While the fall season would be crowded enough with blockbusters such as Interstellar and The Hobbit finale, another tentpole will be arriving inbetween both with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Featuring the return of Francis Lawrence at the helm the adventure picks up after the last film’s cliffhanger, and judging from this new, full-length trailer, there’s all-out war across Suzanne Collins’ world.
This penultimate feature brings together Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy), Elizabeth Banks (Effie Trinket), Julianne Moore (President Coin), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch Heavensbee), Jeffrey Wright (Beetee), Sam Claflin (Finnick Odair), Jena Malone (Johanna Mason), Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman), and Donald Sutherland (President Snow). Check out the trailer below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 opens on November 21st.