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Lorde Reveals the Second Line from Her 'Mockingjay Part 1' Single

Lorde revealed the second line from her Mockingjay Part 1 single Yellow Flicker Beat via an image on her social media accounts today:

I'm a princess cut from marble, smoother than a stone. And the scars that mark my body, they're silver and gold. 

Lorde is curating the soundtrack and promises some unknown artists and some surprising performances from "people you haven't heard from" in a while. The first single Yellow Flicker Beat will be released Monday, September 29th. Time to get excited! 

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'Mockingjay Part 1' Images From The Hunger Games Instagram - Day 4

Day 3 of the 8 days of new Mockingjay Part 1 image reveals on The Hunger Games official instagram features Mahershala Ali as Boggs.

The right hand of District 13, Mahershala Ali joins @TheHungerGames: #Mockingjay Part 1 as #Boggs.

 

Check out the other new images here:

DAY 1 - Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Cressida (Natalie Dormer)

DAY 2 - Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and Caesar (Stanley Tucci)

DAY 3 Castor (Wes Chatham) and Pollux (Elden Henson)

 

You can see all of the still images released from Mockingjay Part 1 in our Gallery. And check back later today and every day through next Tuesday, September 30th for more new pictures. 

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New Hacks Available at District13.co.in

As if today wasn't filled with enough Mockingjay goodness already, there's a new hack on the mobile District 13 site AND some new stuff on the desktop version: district13.co.in

Head to the desktop site and underneath "The Mockingjay Lives" you'll see the following copy:

We are the seekers of truth. We believe in the Mockingjay. Our districts burn, but we withstand the flames. And we will fight even after our hearts stop beating. The Capitol will feel our fury. And soon it will feel yours. 

Right under the "Take Down The Capitol" you'll see a green square. If you click it, it opens Cressida's confidential file that includes "new intel."

You'll also be able to click on another green square diagonally up and to the right of the first, "c_concerns VDO." Click it for a short gif from the film. Looks like District 7 and they are NOT having a good day. Bad peacekeepers!

You can also complete Hack 2 on your mobile device at m.district13.co.in, and you'll uncover the REAL Capitol Concerns of the citizens of Panem. We had a hard time with this one - we got several error messages and then had a tough time actually completing the mobile hack on one of our phones. Let us know how it works out for you!

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'Mockingjay Part 1' Screening in Berlin November 11th

Thanks to a tip from our friends at QuarterQuell.org, we've learned about a special screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 that will take place in Berlin, Germany on November 11th. The screening is to be held at Vattenfall Power station, one of the Mockingjay filming locations. 

You can read the press release by Mockingjay Part 1's German distributior STUDIOCANAL here. We've roughly translated it for you below:

The first trailer for The Hunger Games - MOCKINGJAY PART 1 has thrilled fans around the world, and the anticipation for the movie event of the year is skyrocketing. This year STUDIO CANAL celebrates the franchise with a spectacular MOCKINGJAY EVENT on November 11 - before the official release date. Special feature: The screening will take place in an abandoned power plant in Berlin, where MOCKINGJAY scenes were filmed in summer 2014.

On November 1, 2014 advance ticket sales begin in Germany, and fans can secure a seat for theatrical release.

 

There's no OFFICIAL word yet on how this will affect a German Premiere of the film, but we'll keep you posted. 

 

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The Capitol.PN Relaunches Capitol TV With New Content

Capitol TV was relaunched on TheCapitol.PN with a revamped look and a ton of new content today. Caesar Flickerman "interviews" The District Heroes, a "Mandatory Viewing" video about rolling blackouts in The Capitol, and a piece on digital make-up are all part of the redesigned portal. Unfortunately, most of you couldn't access the content this morning and we're hoping that all of the elements will be live and accessible sometime today.

Special thanks to QuarterQuell.org for the screenshot of the new Capitol TV. 

Meanwhile, check out some of the highlights from CapitolTV at TheCapitol.PN:

CAESAR INTERVIEWS THE HEROES

You know them, you love them; here to sit down with Caesar Flickerman for a Capitol TV Exclusive interview are our very own District Heroes. Join us for an enchanted round table discussion as Caesar gains insight into the unique Districts, and the beautiful people representing each one.


CAESAR: Welcome, welcome, welcome to each and every one of our very special District Heroes. We are absolutely thrilled to have you all here today, although Malcolm, I’m rather bereaved at the absence of your tire trousers.

MALCOLM KASTEL: Those were a photoshoot exclusive, I’m afraid- if I never see those things again, it’ll be too soon.

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New Images From 'The Hunger Games' Instagram - Day 3

Day 3 of the 8 days of new Mockingjay Part 1 image reveals on instagram  features Wes Chatham as Castor and Elden Henson as Pollux.

 

Wes Chatham (@OfficialWesChatham) joins The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Castor, the rebel behind the lens.

 

Wes' bio is also up on TheHungerGamesExplorer.com.

Wes Chatham [Castor] was born and raised in North Georgia. At the age of 13, Wes attended the Gift Center in Lawrenceville, GA, and while attending classes here, a professional theater comapny out of Atlanta started a mentoring program with the school. Wes was chosen to write a play that was later performed by his classmates. It was from this experience that Wes found his passion for the arts. 

 

Elden Henson joins the cast of TheHungerGames: Mockingjay Part 1 as Pollux, the silent rebel.

Check out the other new images here:

DAY 1 - Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Cressida (Natalie Dormer)

DAY 2 - Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and Caesar (Stanley Tucci)

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The Story Behind Katniss' Hunting Jacket From 'The Hunger Games' Costume Designer Judianna Makovsky

The Hunger Games Costume Designer Judianna Makovsky has some of her work on display at the Hollywood Costume Exhibition, opening October 2 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, which puts 150 legendary costumes on display. Makovsky sat down with Fast Company to talk about some of her work. She talked about something every superfan of The Hunger Games has probably wondered at some point: Why does Katniss' hunting jacket - supposedly a hand-me-down from her father - actually fit her perfectly? I admit it, I've wondered! 

When we started designing Katniss’s hunting costume, we tried to follow the description in the book exactly. The book describes her jacket as her father’s old hunting jacket. We drew inspiration from American mining work clothes, and also looked at leather jackets from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. But the first jacket we made, from leather, really didn’t look good. Because it was meant to be her father’s, it was oversized, and way too big and bulky. It impeded her from shooting the arrow. So finally, after testing it out, I said, “I think we should make a jacket that actually fits her.” I knew superfans might be disappointed, but in a filmic, realistic sense, the oversized jacket just didn’t work.

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New Images From 'Mockingjay Part 1' - Day 2

Day 2 of the 8 days of new Mockingjay Part 1 image reveals on instagram  features Jeffrey Wright as Beetee and Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman. 

The brilliant mind behind District 13's advanced weaponry... Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) returns as Beetee in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. 

An update to Jeffrey's bio on TheHungerGamesExplorer.com was also posted today around noon.

Critically acclaimed actor Jeffrey Wright [Beetee] continually pushes the boundaries of his craft with inspiring and celebrated performances in an illustrious career that has spanned the worlds of theater, film and television. 

The voice of the Capitol... Stanley Tucci returns as Caesar Flickerman in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.

Stanley's bio is also up on The Hunger Games Explorer.

Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci [Caesar Flickerman] has appeared in over 50 films and countless television shows. He's appeared in more than a dozen plays, on and off Broadway, and has been behind the camera working as a writer, director and producer. 

Head over to TheHungerGamesExplorer.com to read both Jeffrey and Stanley's full bios. And check back tomorrow at 9am and 3pm PT for more images from Mockingjay Part 1.

Check out Day 1 - Gale and Cressida HERE

 

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New 'Mockingjay Part 1' Images From The Hunger Games Instagram & The Hunger Games Explorer

New Mockingjay Part 1 images and cast bios are being released by TheHungerGamesExplorer.com and The Hunger Games official instagram account. Today, we got a look at Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne and Natalie Dormer as Cressida. 

 

Liam Hemsworth [Gale Hawthorne] has a quiet intensity that transcends the big screen. Demonstrating versatility and skill in a range of performances, Hemsworth has proven to be one of the most sought after actors of his generation. 

Actress Natalie Dormer [Cressida] stars as Margaery Tyrell, the would-be queen,in HBO's award-winning series Game of Thrones, which will soon begin production on it's 5th season. 

 

We'll be getting new content every day for the next 7 days - 8 days total. Some of you have suggested that this might count down to an announcement about the film. Stay tuned to find out! Be sure to follow The Hunger Games official instagram account and check back here daily for the latest. And read the full cast bios at TheHungerGamesExplorer.com

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Lorde's 'Mockingjay Part 1' Single "Yellow Flicker Beat" Drops Sept. 29

Lorde's single for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 called "Yellow Flicker Beat" will be released on September 29th! Lorde posted this picture to twitter today with the line SEPTEMBER 29, and The Hunger Games twitter account basically confirmed her message by retweeting it

Are you excited, tributes? What do you think of the name? We cannot wait to hear it! Only one week to wait. 

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Willow Shields on Jennifer Lawrence, "She really is like a sister to me."

Willow Shields spoke with InStyle.com about her Hunger Games on-screen sister and real-life friend and confidant, Jennifer Lawrence.

“She’s done a great job of supporting me in a way that helps to keep my life balanced while staying grounded like she is,” Shields says. “Jen has an Oscar and she’s one of the most famous people in the world, but she’s still super humble and down to earth. She’s really taught me to stay that way.”

Jen has also set an example for Willow with her focused work ethic. “People always talk about how Jen’s so funny, and she is. She lightens the serious on-set mood in a great way,” Shields says. “But they don’t see the fact that when they say ‘action,’ she’s serious about her work and portraying her character the right way. I love that about her—it’s inspiring that she can balance having fun on set while also being serious.”

Their already close bond strengthened during Mockingjay filming “She really is like a sister to me, and when my mom’s not traveling with me, she’s like a mom to me,” Shields says. “She’s so protective over me, and somehow we’ve become even closer while filming Mockingjay, which I didn’t know was possible!”

Willow also found out that there are LOTS of Hunger Games fans in New York, “I was walking around Lincoln Center, and people started yelling, ‘I volunteer as tribute!’"

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'Mockingjay Part 1' Will Be Rated PG-13 - Tickets on Sale October 29


The MPAA has officially rated The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 PG-13 (for "intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material"). No surprise there. We can't imagine Francis Lawrence making an R rated film for a YA novel. 


And in case you missed it in all the trailer madness, advance tickets for Mockingjay Part 1 will go on sale Wednesday, October 29th at 9:00am PT/ noon ET.

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'Mockingjay Part 1' Worldwide Trailer Debuts

Hope truly IS stronger than fear. The long-awaited Mockingjay Part 1 theatrical trailer finally debuted today at TheHungerGamesExclusive.com.

Though the trailer is shorter than the average theatrical trailer, it still packed an epic emotional punch, showing us more of our beloved Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, and her transition from survivor to reluctant leader of Panem's rebellion.

And Everlark lovers REJOICE! We got a hearbreaking peek at Peeta Mellark in the Capitol and Katniss' first look at him. "You're alive."

The new trailer deftly illustrates what Francis Lawrence has been saying about the narrative of Part 1: “With Mockingjay – Part I it’s tricky because Peeta is out of reach for her. Obviously he becomes an objective for her, but Gale is right there, so that’s always a tricky situation. Those objectives became the motives for us."

 "Miss Everdeen, it's the things we love most that destroy us." will be haunting us forever. 

Tickets for Mockingjay Part 1 go on sale October 29th! 

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Behind the Scenes of 'Mockingjay Part 1' With The Hunger Games Exclusive

The Hunger Games Exclusive Series 2 debuted today along with the Mockingjay Part 1 worldwide trailer. The new issue is packed with behind the scenes photos and exclusive interviews with the cast including Q & As with Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, and Natalie Dormer, character close-ups of Boggs, Pollux, Castor and Messalla, and, of course, the epic new trailer (see it HERE). 

There is far too much to post here but check out a couple of our favorite photos from the site, and some lovely quotes from Jennifer Lawrence:

Josh and Liam are my best friends. And we’ve got the best crew that we’ve known for years. I don’t have to be ‘on’ all the time in front of them because they feel like my family.”

Jennifer on what she kept as a memento from the set:

The bow! Our props master told me that he could get me a new one because they made a few of them. But I want the one that Katniss is using while we shoot. It’s all scratched up. That bow means a lot to me.


See it all at TheHungerGamesExclusive.com. And check out our gallery for more images from 'Mockingjay Part 1.' 

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'Mockingjay Part 1' Trailer Teaser #2 "Tomorrow"

We got another quick peek at Mockingjay Part 1 via the 2nd teaser clip "Tomorrow." A quick flash of Katniss and Gale taking aim, suited up in their rebellion gear with their Beetee-enhanced bows (GAH!!! District 8??) is all we get to warm us up for the big debut of the official Mockingjay Part 1 worldwide trailer, The Mockingjay Lives. Are you excited, tributes?

Tune in around 9:00am PT/ noon ET (our best guess on the time ) at TheHungerGamesExclusive.com to watch the trailer AND check out Series 2 featuring exclusive behind the scenes interviews and images!

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What Memento Josh Hutcherson Kept From 'The Hunger Games' + More of His Thoughts on the Photo Hack

Josh Hutcherson spoke with KISS 92.5 in Toronto during TIFF and had a LOT to say about the Jennifer Lawrence photo hacking.

 

“These are crimes,” he said of the massive hack. “These are absolutely crimes against human rights.”

“The fact that people react the way they do and look at that,” said Hutcherson, “It’s so unbelievably embarrassing to have somebody look into your private life,” he said. “It’s really disheartening to see that this is where the world of entertainment has gone and it’s gone that way because of greed and media and people feeling like they deserve something and have a right to something that they absolutely do not.”

Hutcherson said he hasn’t spoken to Lawrence since her photos were posted online.

“Everybody deals with those sort of situations on their own, in their own ways,” he said.

“None of us signed up for our private lives to be made public,” he said. “I started acted when I was nine years old, Jen started when she was 12. You don’t have this idea of celebrity at that age. You have the idea of wanting to make movies and have a passion for storytelling. It’s what we’re good at. It’s what we do. It’s not like we just made this choice and decided ‘Oh yeah, I want to be an actor because I want to make movies but also there’s a fame element…’ No, we didn’t think like that. At least I didn’t and I know Jen didn’t.”

Josh recently saw the finished The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which is set for release in November.

 “I loved it. I’m so proud of it. I’m so glad that they split it into two movies because there’s so much that happens in that third book that if you tried to squeeze it into one two hour movie you would have lost so much,” 

Hutcherson insisted fans will be thrilled by Mockingjay.

“It’s really dark, it’s really intense and the way you see how these characters try to recover and then build up a counterstrike against what they’ve experienced is really intense,” he said. “You’re absolutely going to love it.”

The star said it was hard to wrap production and walk away from cast and crew who worked together for a big part of the past four years.

“We’ve gone through some big changes together, just personally and professionally, that it’s hard to know that you’re not going to be 12 hours every day for months at a time with them,” said Hutcherson. “We’re still close, we’re still friends, we talk all the time — but it’s not the same so I’m definitely going to miss it.”

Did Hutcherson take a souvenir from District 12?

“I actually took the pendant that I gave Katniss — the one that opens and has the picture of her family, from that scene on the beach. I took that. It’s my one memento,” he confessed.

“It’s in my house in my desk drawer. I’m going to try to purposefully lose it — but in a way that I know I will find it in the future.”

 

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