Watch Katniss in the Final Trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Mike Tyrkus
We’re less than a month away from the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Lionsgate has just released the epic final trailer for the film, which you can enjoy above. Then, let us know what you think of it and your expectations for the movie.
For those of you who just can’t wait, you may want to head over to MockingjayTickets.com and pre-order tickets to this year’s most anticipated film. By pre-ordering tickets, you’ll be entered for a chance to win a four-door 2015 Mazda!
ABOUT THE FILM:
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1: The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong, from an adaptation by Suzanne Collins and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.
Cast (Character): Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy), Elizabeth Banks (Effie Trinket), Julianne Moore (President Coin), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch Heavensbee), Jeffrey Wright (Beetee), Willow Shields (Primrose Everdeen), Sam Claflin (Finnick Odair), Jena Malone (Johanna Mason), Mahershala Ali (Boggs), Natalie Dormer (Cressida), Wes Chatham (Castor), Elden Henson (Pollux), Evan Ross (Messalla), with Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman), and Donald Sutherland (President Snow).
Directed by: Francis Lawrence Screenplay by: Peter Craig and Danny Strong
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material.
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 opens nationwide November 21, 2014!
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
