New Stills of Catching Fire at People Magazine

The following are some scans from People's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire issue - collectors edition. Thanks to https://twitter.com/epnebelle.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Featured in the December 2013 Issue of Total Film

Last October 2013, Catching Fire was featured in the Total Film magazine. Now, the magazine has yet another surprise for Hunger Games fans for their December 2013 issue. Here's an excerpt of the interviews of the director and cast of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Francis on adapting the book to the big screen:

“Some people look at a book, take a loose version of the spirit of it, then throw it away and ‘create.’ I wanted to honour the book. I thought it was very visual and cinematic.”

Francis on bringing on a new costume designer and cinematographer:

“I thought there could be more sophistication to the clothing, and my version of naturalistic is very different … I like handheld but I’m not into that shaky cam look. I tend to use wider lenses. I think viewers will have much more of a sense of what makes up the arena, and what the boundaries are.”

Francis on the Quarter Quell arena and level of violence:

“The arena is more of a threat to the characters so, because of that, there’s a lot less person-to-person killing in this one … The important theme is the idea of allies and having to work with people you don’t necessarily trust. Reliance on others versus reliance on self. It’s still intense but there’s less violence. I’m more interested in somebody’s reaction to violence or the consequence of it than the blood itself.”

Jennifer on the level of action in the movie:

“I don’t know if there’s more or less action in this movie, it’s the same … In the first and second movie there’s a good balance of violence.”

Josh on Peeta in Catching Fire

“He’s got a fire inside of him in this movie, different to the first … As the Victory Tour goes on, Peeta sees how horrible it is, and when he’s put back into the games, he has an anger. This time he’s a much more active person in the physicality of the arena.”

Josh on the Katniss/Peeta relationship in the sequel

“Catching Fire is about the slow tension building beneath the surface, with the relationships as well as the rebellion … In this movie, you see more of Peeta and Katniss together than you ever did in the first one. It intensifies, the feelings become stronger.”

For more information, head at http://www.totalfilm.com/magazine.  Thanks thehob.org for the heads up!

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Catching Fire Featured in Total Film's October 2013 Issue

In the October 2013 issue of Total Film, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Director Francis Lawrence were able to gush about their experiences and training for the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' second book from the Hunger Games trilogy called "Catching Fire."

here's are some cropped screenshots from the interview above, you can share it to your friends.

Jennifer on Katniss/Josh on Peeta in Catching Fire

Jen and Josh on their kissing scenes in Catching Fire

Josh and Jen on getting along with the cast

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EW Fall Preview Scans of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Here are scans of the fall preview of Entertainment Magazine. You can also see some part of article below:

“Lionsgate knew I could handle the size of the movie and we were all in agreement of what the movie should be. It’s still really Katniss’ story-there are no diversions from her. I wanted to be true to the book and I didn’t want to reinvent it in any way. It jus needed an adaptation”. ~ Francis Lawrence

Francis Lawrence & Suzanne Collins spent 3 days last spring hammering out a new outline before screen writer Michael Arndt stepped in.

For the same of the movie, they trimmed the novels 1st third in which a traumatized Katniss is locked in an internal debate about whether she’s more to herself or the revolution she’s unwittingly sparked. The scene where she stumbles on refugees Bonnie and Twill? Cut. Or when she jumps from the trip wire fence and sprains her ankle? Gone. But the beating heart of the book remains intact , Francis Lawrence promises.

Claflin spent many hours prepping for his very first scene, where he casually ties a knot in a rope while talking to Katniss. “I wanted to do it just standing up, chatting away. I’d practice and practice for weeks in my room. I must have looked like a crazy person in my hotel room tying a noose constantly”. ~ Sam Claflin

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New Still of Peeta and Effie in Catching Fire Plus Director Francis Lawrence on Catching Fire (Magazine Scans)

In the July 2013 issue of Empire Magazine, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was featured. The issue let's us see a still featuring Effie (Elizabeth Banks) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson). The scene is believed to be during President Snow's banquet. 

Update: an HQ version of the above still is already released. Check it out below:

In the same issue, director Francis Lawrence also talks about the movie.

On the tone of Catching Fire

“Everything opens up in this one … I think that without the second and the third book, the first movie would feel like a relatively small story, but the mythology opens up and the stakes ratchet up. You realise that this is about so much more than one person and that a whole country and a rebellion and loads of people’s lives are at stake.”

On revisiting the Games and Tributes

“Any time leading up to the Games you’re gonna go to the Capitol, go through training, go through the chariots and the interviews. So we had to be really vigilant about how to make those moments feel different. These tributes are like war veterans. One of the great things about all the books is just the theme of the consequences of war. All these people, and they how it all in different ways, have some form of PTSD, and the ones that you get to know, you start to see the cracks in their veneer. And once we got into the arena – ours is tropical so the geography was wildly different – it was easy.”

Below are scans of the magazine from http://thepeacekeeper.tumblr.com/post/51556790768/empire-magazine-july-2013-the-entire-hunger .

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Entertainment Weekly (EW) Magazine Scans - Catching Fire Issue

Thanks to Hunger Games DWTC for sharing the iPad edition of Entertainment Weekly (EW) Catching Fire issue.

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Jennifer Lawrence Elle December 2012 Issue - Magazine Scans

Thanks to myhungergames.com for sharing us the scans for Elle Magazine's December 2012 issue that features The Hunger Games lead Jennifer Lawrence on the cover. Find out about Jen's views on her diet, the impact of The Hunger Games on her life and a lot more. Happy reading.

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Hunger Games Cast in Yes Teen Magazine from Brazil (HQ Scans)

The following are high quality scans of the special Hunger Games edition of Yes Teen magazine from Brazil. Enjoy. I don't own the images.

Note: Click on the image to view it in full size.

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