The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games trilogy
Author: Suzanne Collins
Book names: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay
Main characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy etc.
Facts:
1. The ‘Hunger Games’ set had 100-degree heat and bears.
2. The lead characters are contracted for the entire franchise.
3. The movie cost $90 milion to make, reduced to $78 million after subsidies.
4. Elizabeth Banks, who played District 12 escort Effie Trinket, said the worst part of her costume was the lengthy bejeweled nails because she couldn’t unbutton herself or even go to the bathroom without assistance.
5. Lenny Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence knew each other before the film, which added chemistry between their characters.
6. Actor Stanley Tucci donned a spray tan and lots of makeup and wore a bright blue wig, blue eyebrows and false teeth to portray the host of ‘The Hunger Games’, Caesar Flickerman in the film.
7. Half-thawed blueberries were used in the film to portray nightlock, a poisonous berry so deadly it kills those who consume it in less than a minute.
8. Fans have combined the names of Katniss and her love interest, Peeta, giving them the shipping name “Peeniss”.
9. Actor Josh Hutcherson read the entire trilogy in five days to prepare for his role as Peeta.
10. Most of the movie was shot in the woods of North Carolina, especially in and around Charlotte and Asheville.
11. The film holds the record for the fifth-best opening day ever, bringing in a whopping $68.3 million (including $19.7 million for midnight showings).
12. The chances of their book sequels ‘Catching Fire’ and ‘Mockingjay’ being converted into films depended on the money the first movie made. Due to the success of the first movie, ‘Catching Fire’ is now being produced.
13. The film’s costume designers made a minimum of 1,800 elaborate costumes for the citizens of the Capitol.
14. More than 35 full-time makeup artists were needed to work
Author: Suzanne Collins
Book names: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay
Main characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne, Haymitch Abernathy etc.
Facts:
1. The ‘Hunger Games’ set had 100-degree heat and bears.
2. The lead characters are contracted for the entire franchise.
3. The movie cost $90 milion to make, reduced to $78 million after subsidies.
4. Elizabeth Banks, who played District 12 escort Effie Trinket, said the worst part of her costume was the lengthy bejeweled nails because she couldn’t unbutton herself or even go to the bathroom without assistance.
5. Lenny Kravitz and Jennifer Lawrence knew each other before the film, which added chemistry between their characters.
6. Actor Stanley Tucci donned a spray tan and lots of makeup and wore a bright blue wig, blue eyebrows and false teeth to portray the host of ‘The Hunger Games’, Caesar Flickerman in the film.
7. Half-thawed blueberries were used in the film to portray nightlock, a poisonous berry so deadly it kills those who consume it in less than a minute.
8. Fans have combined the names of Katniss and her love interest, Peeta, giving them the shipping name “Peeniss”.
9. Actor Josh Hutcherson read the entire trilogy in five days to prepare for his role as Peeta.
10. Most of the movie was shot in the woods of North Carolina, especially in and around Charlotte and Asheville.
11. The film holds the record for the fifth-best opening day ever, bringing in a whopping $68.3 million (including $19.7 million for midnight showings).
12. The chances of their book sequels ‘Catching Fire’ and ‘Mockingjay’ being converted into films depended on the money the first movie made. Due to the success of the first movie, ‘Catching Fire’ is now being produced.
13. The film’s costume designers made a minimum of 1,800 elaborate costumes for the citizens of the Capitol.
14. More than 35 full-time makeup artists were needed to work