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Movie: The Hunger Games
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That trailer makes me want to finally read the book 
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Originally posted by Navin
That trailer makes me want to finally read the book |
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I'll read them after I finish with the Harry Potter series, which I guess I will next month (I'm currently reading GOF)...so I want to start reading the Hunger Games in January, before the movie comes out! 
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Member Since: 9/4/2009
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OMG! 
That looks great!
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Member Since: 1/4/2010
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Member Since: 1/4/2010
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New movie still.
Cinna, Haymitch and Peeta having some bro-time. XD
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Member Since: 1/4/2010
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Replace Gale with Haymitch and it's a perfect photo. 
Can we please stop giving Gale so much unnecessary importance? He does NOTHING in book 1. He does almost NOTHING in book 2. He becomes kind of important in book 3. He has little to no character development. Gale is a freaking SECONDARY character. I love him, but I get annoyed that they're trying to make him seem so damn important.
Haymitch, Peeta and Katniss are the team. Peeta and Katniss are tribtes. Haymitch is their mentor. Not Gale. Gale is Katniss's hunting partner and best friend that only shows up in like 3 chapters of the first book.
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Member Since: 6/23/2011
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Originally posted by Sin With A Grin
Replace Gale with Haymitch and it's a perfect photo.
Can we please stop giving Gale so much unnecessary importance? He does NOTHING in book 1. He does almost NOTHING in book 2. He becomes kind of important in book 3. He has little to no character development. Gale is a freaking SECONDARY character. I love him, but I get annoyed that they're trying to make him seem so damn important.
Haymitch, Peeta and Katniss are the team. Peeta and Katniss are tribtes. Haymitch is their mentor. Not Gale. Gale is Katniss's hunting partner and best friend that only shows up in like 3 chapters of the first book.
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They're trying to cash in on the love triangle aspect.
I think they would do better trying to distance themselves from that.
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Member Since: 1/4/2010
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Originally posted by jungle juice
They're trying to cash in on the love triangle aspect.
I think they would do better trying to distance themselves from that.
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I totally agree.
Love triangle = teen audience
What the story is ACTUALLY about = teen/adult audience.
The love triangle is so minimal that it's almost nonexistent. The corrupt government. The war. Kids being sacrificed. Scare tactics. Ignorance. Dystopia. THAT'S how they should be advertising the movie. Because that's what the books are about. The love triangle is just so primitive and unimportant.
Plus, that photo looks like a rip-off of Eclipse's. Is Lionsgate TRYING to get nobody to take this movie seriously? 
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Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF), the independent film and TV company, is in merger talks with Summit Entertainment LLC, the studio behind the “Twilight” vampire movies, three people with knowledge of the situation said.
The companies have resumed discussions that broke down in the past over price and control issues, the people said yesterday. They declined to speak publicly because talks are private and there’s no assurance a deal will be reached. Summit has additional suitors, one of the people said.
Lions Gate would gain access to the cash generated by the five “Twilight” movies. The first four films have grossed more than $1 billion in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for Summit, according to Box Office Mojo. A combination would produce a payday for owners of closely held Summit who formed the studio in 2007 with funding from Merrill Lynch & Co.
Melissa Zukerman, a spokeswoman for Summit, declined to comment, as did Peter Wilkes, a spokesman for Lions Gate.
Summit, based in Santa Monica, California, is scheduled to release the fifth “Twilight” movie in a year. Globally, ‘Twilight’ box office sales total $2.29 billion. The studio is led by co-chairmen Rob Friedman, a former Paramount Pictures executive, and Patrick Wachsberger.
The company raised $750 million this year to finance moviemaking, repay debt and pay a dividend to investors, which include Rizvi Traverse Management LLC.
Lions Gate, also run from Santa Monica, California, has about $550 million in short- and long-term debt, according to Bloomberg data, and has struggled to remain profitable.
‘Hunger Games’
Because of its debt, Lions Gate would likely issue stock to finance a merger, Benjamin Mogil, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., said today in a note to investors. Mogil, based in St. Louis, has a “hold” rating on the shares.
The studio, which fought off Carl Icahn this year, produces cable TV’s “Mad Men” series and in March will release “The Hunger Games,” a film based on a young-adult book trilogy that has been compared with the “Twilight” novels. With a production budget of about $80 million, the first film is the most costly ever for Lions Gate.
“The Hunger Games” and three potential sequels may generate $220 million to $733 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for Lions Gate over the next several years, according to James Marsh, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co. in New York.
Lions Gate, based in Vancouver, fell 1.1 percent to $8.44 at the close in New York trading. The shares have gained 30 percent this year.
Lions Gate tried to buy then-bankrupt Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. last year, an effort complicated by investor Carl Icahn, one of Lions Gate’s largest shareholders at the time.
Icahn, who had attempted a hostile takeover of Lions Gate, sold his shares in August in a settlement that also ended all litigation between the parties.
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NO. NO. NO!!!!
Can we PLEASE just keep Twilight and The Hunger Games SEPERATE!!!! Already, the promo isn't letting anyone take this movie seriously because they think it's just a futuristic Twilight. I know movie companies have nothing to do with the outcome of the film, but they have a say in promotion which is just as important.
If you're going to associate yourself with a company that does book to screen adaptations, at least go with Warner Bros.
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Member Since: 9/16/2011
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EVERYHTING IS PERFECT except for gale and katniss >.<
Gale should have looked somewhat like this
not too big, young but good looking
Kaya Scodelario should have played Katniss, SHES PERFECT!!!
all she needs is a spray tan
and her acting skills are AMAZING!!! Katniss does go a bit mental later on in the series, and kaya is AMAZING at that!!!
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Member Since: 9/16/2011
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and whos playing Finnick odair?!!! NEED SOMEONE HOT
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Member Since: 9/4/2009
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Originally posted by .aR
and whos playing Finnick odair?!!! NEED SOMEONE HOT
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I want it to be Ian Somerhalder. 
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Originally posted by Mitchie
I want it to be Ian Somerhalder. |
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww.
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Originally posted by Mitchie
I want it to be Ian Somerhalder. |
sadglhdskgfds
He's my perfect Finnick. I'll probably weep from happiness if he's our Finnick.
When people tell me they want Alex Pettyfer, I want to vomit. Just...no.
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Originally posted by .aR
EVERYHTING IS PERFECT except for gale and katniss >.<
Gale should have looked somewhat like this
not too big, young but good looking
Kaya Scodelario should have played Katniss, SHES PERFECT!!!
all she needs is a spray tan
and her acting skills are AMAZING!!! Katniss does go a bit mental later on in the series, and kaya is AMAZING at that!!! |
Have you seen the trailer yet?
I was skeptical on Liam and Jenn at the beginning, too. But then I saw them acting as Gale and Katniss and I thought they were so perfect that it hurt. XD
Though I think Kaya could have been a good Katniss. I just think Jennifer is going to do it better. Jmo. 
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Member Since: 8/17/2011
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Isnt Finnick supposed to have blonde hair? Ian looks a mess as a blonde. Plus he looks way too old now. No thank you.
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Member Since: 6/20/2011
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Jennifer is perfect for Katniss. We need someone that can ACT
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Member Since: 9/4/2009
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Originally posted by JClarkSTAN
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww.
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Well, I can see that he's perfect for the role. 
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Originally posted by Sin With A Grin
sadglhdskgfds
He's my perfect Finnick. I'll probably weep from happiness if he's our Finnick.
When people tell me they want Alex Pettyfer, I want to vomit. Just...no.
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OH YES! We're on TEAM IAN! 
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Member Since: 1/4/2010
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Originally posted by JClarkSTAN
Isnt Finnick supposed to have blonde hair? Ian looks a mess as a blonde. Plus he looks way too old now. No thank you.
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Eh. Sort of. It's "bronze" but they could pass for light brown. And they don't even have to dye it if they don't want to. Haymitch is supposed to have dark hair and they made him blonde in the movie. And nobody seems really bothered by it. Just like nobody seems to care that Peeta has hazel eyes instead of blue. Hair color is pretty minimal.
But either way, it really doesn't bother me if he does or doesn't get the part. I just want someone hot who can play the part of a character as complex and awesome as Finnick.
If it's Ian, I'll fangirl extremely hard.
If it's not, he better be freaking hot and a damn good actor. lol
I've heard a lot of talk about Hunter Parrish and Garret Hedlund, though. I think they're the fan favorites.
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Member Since: 8/17/2011
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Originally posted by Sin With A Grin
Eh. Sort of. It's "bronze" but they could pass for light brown. And they don't even have to dye it if they don't want to. Haymitch is supposed to have dark hair and they made him blonde in the movie. And nobody seems really bothered by it. Just like nobody seems to care that Peeta has hazel eyes instead of blue. Hair color is pretty minimal.
But either way, it really doesn't bother me if he does or doesn't get the part. I just want someone hot who can play the part of a character as complex and awesome as Finnick.
If it's Ian, I'll fangirl extremely hard.
If it's not, he better be freaking hot and a damn good actor. lol
I've heard a lot of talk about Hunter Parrish and Garret Hedlund, though. I think they're the fan favorites. |
Now those two I can get behind!
I think Hunter is too young though. he would've made a perfect Peeta. I love Josh for the role though.
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