"a clearly inspired Lorde, Katniss instantly develops a more complex, combative, introspective personality."" Credits for ""The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"" adapted from AllMusic. Performers Production Technical Artwork The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (soundtrack) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 2014 Lionsgate science-fiction adventure film """", curated by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde. The film is an adaptation of the 2010 novel by Suzanne Collins and is the third installment in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. The soundtrack has been described by music critics"
"Isabel. Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest"
"Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest of"
"""Hunger Games"" books were printed in North America alone. ""The Hunger Games"" was on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list for more than 60 weeks in a row. Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of ""The Hunger Games"", produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force production company. Collins adapted the novel for film herself. Directed by Gary Ross, filming began in late spring 2011, with Jennifer Lawrence portraying main character Katniss Everdeen. Josh Hutcherson played Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth played Gale Hawthorne. The subsequent two novels were adapted into films as well, with the"
"Hunger Games"", on September 14, 2008, Hollywood film studios began looking to adapt the book into film. In March 2009, Color Force, an independent studio founded by producer Nina Jacobson, bought the film rights to the book. Jacobson then sought out production company Lionsgate to help her produce the film. Collins was also attached to adapt the novel; she began the first draft after completing the third novel in the series, ""Mockingjay"" (2010). The search for a director began in 2010 with three directors in the running; David Slade, Sam Mendes, and Gary Ross. Ross was ultimately chosen to direct."
"had sold 800,000 copies by February 2010. Since its release, ""The Hunger Games"" has been translated into 26 languages, and publishing rights have been sold in 38 territories. The novel is the first in ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy, followed by ""Catching Fire"" (2009) and ""Mockingjay"" (2010). A film adaptation, directed by Gary Ross and co-written and co-produced by Collins herself, was released in 2012. Collins has said that the inspiration for ""The Hunger Games"" came from channel surfing on television. On one channel she observed people competing on a reality show and on another she saw footage of the invasion"
"Hunger Games"" sequel, """", based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. In November 2012, Arndt was announced as the screenwriter for """". In October 2013, it was announced that Lawrence Kasdan and director J. J. Abrams were rewriting Arndt's script. Michael Arndt Michael Arndt is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the writer of the films ""Little Miss Sunshine"" (2006), ""Toy Story 3"" (2010), and """" (2015). Arndt won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ""Little Miss Sunshine"" and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for ""Toy Story 3"". This made"
"to direct the two final films in the series. Julianne Moore played President Coin. Mockingjay Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of ""The Hunger Games"", following 2008's ""The Hunger Games"" and 2009's ""Catching Fire"". The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol. The hardcover and audiobook editions of ""Mockingjay"" were published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010, six days after the ebook edition went on sale. The book sold 450,000 copies in the first"
"reviewers and authors. It was praised for its plot and character development. In writing ""The Hunger Games"", Collins drew upon Greek mythology, Roman gladiatorial games, and contemporary reality television for thematic content. The novel won many awards, including the California Young Reader Medal, and was named one of ""Publishers Weekly""s ""Best Books of the Year"" in 2008. ""The Hunger Games"" was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, featuring a cover designed by Tim O'Brien. It has since been released in paperback and also as an audiobook and ebook. After an initial print of 200,000, the book"
"wrote in the book"" and that she had ""every essential quality necessary to play Katniss."" Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ""Sagittaria"" (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means ""He that throws arrows"" in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations ""The Hunger Games"", """", """", and """". Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic"
"Games"" had a first printing of 50,000 copies, which was bumped up twice to 200,000 copies. By February 2010, the book had sold 800,000 copies, and rights to the novel had been sold in 38 territories worldwide. A few months later, in July, the book was released in paperback. ""The Hunger Games"" entered the ""New York Times"" Best Seller list in November 2008, where it would feature for over 100 consecutive weeks. By the time the film adaptation of ""The Hunger Games"" was released in March 2012, the book had been on ""USA Today""s best-sellers list for 135 consecutive weeks"
"Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ""Sagittaria"" (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means ""He that throws arrows"" in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations ""The Hunger Games"", """", """", and """". Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem. In the course of the first book, ""The Hunger Games"", Katniss volunteers"
"Hunger (Hamsun novel) Hunger () is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun published in 1890. Extracts from the work had previously been published anonymously in the Danish magazine ""Ny Jord"" in 1888. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern, psychology-driven literature. ""Hunger"" portrays the irrationality of the human mind in an intriguing and sometimes humorous manner. Written after Hamsun's return from an ill-fated tour of America, ""Hunger"" is loosely based on the author's own impoverished life before his breakthrough in 1890. Set in late 19th-century Kristiania"
"the book would be written by Jesse Wigutow. On August 20, 2012, """"The Hunger Games"""" director Gary Ross agreed to direct the movie. Filming was expected to begin in 2013. The story is an adventure on the high seas and on the faraway Mollusk island. An orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and thieves in their quest to keep a magical secret safe and save the world from evil. Villains include the scary but somehow familiar ""Black Stache"" and the ferocious crocodile Mister Grin. Molly and Peter take a voyage with Alf,"
"Catching Fire Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in ""The Hunger Games trilogy"". As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller ""The Hunger Games"", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games. The book was first published on September 1, 2009, by Scholastic, in hardcover, and"
"Jorge Cruise Jorge Cruise (born March 6, 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico) is the author of the five-book diet series on ""The New York Times"" bestseller list: ""The Belly Fat Cure"" (2010), ""Body at Home"" (2009), ""The 12-Second Sequence"" (2009), ""The 3-Hour Diet"" (2006), and ""8 Minutes in the Morning"" (2002).[1] Cruise is the son of Gloria Cansino and Mel Maurer. Casino was a Mexican cinema star appearing in films alongside Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters. Cruise was raised in San Diego where he lived with his family and sister Marta. Cruise was raised by his grandmother Maria with oppressive"
"line that the two authors might well have hit on the same basic setup independently."" Stephen King noted that the reality TV ""badlands"" were similar to ""Battle Royale"", as well as his own novels ""The Running Man"" and ""The Long Walk"". In March 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement for ""The Hunger Games"" with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force, which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier. The studio, which had not made a profit for five years, raided the budgets of other productions and sold assets to secure a budget"
"had not secured remake rights – its spokeswoman claimed ""no news"" when asked about progress on any deal. ""Maclean's"" pointed out that the 2008 novel ""The Hunger Games"", and its subsequent 2012 film adaptation, have similar themes. Although ""Hunger Games"" author Suzanne Collins maintains that she ""had never heard of that book until [her] book was turned in"", ""The New York Times"" reports that ""the parallels are striking enough that Collins's work has been savaged on the blogosphere as a baldfaced ripoff"" and that ""there are enough possible sources for the plot line that the two authors might well have"
"critics. The novel was adapted into two films. The was released on November 21, 2014, while the was released on November 20, 2015. Collins has said that the main inspiration for ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy came from the classical account of Theseus and the Minotaur. In Greek mythology, as a punishment for the killing of King Minos's son Androgeos, Athens was forced to sacrifice seven youths and seven maidens to Crete, who were then put in the Labyrinth and killed by the Minotaur. After a while, Theseus, the son of the Athenian king, decided to put an end to the"
"became the top-selling video of 2012. The entire Hunger Games series was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on November 8, 2016. On August 8, 2011, while still shooting the film, Lionsgate announced that a film adaptation of the second novel in ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy, """", was scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013. In November 2011, Lionsgate entered negotiations with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to adapt the novel for screen, since the post-production schedule for ""The Hunger Games"" was too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally planned. ""The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"" began"
"threat the next day, Ready reportedly apologized for his remarks. Other conspiracy theorists have tried to connect the shooting to references in popular culture. Prison Planet, a website owned by British conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, mentioned that Newtown-based author Suzanne Collins wrote ""The Hunger Games"" books, in which 22 children are ""ritualistically"" killed, while 20 children were killed in the shooting. Others pointed out that ""Sandy Hook"" can be seen on a map in the 2012 Batman film ""The Dark Knight Rises"" despite Sandy Hook also being the name of the New Jersey peninsula just south of New York"
"Mockingjay Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is the last installment of ""The Hunger Games"", following 2008's ""The Hunger Games"" and 2009's ""Catching Fire"". The book continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, who agrees to unify the districts of Panem in a rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol. The hardcover and audiobook editions of ""Mockingjay"" were published by Scholastic on August 24, 2010, six days after the ebook edition went on sale. The book sold 450,000 copies in the first week of release, exceeding the publisher's expectations. It received a generally positive reaction from"
"Very Big Wind"", was published by Candlewick Press in 2012. A children's book, it is written completely in verse. Gary Ross Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film ""Pleasantville"" (1998), the sports drama film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), and the sci-fi action film ""The Hunger Games"" (2012). He also wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy film ""Big"" (1988) and the political comedy film ""Dave"" (1993). Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Ross was born in Los Angeles, California, the son"
"poll of the top 100 teen novels, which asked voters to choose their favorite young adult books. On August 17, 2012, Amazon announced ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy as its top seller, surpassing the record previously held by the ""Harry Potter"" series. , the trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies in the U.S. alone (more than 28 million copies of ""The Hunger Games"", more than 19 million copies of ""Catching Fire"", and more than 18 million copies of ""Mockingjay""). ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy has been sold into 56 territories in 51 languages to date. ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy takes"
"2011, the book won the California Young Reader Medal. In the 2012 edition of Scholastic's ""Parent and Child"" magazine, ""The Hunger Games"" was listed as the 33rd-best book for children, with the award for ""Most Exciting Ending"". The novel is one of the top 5 best selling Kindle books of all time. However, the novel has also been controversial with parents; it ranked in fifth place on the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books for 2010, with ""unsuited to age group"" and ""violence"" being among the reasons cited. Similarities of ""The Hunger Games"" to Koushun Takami's 1999 novel"
"a rhyming picture book, ""When Charlie McButton Lost Power"" (2005), illustrated by Mike Lester. In September 2008, Scholastic Press released ""The Hunger Games"", the first book of a trilogy by Collins. ""The Hunger Games"" was partly inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another inspiration was her father's career in the Air Force, which gave her insight to poverty, starvation, and the effects of war. The trilogy's second book, ""Catching Fire"", was released in September 2009, and its third book, ""Mockingjay"", was released on August 24, 2010. Within 14 months, 1.5 million copies of the first two"
"number 9 on the New York Times Bestseller List. The Hunger Pains The Hunger Pains is a 2012 New York Times bestselling novel by ""The Harvard Lampoon"" and a parody of Suzanne Collins's ""The Hunger Games"". It was first published on February 7, 2012 through Touchstone Books, and a cinematic book trailer was released in March of the same year. On the morning of Super Fun Day, Kantkiss Neverclean and her hunting partner Carol Handsomestein hunt a cow from beyond the fence before they participate in the selection ceremony. In District 12 this is the ""nose game"", in which whoever"
"The Hunger Pains The Hunger Pains is a 2012 New York Times bestselling novel by ""The Harvard Lampoon"" and a parody of Suzanne Collins's ""The Hunger Games"". It was first published on February 7, 2012 through Touchstone Books, and a cinematic book trailer was released in March of the same year. On the morning of Super Fun Day, Kantkiss Neverclean and her hunting partner Carol Handsomestein hunt a cow from beyond the fence before they participate in the selection ceremony. In District 12 this is the ""nose game"", in which whoever touches their fingers to their noses last becomes tributes."
"specifically to the changes that took place in the 1940s, but the subgenre it defines is still a mainstay of science fiction. Utopian fiction eventually gave birth to a negative and often more cynical genre, known as dystopian: Aldous Huxley's ""negative utopia"" ""Brave New World"" (1932) and, ""Animal Farm"" (1945) and ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949) by George Orwell. ""The thought-destroying force"" of McCarthyism influenced Ray Bradbury's ""Fahrenheit 451"" (1953). Examples of young adult dystopian fiction include ""The Hunger Games"" (2008) by Suzanne Collins, ""The House of the Scorpion"" (2002) by Nancy Farmer, ""Divergent"" (2011) by Veronica Roth, ""The Maze Runner"" (2009)"
"""Kill Theory"", the 2009 film ""The Tournament"", and the 2016 film ""The Belko Experiment"", and have noted similarities with the novel and film franchise ""The Hunger Games"". The manga, anime and film franchise ""Gantz"" and the 2007 video game ""The World Ends with You"" have both been compared to ""Battle Royale"". The 2008 American young adult novel ""The Hunger Games"" by Suzanne Collins has been accused of being strikingly similar to ""Battle Royale"" in terms of the basic plot premise. While Collins maintains that she ""had never heard of that book until her book was turned in"", Susan Dominus of"
"""The New Yorker"". David Sexton of ""The Evening Standard"" compared ""The Hunger Games"" unfavourably to Kinji Fukasaku's Japanese film ""Battle Royale"", as did several other critics; the novel had earlier faced criticism for its similarities to the novel ""Battle Royale"" by Koushun Takami. Jonathan Looms of ""The Oxford Student"" argues that it is ""unfair that the film is only drawing comparisons with ""Battle Royale"""" but that it ""is a veritable pastiche of other movies"" as well, comparing it to ""The Truman Show"", ""Death Race"", the ""Bourne"" films, and ""Zoolander"", and that it is common for artists to borrow from and"
"remorse, forgetfulness, and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors' ancestors. Each book in ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy has three sections of nine chapters each. Collins has said this format comes from her playwriting background, which taught her to write in a three-act structure; her previous series, ""The Underland Chronicles"", was written in the same way. She sees each group of nine chapters as a separate part of the story, and comments still call those divisions ""act breaks"". Collins says she drew inspiration for the series from both classical and contemporary sources. Her main classical source of inspiration"
"Gary Ross Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film ""Pleasantville"" (1998), the sports drama film ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), and the sci-fi action film ""The Hunger Games"" (2012). He also wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy film ""Big"" (1988) and the political comedy film ""Dave"" (1993). Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards. Ross was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Gail and Arthur A. Ross, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (""Brubaker""). His family is Jewish. He attended (though did not"