Friday, May 06, 2011

District 9 Duo

Imanol Yepez-Frias and Annie Thurman have joined "The Hunger Games" film adaptation as District 9 Tributes says THR Only two districts remain empty--2 and 10...



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'.

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.

Jennifer Lawrence is set to play heroine Katniss Everdeen

Josh Hutcherson plays Peeta Mellark Liam Hemsworth also stars as the other male lead Gale Hawthorne; Elizabeth Banks will play Effie Trinket; Wes Bentley is Head Gamemaker Seneca Crane; 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; Willow Shields will play Prim Everdeen; Paula Malcomson is Mama Everdeen John C. Reilly is cicling the part of Katniss and Peeta’s drunk, endearing mentor Haymitch; Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott are playng Tributes from District 3. Ashton Moio and Kara Petersen are playing tributes from District 6. While Samuel Tan and Makenzie Lintz occupy District 8; Sam Ly and Leigha Hancock appear as District 7 Tributes.

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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