Monday, October 28, 2013

'Catching Fire' final trailer is homerun during World Series

The final trailer for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' starring Jennifer Lawrence, hit a home run during Game Four of the World Series.

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The final trailer for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' starring Jennifer Lawrence, hit a home run during Game 4 of the World Series.




The action-packed final trailer for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" debuted during Game 4 of the World Series Sunday night — immediately rendering the baseball game itself the equivalent of tee-ball.


Where previous trailers centered on the emotional turmoil surrounding Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen, the 1-minute, 7- seconds of footage this time around focuses squarely on the thrills inside the arena.


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"Ms. Everdeen, you fought very hard in the arena, but those were games," seethes Donald Sutherland's President Snow in a voice over.


"Would you like to be in a real war?"


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Cue the running and screaming (and the firing of arrows).


In "Catching Fire," Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss, the heroine who becomes a symbol of hope after surviving the televised battle to the death between teenage tributes.


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"Catching Fire" picks up after Katniss' victory in the Hunger Games that pit children against children. The unlikely 16-year-old heroine now faces both the wrath of Snow's government and a choice between the affections of her lifelong friend Gale (Hemsworth) and fellow Hunger Games survivor Peeta (Josh Hutcherson).


Rounding out the cast are returning favorites Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), Effie (Elizabeth Banks) and Cinna (Lenny Kravitz) and franchise newcomers Finnick (Sam Claflin), Johanna (Jena Malone), Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Phillip Seymour Hoffman).


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Directed by Francis Lawrence, who is taking over helming duties from "The Hunger Games" director Gary Ross, the film will hit theaters Nov. 22.


The first "Hunger Games" — based on the dystopian trilogy by Suzanne Collin — earned nearly $700 million worldwide at the box office last year. And that was before series star Lawrence won an Academy Award for "Silver Linings Playbook" and cemented herself as a champion in the real-life Hollywood arena.


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