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

Every revolution begins with a spark.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Feb. 20, 2014

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Release Date: Friday, November 22, 2013 Nationwide

Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Nina Jacobson, Toby Jones, Elizabeth Banks, Alan Ritchson, Francis Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lenny Kravitz, Willow Shields, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Simon Beaufoy, E. Roger Mitchell, Jon Kilik, Lynn Cohen, Patrick St. Esprit

PG-13 Action N/A

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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
Action Adventure Teen Thriller Sequel

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Top Cast

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

  • Jennifer Lawrence
    Jennifer Lawrence

    ... Katniss Everdeen

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

  • Josh Hutcherson
    Josh Hutcherson

    ... Peeta Mellark

    The Beekeeper, Five Nights at Freddy's

  • Liam Hemsworth
    Liam Hemsworth

    ... Gale Hawthorne

    Land of Bad, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Philip Seymour Hoffman

    ... Plutarch Heavensbee

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

  • Elizabeth Banks
    Elizabeth Banks

    ... Effie Trinket

    Pitch Perfect (10th Anniversary), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

  • Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson

    ... Haymitch Abernathy

    Last Breath, Fly Me to the Moon

  • Stanley Tucci
    Stanley Tucci

    ... Caeser Flickerman

    Conclave, What Is Life Worth

  • Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland

    ... President Snow

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1

  • Toby Jones
    Toby Jones

    ... Claudius Templesmith

    A Boy Called Christmas, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

  • W
    Willow Shields

    ... Primrose Everdeen

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The Hunger Games

  • L
    Lenny Kravitz

    ... Cinna

    The Hunger Games, Precious

  • L
    Lynn Cohen

    ... Mags

    Then She Found Me, The Pickle Recipe

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.

Screenwriters
Producers
Nina Jacobson
Jon Kilik

Additional Information

MPA 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

All Trailers

Official The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie trailers and clips.

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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

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed. MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production. Shooting concluded on December 21, 2012.

Production

The film was tagged as 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

The film was tagged as Pre-Production. Planning to shoot the movie starting in the fall.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Concept

The film was tagged as Concept.

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, The Christmas Candle and Philomena. Additional information: 2D; IMAX.



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Thu., Feb. 20, 2014

  • Changed the title from "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"

  • Added a link from youtube.com

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