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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Every revolution begins with a spark.

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Last modified: Feb. 20, 2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Release Date: Friday, November 22, 2013 Theaters

Director: Francis Lawrence

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Philip Seymour Hoffman Elizabeth Banks

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Follows Katniss Everdeen who has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
Cited as official plot version from lionsgate.com
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Crew Behind the Film

The The Hunger Games: Catching Fire behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Francis Lawrence last directed The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Slumberland. The film's writer Simon Beaufoy last wrote Battle of the Sexes and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.

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Producers
Nina Jacobson
Jon Kilik

Production Details

What we know about the The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie production.

Key Facts

  • The film will feature sequences filmed in the IMAX format.
  • The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy that has over 50 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.
  • Picks up after the first film and in the aftermath of the last Hunger Games.

Production Updates for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Completed

Changed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie production status. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. Shooting concluded on December 21, 2012.

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Production officially began on September 10, 2012 with shooting set to conclude in December 2012. Shooting will first take place in and around metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia before production is moved to Hawaii.

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Planning to shoot the movie starting in the fall.

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Concept

Changed the movie production status to Concept. Concept movies are rumored films with little to no official development.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Every revolution begins with a spark.
Also known as
The Hunger Games 2, Catching Fire

Language
English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, November 22, 2013. There were 5 other movies released on the same date, including The Delivery Man, Philomena and The Christmas Candle. Additional information: 2D; IMAX.

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