Katniss devotes herself to ensuring Peeta survives. The upcoming 75th Hunger Games - the third 'Quarter Quell' - is announced, with tributes set to be selected from previous victors. Heavensbee tells Snow that the rebellion cannot survive Katniss’ new celebrity status as a victor. Katniss's friend Gale is publicly whipped after tackling Thread to stop him from killing civilians he is saved by Katniss and the other victors. Peacekeepers led by the brutal Commander Romulus Thread begin to mercilessly raid homes and other places throughout District 12, placing the citizens under curfew. During the festivities, Katniss meets enigmatic new head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. At an upper-class party concluding the tour, Snow publicly toasts them but subtly signals to Katniss that he remains unconvinced. Peeta and Katniss subsequently announce their engagement in an attempt to quell the Districts. Unrest and protests are on display in many Districts over the course of the Victory Tour, as is brutality by local Peacekeepers. Katniss' mentor, Haymitch, later warns her that Victors of the games must serve as mentors to future tributes and that their show of love will be forced to continue for the rest of their lives. He orders her to use the upcoming Victory Tour to convince him that her actions were out of love and not defiance against the Capitol, warning her that her friends, family, and everyone else in District 12 will otherwise face execution. President Snow visits Katniss and explains that her actions in the Games - specifically, her would-be suicide pact with Peeta - have inspired uprisings across Panem. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have settled into a life of material comfort and emotional unease back in District 12 following their joint victory in the 74th Hunger Games. The film was followed by the sequel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, in 2014. The soundtrack's lead single, ' Atlas', performed by Coldplay, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

For her performance, Lawrence was nominated for the Empire Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and Saturn Award for Best Actress. It grossed $865 million worldwide, setting the then-records for biggest November opening weekend and the biggest Thanksgiving period box-office totals it is the highest-grossing Lionsgate and Hunger Games film, the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2013, and the highest grossing film featuring a female lead since The Exorcist (1973).Īmong its accolades, the film was nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Action Film and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for Lawrence's acting, its themes, action sequences, musical score, screenplay, visual effects, and emotional depth it is considered one of the best films in the series. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on November 11, 2013, and was theatrically released in the United States eleven days later. Filming locations included Georgia, Hawaii, and New Jersey. The main cast was confirmed by September 2012 and principal photography began later that month, lasting until March 2013. Lionsgate announced a sequel film based on Collins' second Hunger Games novel in 2012, with Gary Ross initially set to return as director Ross was replaced with Lawrence that May, while deBruyn completed several rewrites to Beaufoy's screenplay. In the film, Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the Games inspire uprisings in Panem. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The sequel to The Hunger Games (2012), it is the second installment in The Hunger Games film series.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013 American dystopian science fiction action film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn, based on the 2009 novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

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