The Hunger Games is already causing excitement - despite the movie not hitting the big screen until March of next year.
Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel has been adapted for the big screen - with the author herself working on the screen play.
Gary Ross is in the director's chair for the project and he has a cast list that mixes youth with experience.
Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence will take on the central role of Katniss Everdeen alongside Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth.
Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland are all also on the cast list.
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 the teaser trailer for the movie:
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