Mr. Eyebrows, Wes Bentley, Lands Role in ‘The Hunger Games’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on May 05, 2011 @ 5:25pm
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I’m finding it incredibly hard keeping up with the casting of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games, which is why I’ve opted to only report on “big name” additions.

This morning Lionsgate announced that P2, Ghost Rider and American Beauty star Wes Bentley has landed the role of “Seneca Crane” in the much anticipated Gary Ross-directed adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit novel originally described as Battle Royale meets Running Man (before turning into a Twilight-esque film).

Bentley joins a cast of talented young actors – Jennifer Lawrence as series heroine Katniss Everdeen with Willow Shields as little sister Primrose, and Josh Hutcherson, who was cast as Peeta Mellark, with Liam Hemsworth in the role of Gale Hawthorne. Paula Malcomson will be playing Katniss and Primrose’s mother. It was also announced that Elizabeth Banks has signed on for the part of Katniss’ pre-games handler Effie Trinket.

The pic, in theaters March 23, 2012, is set in post-apocalyptic America, Hunger Games introduces 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen, who must participate in a fight-to-the-death annual event called the Hunger Games. The battles are televised, and pit youths from each of the Capitol’s 12 Districts against each other.
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Paula Malcomson Joins ‘The Hunger Games’

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Posted by David Harley on April 22, 2011 @ 8:58pm
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Lionsgate’s cast of The Hunger Games has been multiplying like rabbits these past few weeks, and so far includes Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Josh Hutcherson, possibly Elizabeth Banks, and a few others.

Today the studio announced the addition of Paula Malcomson (Deadwood, Caprica) as Katriss and Prim Everdeen’s mother.

Taking place in post-apocalyptic America, The Hunger Games introduces 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen, who must participate in a fight-to-the-death annual event called the Hunger Games. The battles are televised, and pit youths from each of the Capitol’s 12 Districts against each other.
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Elizabeth Banks to Play Death Escort in ‘The Hunger Games’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 19, 2011 @ 3:03am
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Finally a bit of The Hunger Games casting news that I care about.

Elizabeth Banks (SLiTHER) is in talks to star as “Effie Trinket,” the flaky bureaucrat who escorts her district’s young death-match contestants to their fate.

She joins the previously announced Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Dayo Okeniyi, and Amandla Stenberg in the pic based on the bestselling young-adult novel by Suzanne Collins, set in a dystopian future where a young woman joins a survival contest to save her community.

Having originally been pitched as Battle Royale meets Running Man, recently the word Twilight forced its way into the mix. Meh.

Gary Ross is directing, with Billy Ray penning the script.
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Hutcherson, Hemsworth the Males Leads in Lionsgate’s ‘The Hunger Games’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 04, 2011 @ 5:38pm
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Finally something official to report…

Lionsgate has locked both Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth for roles in The Hunger Games, their highly anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular novel. They will star alongside the previously announced Jennifer Lawrence, who will play “Katniss Everdeen”.

Hutcherson, who was nearly cast as Peter Parker in Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man reboot, will star as “Peeta Mellark”. Hemsworth (Knowing, Triangle) stars as “Gale Hawthorne”.

Gary Ross is directing the pic set in post-apocalyptic America, which introduces 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen, who must participate in a fight-to-the-death annual event called the Hunger Games. The battles are televised, and pit youths from each of the Capitol’s 12 Districts against each other.

Lionsgate will release on March 23, 2012.
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‘Battle Royale’-esque ‘Hunger Games’ Begin March 2012

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 26, 2011 @ 1:23am
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Lionsgate has chosen a release date for high-profile event picture The Hunger Games: March 23, 2012. Gary Ross is directing the feature adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling young adult tome. Hunger Games is the first in a trilogy of science fiction novels that have developed a global following. Similar to the classic Japanese political thriller Battle Royale, the pic is set in post-apocalyptic America, Hunger Games introduces 16-year-old heroine Katniss Everdeen, who must participate in a fight-to-the-death annual event called the Hunger Games. The battles are televised, and pit youths from each of the Capitol’s 12 Districts against each other. There are more than 3.3 million copies of Hunger Games in print in the U.S. alone, while foreign rights have been sold in 41 countries, according to publisher Scholastic. Ross (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville) is set to begin shooting the film in late spring or summer, although no cast has been announced, including the coveted role of Kantiss.
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