VIDEO: Elizabeth Banks on 'Catching Fire' - It's an Upgrade

While Elizabeth Banks was at Cinema Con, she played a little poker and talked with Extra about Catching Fire. Elizabeth says Catching Fire is an upgrade!

It's amazing. It's almost like an upgrade. You really get to see the Capitol, the victory tour, the districts. It's world building in a bigger way. You really get to expand on it, it's not just district 12 and the games but all the districts, and the Capitol, and the hunger games. There's a LOT piled in this movie. 

Elizabeth's segment is at the 2:06 mark:

VIDEO: Elizabeth Banks Talks Effie At Cinema Con

Elizabeth Banks talks about Effie's amazing costumes in Catching Fire during an interview at Cinema Con. 

See more photos of Elizabeth on the red carpet and receiving the Excellence in Acting Award at Cinema Con HERE.

We can't wait to see Effie's monarch butterfly dress in the movie!! We're almost certain it's this Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 dress of hand-painted feathers:

Liam Hemsworth Elizabeth Banks and Francis Lawrence at Cinema Con

Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, and director Francis Lawrence were on hand to present The Hunger Games: Catching Fire teaser trailer at Lionsgate's Cinema Con panel today. While no new footage was presented, we do know that the movie has officially wrapped, and the trailer will premiere in theatres in two weeks, ahead of Iron Man 3. 

Director Francis Lawrence revealed that he was still "furiously" cutting the film. Hemsworth kicked in a vote of confidence. "I know that he's not going to disappoint anyone," he said.

"I think we've actually been able to really ratchet up the emotion and the scope this time," said Francis Lawrence.

Keeping in the vein of Effie, her pragmatic, image-conscious character, Elizabeth Banks gave a nod to the studio's early marketing efforts.

"They're getting really excited," she said of Lionsgate. "They're kicking it into overdrive on this one."

Elizabeth Banks and Liam Hemsworth at Cinema Con 2013

Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence at Cinema Con 2013

HUGE thanks to LiamHemsworthBr for these beautiful photos! 

'Catching Fire' At Cinema Con 2013

The Catching Fire display at Cinema Con. Image by collider

We told you HERE about Lionsgate's Cinema Con presentation today, and it's been reported that we'll get to see a little more Catching Fire footage at this presentation. It's rumored (but not confirmed) that Sam Claflin is making an appearance at the annual theater owner's convention.

Elizabeth Banks just confirmed that she's there to talk Catching Fire, in addition to receiving the Excellence in Acting Award at tonight's Big Screen Achievement Awards Gala. 

 We'll update this post with more news about Catching Fire at Cinema Con. 

Update on 2013-04-19 00:12 by Dan McCall

Catching Fire at Cinema Con Image by Perri Nemiroff

Sadly, no new footage was revealed at Lionsgate's presentation this afternoon. Though the studio did get a snazzy new logo:

Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, and director Francis Lawrence were on hand to introduce the teaser trailer and Lawrence says the film is officially wrapped and he's busy cutting it. The trailer will premiere in theatres in 2 weeks ahead of Iron Man 3! At least we'll all be able to enjoy it on the big screen.   

Thanks to Perri Nemiroff for the updates from Cinema Con! Follow her on twitter @PNemiroff and check out her blog littlemisscritical.com