The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. This article is about the film. For the novel on which it is based, see Catching Fire. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2. American dystopianscience fictionadventure film based on Suzanne Collins' dystopian novel, Catching Fire (2. The Hunger Games trilogy. The film is the sequel to The Hunger Games (2. The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, and distributed by Lionsgate. Francis Lawrence directed the film, with a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt. Adding to the existing cast, the supporting cast was filled out with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone, Sam Claflin, Lynn Cohen, Amanda Plummer, Alan Ritchson, and Meta Golding. Filming began on September 1. Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Hawaii. The plot of Catching Fire takes place a few months after the previous installment; Katniss Everdeen and fellow District 1. Peeta Mellark have returned home safely after winning the 7. Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games.Annual Hunger Games. Throughout the story, Katniss senses that a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol is simmering throughout the districts. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released on November 1. Brazil; November 2. Finland, Sweden, and Norway; November 2. United Kingdom; and November 2. IMAX, in the United States. The film set records for the biggest November opening weekend and biggest three- and five- day Thanksgiving box- office totals, surpassing the first film's box office grosses. It ranks as the 1. The film has grossed over $8. The Hunger Games series. The film was followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, a two- part sequel and finale of the franchise: Part 1 was released on November 2. United States, and Part 2 on November 2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the film adaptation of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and the. Catching Fire received positive reviews and is widely considered by critics to be an improvement over its predecessor, with the sentiment being that it's . It's the most critically acclaimed chapter in The Hunger Games series, according to review aggregator. Rotten Tomatoes. The film also received numerous nominations, with a nomination for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Action Film and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. For her performance, Lawrence was nominated a second time for the Empire Award for Best Actress as well as the Saturn Award and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award. The two make an agreement to not lie to one another, and Snow explains that her actions in the Games have inspired rebellions across the districts. He orders her to use the upcoming . He shows her the clip where Gale Hawthorne kisses her as a warning that they are watching her. Production for 'Catching Fire' is really taken off as two new actors/actresses are added to the movie cast. Lionsgate and the filmmakers of 'The Hunger. The strangely awesome cast of 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' just got a little bit more strange and awesome. Lionsgate announced Friday that world-class. Catching Fire' full cast has finally been announced. Catching Fire, Lionsgate announced. Hunger Games: Catching Fire’: Meet the Cast! Catching Fire received. Lionsgate announced that a film adaptation of Catching Fire would. As the tour begins, Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss and Peeta's mentor, warns them that the . Katniss suggests a public engagement between herself and Peeta, which is carried out and approved by Snow at his mansion in the Capitol. Returning home, Katniss warns Gale of Snow's threat to kill both their families. Peacekeepers crack down on District 1. Gale is publicly whipped after attacking new Head Peacekeeper Romulus Thread. Snow announces that the upcoming 7. Hunger Games, the Third Quarter Quell, will feature tributes selected from previous victors. Katniss immediately devotes herself to ensuring Peeta's survival, and recruits Haymitch's help to do so. At the reaping, Effie Trinket draws Katniss and Haymitch's names, but Peeta immediately volunteers to take Haymitch's place. As they prepare, Haymitch reveals that all the tributes are angry about being returned to the Games and advises a reluctant Katniss to make allies. In the pre- Games interviews, Katniss wears a wedding dress, as ordered by President Snow, but her stylist Cinna rigs it to transform into a representation of a mockingjay. Peeta announces that he and Katniss have secretly married and are expecting a baby, which causes outrage, and the audience of Capitol citizens begins shouting for the Games to be stopped, to no avail. Just before Katniss enters the arena, Cinna is severely beaten by Peacekeepers, as punishment for the dress, and dragged away as Katniss watches helplessly. In the Games, Katniss allies with Finnick Odair and the elderly Mags, from District 4. The arena's outer force field shocks Peeta, stopping his heartbeat until Finnick revives him. The group flees from an emerging poisonous fog, and Mags sacrifices herself as to avoid slowing them down. When vicious mandrills attack, Peeta is saved by the unexpected sacrifice of a tribute from District 6. The group escapes to a beach and meets District 3's Wiress and Beetee, and District 7's Johanna Mason. Wiress discovers the arena is designed like a clock with regular hazards each hour, but is killed soon afterward by Gloss and Cashmere, the brother and sister tributes from District 1, who are in turn killed by Katniss and Johanna, respectively. Beetee suggests using one of the hazards, a tree that is struck by lightning every 1. The group separates to prepare the trap, but once alone Johanna suddenly hits Katniss over the head, stunning her, and cuts the tracker from her arm. Katniss returns to the tree and finds an unconscious Beetee with the wire from the tree attached to a makeshift spear. Unable to find Peeta, Katniss almost kills Finnick (believing he killed Peeta, as she heard a cannon), but he reminds her to remember . Katniss attaches the remaining wire to an arrow and shoots it into the arena's force field as the lightning hits, causing a power failure that takes down the dome's force field as well as the Capitol's surveillance. Katniss awakens in an aircraft to find Haymitch, Beetee (still unconscious), Finnick, and Plutarch Heavensbee, the head Gamemaker, who is revealed to be a rebel against Snow. He tells her they are bound for District 1. Katniss, who symbolizes the growing rebellion. They were unable to rescue Peeta and Johanna, as they still have their trackers on them. A distraught Katniss is sedated after attacking Haymitch for not keeping his promise. She later awakens to find Gale by her side, who reassures her that her family is safe but tells her that District 1. Capitol. The film ends with a close up of Katniss, as her expression changes from desperation and panic to one of steely resolve. Production. Simon Beaufoy was hired to write the script for the film and wrote two drafts. The shooting timeframe was co- ordinated between Lionsgate and 2. Century Fox, in order to allow time for Jennifer Lawrence to shoot X- Men: Days of Future Past, the sequel to Fox's X- Men: First Class, in January 2. According to sources, the adaptation needed to be done filming by December 2. Jennifer Lawrence's schedule. Lawrence went back into archery training in order to get in shape for the role while the supporting cast undertook training in preparation for the arena scenes. Principal photography resumed and concluded in March 2. In an interview with MTV, Josh Hutcherson confirmed scenes in the film would use IMAX cameras by stating, . Witnesses reported of towers and fences on set. None of the main cast were believed to have been on set. With the base camp set up at Executive Park off North Druid Hills Road, filming also occurred at the Goat Farm Arts Center. Coldplay were announced as the first official artist to be featured on the Catching Fire soundtrack album, with the song . All songs written and composed by James Newton Howard, except . On January 1. 1, 2. Entertainment Weekly released a 2. Preview edition of their magazine, with the first look of Lawrence as Katniss and Claflin as Finnick on the cover as well as several stills showcasing scenes from the film. Once in, a picture of a blue chair appeared and told readers to check back on March 4. On March 4, 2. 01. On April 1. 0, the website was updated and fans had to tweet using the hashtag #Hunger. Games. Explorer to unlock new stills from the movie. A still could be unlocked every day leading up to April 1. The teaser trailer thus debuted at the 2. MTV Movie Awards on April 1. Liam Hemsworth, and the trailer was posted on The. Hunger. Games. Explorer and You. Tube after the ceremony. The film was also shown in the 4. DX format in selected international territories. It features motion- enhanced seating, wind, water sprays, strobe lightning, and scent- based special effects. Review aggregator. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 8. The site's consensus reads: . Katniss is a character worth a handful of sequels. And Lawrence lights up the screen. You'll follow her anywhere. With each on- screen chapter, the poor girl from District 1. He praised director Lawrence for . One fault he did find was in Philip Seymour Hoffman's . In total earnings, its largest countries are the UK, Ireland and Malta ($5. Germany ($4. 3. 4 million) and Australia ($3. 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