Premiering this morning on Good Morning America, the newest Hunger Games trailer gives us a peek at some of the most exciting and critical points of the film based on Suzanne Collins’ young adult novel The Hunger Games. Fans of the series will recognize some familiar faces – Katniss’s co-tribute Peeta Mallark [Josh Hutcherson], Katniss’s BFF4L Gale [Liam Hemsworth], younger sister Primrose Everdeen [Willow Shields], former District 12 champion Haymitch [Woody Harrelson], Katniss’s hairdresser Cinna [Lenny Kravitz!] and the colorful Effie Trinket [Elizabeth Banks]. We get a solid preview of The Reaping ceremony, and the heart wrenching moment when Katniss volunteers for Prim as tribute for District 12. Continue reading
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First came the boy wizards, followed by sparkly vampires, tween demigods, and most recently, girl gladiators. Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock, chances are you have more than a passing familiarity with some or all of these multi-volume series. And yet, if bookstore shelves and library labels are to be believed, they were not written for you.
Why do so many adults read children’s fiction? Fans will be quick to cite the richness and complexity of the Harry Potter series as well as its progressively darker tone. Similarly, Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy has been praised for its mature themes and bleak, uncompromising approach to storytelling. But this sort of reasoning only raises another question: if these books are mature and complex enough for adults, why are they marketed as young adult fiction in the first place? Continue reading
With only 8 months (and 3 days) to go until the first Hunger Games movie comes out the marketing machine is already spinning up. And they have some fancy Flash ads out the door already. So, put down your iDevices and grab a real computer so you can see the awesomeness that is the living, breathing, online movie poster. Continue reading