The Hunger Games Nominated for Four Nickelodeon Awards

Good news tributes! The Hunger Games was nominated for four Nickelodeons Awards including the following:

• Favorite Movie
• Favorite Book
• Favorite Movie Actress (for Jennifer Lawrence)
• Favorite Female Buttkicker (for Jennifer Lawrence)

The award show will be aired on March 23, 2013. 

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Taylor Swift and Arcade Fire Brought Home the Grammy for Safe and Sound from The Hunger Games Soundtrack

Taylor Swift and the Arcade Fire was able to win the Best Song Written for Visual Media for this year's Grammys. Safe and Sound featured on soundtrack of "The Hunger Games," which was entitled "Songs from District 12 and Beyond." 

Congrats Taylor and Arcade Fire and of course T-bone Burnett for producing the THG soundtrack!

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Mainstay Pro's The Hanging Tree

Guys, you should watch a new short film created by Mainstay Pro. It's entitled "The Hanging Tree" and it tells the story about Katniss and her father. Watch and find out their own interpretation on how Katniss learned how to use the bow, The Hanging Tree song, the mockingjay, the electrified fence, and freedom.

Good job and thanks Mainstay Pro, keep those Hunger Games videos coming!

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P7S1 Gets TV Rights for The Hunger Games Franchise in Austria and Germany

Television Business Intelligence (TBI) has reported that P7S1 has acquired rights to air "The Hunger Games" franchise to be aired in Austria and Germany.

Thomas Ebeling, CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG: “‘The Hunger Games is an absolutely top production from Hollywood and I am delighted that we have won the rights to the whole series for our stations. Moreover, the agreement offers us an attractive package of feature films from Lionsgate.”

Rodolphe Buet, CEO at Studiocanal Germany: “We have a long-time experience with the ProSiebenSat.1 team. We share the same passion for films successful in theatre and on TV. I am pleased to strengthen our partnership with the Lionsgate productions, which bring us not only the strongest franchise available on the market but also a very promising development slate.”

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Sam Claflin on Finnick Odair and His Training for Catching Fire

Sam Claflin was able to discuss his role as Finnick in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," how he trained, and his reactions when he first knew he got the role. Watch the video below and see Sam discuss those things in his photoshoot with Teen Vogue.

TEEN VOGUE: Aloha, Sam! Congratulations on scoring the role of Finnick Odair. How did this all go down?

SAM CLAFLIN: Yeah, so they decided to go with me as opposed to any of the other young, hot, good-looking actors out there. [Laughs] I auditioned like everyone else. I didn’t know what it was for before I went in, and I hadn’t read the books. Looking at the page with a character named Finnick, I was like, Who the heck is Finnick? And then I saw Katniss on the page, and I was like, Ahh, OK, maybe this is The Hunger Games. Then they decided they would dye my hair blonde, and presto, there’s your Finnick Odair!

TV: Do you like your blonde hair?

SC: It’s definitely taking some getting used to. I have a tan and a six-pack now after four months of hard work. I feel slowly but surely like I am Finnick Odair.

TV: Your training sounds intense!

SC: From the moment I set foot in Atlanta, they had me at the gym, working out twice a day. And then stunt training, it’s nonstop. To be fair, I spend a lot of the film carrying an old lady on my back, as Finnick carries Mags for the majority of the arena scenes. I feel like every day of filming is a workout, running around Hawaii with little old Lynn Cohen on my back. As for my diet, I think I’ve eaten more chickens than there are in the world. [Laughs] I would eat chicken and asparagus for lunch and dinner, and for breakfast I’d have an omelet and oatmeal. And I had that every day for four months. I’ve talked to my friends and said, “Oh my God, I’m so depressed, I just want a burger.” And they’re like, “You don’t know how lucky you are to be doing what you are doing.”

TV: What makes Finnick such a great character to play?

SC: There are so many complexities to this character. Finnick has a tempestuous relationship with Katniss—she trusts him one minute, and the next she doesn’t. I love their relationship. Together they eventually realize they need each other to survive, and that is beautiful.

TV: What can we expect from Finnick? Can you give us a little teaser?

SC: All I can say is I try very hard and hopefully I won’t disappoint people. He’s a very charming physical being, and hopefully he will be exactly what people read in the book and I won’t be doing an injustice. I purposefully did not want to watch anything I’ve done so far; I actually don’t like looking at my face, so I don’t like watching myself on the screen. It’s an insecurity thing I have. I’m somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection. The reason I’m an actor is because I’ll never be able to be perfect. I hope people enjoy my interpretation. Hopefully we’ll make a bigger and better one this time around.

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Toby Jones: The Games in Catching Fire is Different from The Hunger Games

In a recent interview with Digital Spy UK, Toby Jones was able to discuss a bit about the difference between The Hunger Games and Catching Fire in terms of the games (75th Quarter Quell).

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Philip Seymour Hoffman on the Goodness of "Hunger Games" to the Kids and Taking the Role of Plutarch Heavensbee

In a recent article from the Wall Street Journal, Philip Seymour Hoffman was able to share why he became attached to the story written by Suzanne Collins in her trilogy "The Hunger Games." He was also able to discuss why children should be able to know the story despite the "children killing children" part of the story. He then discussed why he accepted the role of Plutarch Heavensbee, the new head gamemaker and replacement to Seneca Crane, who died at the end of the first book. 

On the story of "The Hunger Games" trilogy:

“It’s unbelievable what this woman has done,” the actor said in an interview. “She literally tells our modern history of war and the awful things that have happened through these science-fiction novels. In the modern day, we send children off to die to protect our way of life, basically. It’s very powerful the way she does it.”

His amazement at Collins’s books made him say, “I’m in. I want to be a part of that,” he said. Despite the film’s bloody premise, he said the full story gives a very different message than simply “kids who kill each other.” According to him, if the films are done well, they are something kids should see.

On his role as Plutarch:

“I’m looking forward to the next two [films], because his job becomes very different,” Hoffman said of Plutarch’s role. “The story becomes very different and everyone will see what happens.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman is Plutarch (L) in Catching Fire with Woody Harrelson (R) as Haymitch

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