SYNOPSIS
After winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) returns home to District 12 along with fellow winner Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Shortly after returning home, they must embark on a "Victory Tour" of the districts, leaving behind their close friends and family. On the day of the Victory Tour, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) threatens Katniss' best friend and pretend cousin, Gale Hawthorne. During the tour, Katniss senses that a rebellion is brewing in the districts, but the Capitol is still firmly in control as Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, known as a Quarter Quell, an event taken place every 25 years – a competition that could change Panem forever. In this Hunger Games, the tributes will be reaped from the existing pool of victors, making all the other Games look like child's play. As Peeta and Katniss end up in the arena again, this time surrounded by experienced and vicious killers, President Snow is determined to eliminate them and destroy the rays of hope and the sparks of rebellions brewing up in the Districts.
Months before the release of The Hunger Games, Lionsgate greenlit the second film and Gary Ross, director of the first film, was expected to return as director. However, on April 10, 2012, he announced his departure from the project due to the tight and fixed production and on May 3, Francis Lawrence was hired as the film's director.
On April 2012, it was announced that Francis Lawrence was offered the director position for the film. According to sources, the adaptation must be done filming by December 2012 to fit Jennifer Lawrence's schedule. However, after X-Men: Days of Future Past lost its original director and shooting for the film was delayed till April 2013, Jennifer Lawrence was no longer needed to be filming in January 2013 and the shooting timeframe for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was extended to March (including several breaks due to the holidays and awards season).
Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen along with Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones and Willow Shields also reprising their roles. The new cast include Jena Malone as Johanna Mason, Amanda Plummer as Wiress, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Lynn Cohen as Mags, Alan Ritchson as Gloss, Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair and Jeffrey Wright as Beetee.
Lionsgate announced that it will split the third installment of the series, Mockingjay, into two films, releasing Part 1 on November 21, 2014, and Part 2 on November 20, 2015;[64] this is similar to the last book of Harry Potter and Twilight series, which both split into two movies. On November 1, 2012, it was confirmed that Francis Lawrence will return to direct the final two movies, which will be filmed back to back. On December 6, two-time Emmy winner Danny Strong announced that he will be writing the third and fourth films. On January 23, 2013, Francis Lawrence confirmed that he, along with producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, as well as author of the novel Suzanne Collins, have gone through the book and has provided the beat-sheet (outline) for the films and that Danny Strong is in the process of writing the script. On February 15, Lionsgate confirmed that Strong had completed the script for Part 1 and the studio has approved it, giving him permission to write Part 2. The film is scheduled to begin production on September 16, 2013 and to conclude on May 20, 2014 in Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Liam Hemsworth confirmed that shooting for Mockingjay Part 1 and 2 will start in September. It was revealed that Stef Dawson would play Annie Cresta, Natalie Dormer will play Cressida, and Evan Ross will play Messalla.
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