Jennifer Lawrence has already had a very exciting 2011 with an Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone and stepping into the big budget blockbuster with X-Men: First Class.
But she is set to take on perhaps the biggest role of her career so far... Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
Yes the popular Suzanne Collins novel has been adapted for the big screen by Gary Ross, who is also set to direct.
Lawrence leads an all star cast that includes Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, who will play Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne, as well as Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson.
It was also announced this week that Steven Soderbergh has jumped on board the project as one of the second unit directors.
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.
Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which 'Tributes' must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.
If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
The Hunger Games is released 23rd March 2012. Take a look at a couple of early pics from the movie:
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