Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Junior Gamer

THR says newcomer Willow Shields will play Prim Everdeen for "The Hunger Games" film adaptation


The project is based on the Suzanne Collins novel series which have developed a major following across all age groups and is said to potentially be the 'next Twilight'.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to play heroine Katniss Everdeen

The story involves a young love triangle playing out against a dystopian future where North America has been divided into twelve oppressed districts, each of which is forced to send tribute in the form of a boy and a girl to compete in a televised battle to the death once a year

The character,the sister of Katniss. Primrose is initially selected to fight as one of District 12's tributes and Katniss volunteers to take her place.

Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson also star as the male leads;  Elizabeth Banks will play Effie Trinket; Amandla Stenberg and Dayo Okeniyi are set to play the characters of Rue and Thresh; Jack Quaid and Leven Rambin  play District 1 tributes Marvel and Glimmer

Collins adapted her own book into script form which Billy Ray has re-written. Gary Ross will call action

The film is due out March 23rd, 2012

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