritu
The studio has been quickly cobbling together a list of directors who would fit their criteria. According to a source with knowledge of the list who isn’t permitted to speak on the record, Lionsgate needs to find a director with enough credits and accolades to appeal to Collins, who is much more interested in quality filmmaking than box-office prowess. This director also needs to have an even keel; no petulant crybabies allowed. The studio wants to get the sequel, “Catching Fire,” into production by August, and the task will require someone who can wrangle a large ensemble of actors, juggle the demands of a swift schedule and collaborate on a script with Collins and writer Simon Beaufoy.
The master list is seven or eight names long, all men, and all have some significant credits to their name… Alfanso Cuaron is in the mix for “Catching Fire,” along with David Cronenberg and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, among others. All have been working in the industry for decades and trend more toward darker, indie fare than commercial hits.
Cronenberg has frequently been offered big commercial gigs over the years, including “Return of the Jedi,” “Top Gun,” and “RoboCop,” only to turn them down for arty, independently produced work, often in the horror genre. Though Cronenberg’s best-known film is still 1986’s “The Fly,” the Canadian director has been making movies for decades, with his most recent work, the adaptation of Don DeLillo’s “Cosmopolis” starring Robert Pattinson, likely to debut in Cannes next month.
For Inarritu, joining “Catching Fire” would mark a reunion with his producer from the Academy Award-nominated film “Babel” Jon Kilik, who is producing the “Hunger Game” series along with Nina Jacobson. While “Catching Fire” deals with the heavy themes of rebellion and children-on-children violence, it is still significantly lighter than Inarritu’s most recent work, “Biutiful,” the Javier Bardem-starrer that chronicled a dying man’s attempts to make amends.
Cuaron entered the blockbuster genre with “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” in 2004, but despite great reviews didn’t stick with the boy wizard beyond the one film. Rather, he took on ambitious fare within the studio system, including Universal Pictures’ “Children of Men.” The Mexican director recently finished production on “Gravity” for Warner Bros. The film, starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, is about a lone survivor of a space mission trying desperately to return to Earth to reunite with his family.
Any of the three men would be a reassuring choice for fans and Collins. And all three auteurs could have compelling takes on the material. Other names are sure to rise to the surface, but Cronenberg, Inarritu and Cuaron should give fans some reassurance that Lionsgate is doing its best to try to preserve their beloved franchise.
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the hunger games → lines i wish had made the movie
“Up you go Catnip,” he says, in a voice he’s fighting to keep steady, and then he carries Prim off toward my mother.
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Everyone loves a good underdog.
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“I don’t want to loose the boy with the bread.”
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So apparently Sam Worthington is Teem Peeta!
“Go Team Peeta!” Worthington told his interviewer. “I almost wore my Hunger Games t-shirt today, but I was worried that Warner Bros. wouldn’t like that.”
Guys, let’s just take a moment and realize that1) among his Iron Maiden and Motoheard t-shirts, there is a Hunger Games one living with them in his wardrobe!
2) he read the books! (hopefully!)
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she knows her shit. after all, she took the role of a lifetime.
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Yay for Peeniss!
Seeing it again today, so another swarm of HG posts shall be arriving soon! All reblogs of course, I haven’t used GIMP in forever, and I sucked at graphics anyways.
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