"Peeta are both declared victors of the 74th Hunger Games. However, she is warned by Haymitch that her actions in the Games may come back to haunt her, while also realizing Peeta's feelings for her are genuine. Katniss and Peeta go on the Victory Tour, which is a visit to each district by the winners, strategically placed between each Hunger Games. Katniss becomes aware that uprisings are erupting. In addition, the nation's leader, President Snow, is making Katniss convince the nation that she is really in love with Peeta and that her suicide pact was an act of love rather"
"in television shows. Her first major role came as a main cast member on the sitcom ""The Bill Engvall Show"" (2007–2009). Lawrence made her film debut in a supporting role in ""Garden Party"" (2008), and had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent drama ""Winter's Bone"" (2010). She achieved wider recognition for starring as the mutant Mystique in """" (2011), a role she reprised in later installments of the series. Lawrence's fame continued to grow with her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in the ""Hunger Games"" film series (2012–2015), which established her as the highest-grossing action heroine of"
"views on whether the film represents feminist issues. Historically, among the ""top 200 worldwide box-office hits ever ($350 million and up), not one has been built around a female action star"". Manohla Dargis sees Katniss Everdeen as a female hero following in the lineage of ""archetypal figures in the literature of the American West"" such as Natty Bumppo, as well as characters portrayed by American actors such as John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Katniss is also seen as defying normative gender roles: she exhibits both ""masculine"" and ""feminine"" traits equally. Dargis also notes that Katniss is a female character with"
"days"" during the month of September 2013. Lawrence later contacted both Schultz and Fraites via text message that the melody was chosen for the film, saying, ""It worked out great in the movie. We just shot the scene. Jen was really nervous but it went great."" The lead protagonist Katniss Everdeen performs the song in the film, which is also heard over the closing credits. Jennifer Lawrence revealed on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" that she was anxious about singing the song in the film, citing her fear of ""singing in front of other people"" as her reason; she also"
"Studio Babelsberg co-produced and oversaw production services for the film. On November 13, 2013, producer Nina Jacobson revealed that Peter Craig was also hired to write the adaptations. The film carried a production budget of $160 million with a further $55 million spent on promotion and advertisements, and $13.9 million in television advertisements. All the principal cast such as Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, Donald Sutherland as President Snow, Elizabeth Banks as Effie, Willow Shields as Prim, Paula Malcomson as Mrs Everdeen and Stanley Tucci as Caesar, return to"
"hidden processes that shape our decisions. Unfortunately for Hertz, the distinguished psychologist Daniel Kahneman has already written it. His ""Thinking, Fast and Slow"" (2011) is sober, measured, rigorous and practical, all things ""Eyes Wide Open"" is not... Hertz ends up sounding like a physician who is not just unable to heal herself but intent on ingesting all the toxins she warns others about."" In 2015 Professor Hertz began researching what she has called Generation K - 13- to 20-year-olds. K is for Katniss Everdeen, the feisty heroine of the global franchise The Hunger Games. Noreena presented her initial thinking on"
"including Jennifer Lawrence, Abigail Breslin, Emma Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Emily Browning, and Shailene Woodley, as well as Steinfeld, Moretz, Fonseca, and Scodelario. On March 16, 2011 it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence of ""Winter's Bone"" and """" landed the coveted role of Katniss Everdeen. Lawrence was 20 at the time, a bit older than the character. However, author Suzanne Collins said that the actress who plays Katniss has to have ""a certain maturity and power"" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. Collins states that Lawrence was the ""only one who truly captured the character I"
"By the time Collins had finished the script, Ross decided to go through the script with Collins and screenwriter Billy Ray. In October 2010, scripts were sent to the actors, and casting occurred between March and May 2011. The first role cast was of the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen. As many as 30 actresses were in talks to play the part, with Jennifer Lawrence, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, and Chloë Grace Moretz being mentioned most. The role was given to Lawrence. The roles of Peeta Mellark, Katniss' fellow tribute, and Gale Hawthorne, her best friend, began casting later that month. Top"
"reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's consensus states, ""Thrilling and superbly acted, ""The Hunger Games"" captures the dramatic violence, raw emotion, and ambitious scope of its source novel."" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 68 out of 100 score, based on reviews from 49 critics, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade A. Many critics praised Jennifer Lawrence for her portrayal as Katniss Everdeen, as well as most of the main cast. According to ""The Hollywood Reporter"", Lawrence embodies Katniss, ""just as one might imagine her from the novel""."
"books' theme on the symbol of peace. The novel's title comes from the hybrid birds of the same name that feature in the novels' storyline. As ""Publishers Weekly"" has stated, ""the hybrid birds that are an important symbol—of hope and rebellion—throughout the books"". Collins likens Katniss to a Mockingjay because both ""should never have existed"". ""My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me. Peeta was taken prisoner. He is thought to be dead. Most likely he is dead. It is probably"
"at the end of the movie? We wanted to find a way to introduce them without having to explain specifically and exactly what they were and the game room was a really great opportunity for us to be able to do that."" Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011 that about 30 actresses auditioned or read for the role of Katniss Everdeen, including Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Emma Roberts, Saoirse Ronan, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jodelle Ferland, Lyndsy Fonseca, Emily Browning, Shailene Woodley, and Kaya Scodelario. On March 16, 2011, it was announced that Jennifer Lawrence (who was at the time filming for"
"Twenty-year-old actress Jennifer Lawrence was chosen to play Katniss Everdeen. Though Lawrence was four years older than the character when filming began, Collins felt the role demanded ""a certain maturity and power"" and said she would rather the actress be older than younger. She added that Lawrence was the ""only one who truly captured the character I wrote in the book"" and that she had ""every essential quality necessary to play Katniss."" Lawrence, a fan of the books, took three days to accept the role, initially intimidated by the size of the production. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were later"
"of the nation's 12 districts are chosen annually as ""tributes"" and forced to compete in The Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place, and with her district's male tribute, Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), travels to the Capitol to train and compete in the games. Development of ""The Hunger Games"" began in March 2009 when Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement with Color Force, which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier. Collins collaborated with Ray and Ross to write the screenplay. The screenplay expanded"
"The Divergent Series The Divergent Series is a feature film trilogy based on the ""Divergent"" novels by the American author Veronica Roth. Distributed by Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Films, the series consists of three science fiction films set in a dystopian society. They have been produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick. The series star Shailene Woodley and Theo James as lead characters Beatrice Prior (Tris) and Tobias Eaton (Four), respectively. The supporting cast includes Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz, and Miles Teller. Kate Winslet played the main antagonist in the first two films. The first film in the"
"place in an unspecified future time, in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, located in North America. The country consists of a wealthy Capitol city, located in the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by twelve (originally thirteen) poorer districts ruled by the Capitol. The Capitol is lavishly rich and technologically advanced, but the districts are in varying states of poverty. The trilogy's narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen, lives in District 12, the poorest region of Panem, located in Appalachia, where people regularly die of starvation. As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol (called the ""Dark Days""), in which District 13"
"Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Donald Sutherland. Hoffman died in February 2014, making ""Mockingjay – Part 2"" his final film role. Principal photography on both parts of the film began on September 23, 2013 in Atlanta, before moving to Paris for two weeks of back-to-back filming and officially concluding on June 20, 2014, in Berlin and at Babelsberg Studios, Germany. The story continues from """" with Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) preparing to win the war against President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and the tyrannical Capitol. Together with Peeta, Gale, Finnick, and others she travels to the Capitol to kill Snow."
"It is wonderful! It is an amazing experience, because you climb into a spirit or a soul that you have no idea you know, you can't even imagine it.” Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence will play Cathy Ames in the upcoming adaptation of ""East of Eden"" directed by Gary Ross. Cathy Ames Cathy Ames, later known as Kate Trask or Kate Albey, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in John Steinbeck's novel ""East of Eden"". She is the wife of main protagonist Adam Trask, and the mother of his twin sons, Caleb and Aron. Beneath her charming, attractive"
"and Cate Blanchett each appear twice in the series: once as themselves, and once as their Academy Award-nominated character; Kidman's second stamp showed her as Satine from ""Moulin Rouge!"". On 8 January 2010, alongside Nancy Pelosi, Joan Chen and Joe Torre, Kidman attended the ceremony to help Family Violence Prevention Fund break ground on a new international center located in the Presidio of San Francisco. In 2015, Kidman became the brand ambassador for Etihad Airways. Kidman supports the Nashville Predators, being seen and photographed almost nightly throughout the season. Additionally, she supports the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League"
"switches places with a modern-day young woman. Lily James starred as the zombie-slaying Elizabeth Bennet in the film version of ""Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"", a popular novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. One of the most notable portrayals of the character has been that of Keira Knightley in ""Pride & Prejudice"", directed by Joe Wright. Knightley received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance. The character has most recently been used in ""The Lizzie Bennet Diaries"", a project which is partly headed by YouTube vlogger Hank Green, and depicts Elizabeth (played by Ashley Clements) as a modern-day woman in America"
"films) and ""Alien"" ($1.328 billion not counting the PG-13 ""Alien vs. Predator""). Fifty Shades (film series) Fifty Shades is an American film series that consists of three erotic romantic drama films, based on the ""Fifty Shades"" trilogy by English author E. L. James. It is distributed by Universal Studios and stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as the lead roles Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the first film and initially she was slated to be the director of the sequels as well, however subsequently the second and third films were directed by James Foley. The first"
"Rotten Tomatoes. The film also received numerous nominations, with a nomination for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Action Film and a Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. For her performance, Lawrence was nominated a second time for the Empire Award for Best Actress as well as the Saturn Award and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award. The song ""Atlas"" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. After the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return to District 12, where"
"Quentin Tarantino – ""Django Unchained"" Tony Kushner – ""Lincoln"" Wreck-It Ralph Skyfall Daniel Craig – ""Skyfall"" as James Bond Jennifer Lawrence – ""The Hunger Games"" as Katniss Everdeen Silver Linings Playbook Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. Jennifer Lawrence – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Tiffany Maxwell Looper ""Amour"" • Austria / France / Germany Searching for Sugar Man Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer) and Katie Spencer (Set Decorator) – ""Anna Karenina"" Claudio Miranda – ""Life of Pi"" Jacqueline Durran – ""Anna Karenina"" William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor – ""Zero Dark Thirty"" Cloud Atlas John Williams –"
"MTV Movie Awards. Katniss Everdeen is recovering after being attacked by Peeta Mellark, who has been brainwashed by the Capitol. Despite her intention to kill President Snow, Katniss is declined that request by President Coin - as she is too valuable to risk losing. Instead Katniss volunteers to be sent to District 2, the final district under Capitol control. District 13's air force launches a full-scale bombing on a mountain nicknamed The Nut, which houses the Capitol's main weaponry and air force, with few survivors. Although Katniss manages to convince the district to join the rebellion, she is shot by"
"cast as Effie Trinket, the District 12 escort. Woody Harrelson was cast as Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's mentor. Lenny Kravitz was cast as Cinna, Katniss' stylist. Wes Bentley was cast as game maker Seneca Crane. Stanley Tucci was cast as Caesar Flickerman, Panem's celebrity host. Donald Sutherland was cast as Coriolanus Snow, Panem's President. Willow Shields was cast as Primrose Everdeen, Katniss' younger sister. In July 2012, the cast for the second film was announced. Jena Malone would play Johanna Mason. Philip Seymour Hoffman would play Plutarch Heavensbee, Sam Claflin would play Finnick Odair. It was later announced that Jeffrey"
"of Judge Farris. Having both starred in previous film adaptations of King's works, Ed Harris and Kathy Bates both had small, uncredited roles in the early parts of the series. Bates's character, Rae Flowers, was originally a man (Ray Flowers), but when Bates became available, King - who wanted her to play the part - rewrote the role as a woman. Harris plays the Army general in charge of the original bio-weapons project who kills himself after the failure of the disease containment. Rob Lowe had been originally considered for the role of Larry Underwood, but Garris felt that having"
"achieved international fame in 2003 after playing Elizabeth Swann in the $4.5 billion-grossing ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" film series. Her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 romantic drama film ""Pride & Prejudice"" earned her critical acclaim and a Best Actress nomination at the Academy Awards. She later became known for her roles as the heroines of other such period dramas as ""Atonement"" (2007), ""A Dangerous Method"" (2011) and ""Anna Karenina"" (2012). Knightley's performances in independent films including the dramas ""The Duchess"" (2009) and ""Never Let Me Go"" (2010) were well received; both the roles earned her nominations at the"
"model and a box-office powerhouse. But Katniss is more than a movie icon now: Her three-fingered salute, used in Mockingjay as a signal of rebellion against the Capitol, has become a rallying symbol among pro-democracy protesters in Thailand and Hong Kong. Actresses Lyndsy Fonseca and Kaya Scodelario expressed interest in the film and received scripts in October 2010, while Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld met with director Gary Ross. Chloë Grace Moretz, Malese Jow, and Jodelle Ferland publicly expressed interest in playing Katniss. Lionsgate confirmed in March 2011 that about 30 actresses either met with them or read for the role,"
"the teenage heroine Everdeen as she joins rebel forces against a totalitarian government after winning a brutal televised annual event. Despite being an admirer of the books, Lawrence was initially hesitant to accept the part, because of the grand scale of the film. She agreed to the project after her mother convinced her to take the part. She practiced yoga, archery, rock and tree climbing, and hand-to-hand combat techniques for the role. While training for the part, she injured herself running into a wall. The film received generally positive reviews, and Lawrence's portrayal of Everdeen was particularly praised. Todd McCarthy"
"to be of a high standard, including a perfect English accent, and garnered Zellweger an Academy Award nomination. A was released in 2004, directed by Beeban Kidron. There are many differences between the books and the films. A third movie, ""Bridget Jones's Baby"", was released on 16 September 2016. Patrick Dempsey was cast as Jack Qwant. A musical adaptation of the franchise is currently in Workshop productions in London, featuring Sheridan Smith in the title role of Bridget. The show is due to open in London's West End, although no date has been officially confirmed. Bridget Jones Bridget Jones is"
"Fifty Shades (film series) Fifty Shades is an American film series that consists of three erotic romantic drama films, based on the ""Fifty Shades"" trilogy by English author E. L. James. It is distributed by Universal Studios and stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as the lead roles Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively. Sam Taylor-Johnson directed the first film and initially she was slated to be the director of the sequels as well, however subsequently the second and third films were directed by James Foley. The first film, ""Fifty Shades of Grey"", was released on February 13, 2015, while"
"District 12, after her younger sister Primrose is chosen, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place. She and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are escorted to the Capitol by chaperone Effie Trinket and mentor Haymitch Abernathy, a past victor. Haymitch stresses the importance of gaining sponsors, as they can provide gifts during the Games. While training, Katniss observes the ""Careers"" (Marvel, Glimmer, Cato and Clove), volunteers from Districts 1 and 2 who have trained for the Games from an early age. During a televised interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta expresses his love for Katniss, which she initially sees as an attempt"
"films, parodied in television series, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the ""Friday the 13th"" films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture. Jason Voorhees first appears during a nightmare of the main character Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) in the original ""Friday the 13th"" film; he becomes the main antagonist of the series in its sequels. As well as the films, there have been books and comics that have either expanded the universe of Jason, or been based"
"Elwes. The film would be financed by Armory Films, and Good Universe would handle the international sales. In November 2015, Kevin Spacey signed on to play Ron Levin, a Beverly Hills high roller, Emma Roberts was added to the cast to portray Sydney, Hunt's love interest and Suki Waterhouse was cast to play Quintana, Karny's love interest. In December 2015, ""Variety"" reported that Judd Nelson, who originally played Joe Hunt in the 1987 miniseries ""Billionaire Boys Club"", would play the role of Ryan Hunt, Joe's father. That same month, Ryan Rottman signed on to portray Scott Biltmore, one of the"