• Rumor: "The Hunger Games" movie to be filmed in Western North Carolina
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[Quote][b]ASHEVILLE[/b] — Another major motion picture could soon be filming here. While no one is saying much for the record, the possibility that the movie is the potential blockbuster “The Hunger Games” is generating a lot of excitement. While Lionsgate, the film's distributor, is hush-hush on where the movie will be shot — phone calls were not returned — bloggers and Twitterites are basically putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with “Hunger.” The arithmetic works like this: • Gov. Bev Perdue told the Citizen-Times last month that “the deal is done” for a major film production in Asheville. She expected confirmation “soon.” • Examiner.com, citing movie insider Larry Richman of PROnetworks.org, reported last month that “The Hunger Games,” an estimated $60 million production, would definitely “film between May and August in North Carolina.” • Much of Suzanne Collins' best-selling post-apocalyptic teen novel is set in Appalachia, where its heroine, Katniss, grows up. In the movie, Katniss will be played by Jennifer Lawrence, who was Oscar-nominated for “Winter's Bone,” a movie also set in Appalachia. • Sam Powers, director of the Asheville Civic Center, said Wednesday that a movie production company is indeed setting up shop in Asheville. “I don't know the name of the movie, but I can confirm that the city has been in contact with a production company, Ludus Productions, through AdvantageWest and the N.C. Department of Commerce,” Powers said. The city has agreed, as an in-kind incentive, to make the former N.C. National Guard Armory on Shelburne Road available to the company for the construction of props and scenery, Powers said. Discussions are ongoing about the use of other pieces of city-owned property, he said. Still, the focus of the rumors — and of Collins' novel — is not on buildings but on mountains and forests. While Wilmington may be the state's ruling film production hub, the filmmakers won't find the mountains of Katniss' home or the lush forests of the Hunger Games — a wilderness fight to the death in which she competes against other youths — along the coast. Still, “Hunger Games” fans will have to starve for confirmation a little longer. “There's nothing we can comment on at this time,” said Western North Carolina Film Commissioner Pam Lewis, who is based at AdvantageWest, the economic development office. Should filmmakers decide to shoot here, she said, her office would happily make the announcement and provide any needed resources. Last year, AdvantageWest fielded 140 inquiries about using the area for films, TV, commercials, catalogs and other photo purposes. [b]Economic impact[/b] There's the potential for a large economic impact from moviemaking, Powers said. Film production companies often hire the type of local talent that Asheville has worked hard to encourage in the fields of digital media and film arts, he said. And there will be money spent on hotel and motel stays, as well as retail sales. Asheville and Western North Carolina have a long history of filmmaking, dating to silent movie days. But the last big Hollywood feature to be made in the area was “The Clearing” with Robert Redford in 2002. [b]No 'Cold Mountain'[/b] There was much hope that “Cold Mountain,” set in Western North Carolina, would film here, but ultimately much of that picture was shot in Romania for economic reasons. “That was a hard one to lose,” Lewis said. “It's a business decision at the end of the day.” Landing another movie here would be a big economic punch and would generally promote the area, said Scott Hamilton, CEO of AdvantageWest. “Anytime you have a major motion picture or something that draws a lot of buzz, there are long-term benefits,” he said. “It helps promote the area.” Fans still flock to Lake Lure, where much of “Dirty Dancing” was shot and Chimney Rock State Park, used for “The Last of the Mohicans.” Filmmaking “helps promote an area,” he said.[/quote] [url=http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011304070031]Source[/url] Pretty excited about this, seeing as I loved the books, and I live near all the locations they may be filming. Gonna try for a role as a faceless rebel or something. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] [url]http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/04/hunger-games-josh-hutcherson-and-liam-hemsworth-cast-as-peeta-and-gale/236797/[/url] --- 'Hunger Games': Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth Cast as Peeta and Gale [url]http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/18/jennifer-lawrence-katniss-the-hunger-games/[/url] --- Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss
I really didn't enjoy the book. Everyone I know claims how it was such a good book, and it was even added to my school's summer reading list, but I thought it was pretty bad to be honest. That's just my opinion though.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;29065287]I really didn't enjoy the book. Everyone I know claims how it was such a good book, and it was even added to my school's summer reading list, but I thought it was pretty bad to be honest. That's just my opinion though.[/QUOTE] It was excellent. The sequels were not.
I enjoyed "Catching Fire".
From what I believe, the whole movie will be in one, not just 3 different ones. I also heard it will be a PG-13 rating, which means the gore and what not will probably be turned down :(
I never heard of it, but it seem kinda interesting so i'll look it up.
For a second I thought it was the "They Hunger" series of mods.
[QUOTE=16bit;29065746]I enjoyed "Catching Fire".[/QUOTE] [I] Catching Fire[/I] focused more on life in District 12 and across Panem, not the arena. It was also a lot more complex because of what was happening behind the scenes. It was just as good as [I]The Hunger Games[/I], but it was good in a different way. [I]The Hunger Games[/I] spent more than two-thirds of the book in the training center and the arena. [I]Mocking Jay[/I] was good, but it didn't live up to the expectations set by the previous two. It got too convoluted and Collins made her seem like an bumbling, rage-powered politician, and not the survivor and fighter she had been before. And then the ending. Everything before then could have been forgiven if the last 75 pages hadn't been so terrible. It felt like she sat down at 2:00 AM and just started typing while drinking pots of coffee. The ending to [I]Mocking Jay[/I] was awful. A great series finished with an awful ending. One of my friends has read [I]The Hunger Games[/I] 16 times, [I]Catching Fire[/I] 7 times, but she refuses to reread [I]Mocking Jay[/I] just because of that awful ending. [editline]9th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Frankie;29068166]I never heard of it, but it seem kinda interesting so i'll look it up.[/QUOTE] Its kinda like an inversion of Twilight in many ways. Instead of stupid vampires that sparkle in the sun and a complete retard of a female protagonist, you get highly trained fighters killing each other in a massive, multi-environment arena and an intelligent (until [I]Mocking Jay[/I]), tough-as-nails (until [I]Mocking Jay[/I]) female protagonist that shoots a guy through the throat with an arrow just because she is pissed off. You still have romance, but its much better integrated in to the story for the [I]Hunger Games[/I] trilogy. There is also a point when reading [I]The Hunger Games[/I] where pretty much nobody can put the book down. I've seen a 44 year old sales executive nearly miss an important business flight just so he could make sure he had the book with him.
I agree the ending to Mocking Jay was bad, but the whole book it self seemed very intense, until the ending of course.
All the good scenes will be dumbed and made more accessible to a wider audience and it will be really bad no doubt. Expect a pg13 label on this movie and the target audience to be 13 year olds.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;29069444]All the good scenes will be dumbed and made more accessible to a wider audience and it will be really bad no doubt. Expect a pg13 label on this movie and the target audience to be 13 year olds.[/QUOTE] Nothing new there really.
[QUOTE=Rubs10;29069444]All the good scenes will be dumbed and made more accessible to a wider audience and it will be really bad no doubt. Expect a pg13 label on this movie and the target audience to be 13 year olds.[/QUOTE] The books were written for a teenage audience originally. At the same time, Collins is in charge of the screenplay, and she is a former screenwriter. If she's allowed the control necessary, it'll be fine.
Hope it reaches the same level of violence as Battle Royale.
This makes perfect sense. The whole thing takes place in (former) North Carolina. I really hope they don't turn down the gore. It's what makes the book what it is. Fully emotionally developed characters who have to kill random children, teens, and young adults or else everyone they know will starve, all for The Capital's entertainment. If I don't come out of that movie with an intense hatred for The Capital, the movie will be a failure. [sp]Of course the full plot is so much more complex as are the antagonists, but I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read it. I LOVE FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIAS![/sp]
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;29071718]This makes perfect sense. The whole thing takes place in (former) North Carolina. I really hope they don't turn down the gore. It's what makes the book what it is. Fully emotionally developed characters who have to kill random children, teens, and young adults or else everyone they know will starve, all for The Capital's entertainment. If I don't come out of that movie with an intense hatred for The Capital, the movie will be a failure. I agree. Although some of the geography doesn't add up, I imagined it was taking place in the Carolinas or maybe West Virginia (one of the biggest coal producers). But yeah, the only thing is fictionalized geography, seeing as how there's supposed to a Nuclear development and testing area near there. [sp]Of course the full plot is so much more complex as are the antagonists, but I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read it. I LOVE FUTURISTIC DYSTOPIAS![/sp][/QUOTE]
I loved the first one. The rest seemed too drama-laden for my likings. [editline]9th April 2011[/editline] Plus the whole "hurr durr rebelling against the Capital" thing. The Capital has the technology necessary to create forcefields and shit -- why would a bunch of malnourished colonists be able to overcome them?
[QUOTE=Xolo;29072336]I loved the first one. The rest seemed too drama-laden for my likings. [editline]9th April 2011[/editline] Plus the whole "hurr durr rebelling against the Capital" thing. The Capital has the technology necessary to create forcefields and shit -- why would a bunch of malnourished colonists be able to overcome them?[/QUOTE] The Capital is one city and the Districts are an entire continent. Plus, it's not like the Capital is the only place with that technology. District Three actually manufactured it and you can always steal weapons. It makes perfect sense. [editline]9th April 2011[/editline] But yeah, there's too much drama in the last two books.
Its like an American Battle Royale.
I enjoyed the book. But a movie might just fail.
This may not be the right thread for it but Does anyone remember this book? The setting is a town thats underground,slowly running out of supplies They have a huge mine, 2 kids go into it, steal a key, and find this waterfall, they fall in and they find a way to the surface, the 2nd book is them finding other people, anyone have ANY idea?
[QUOTE=16bit;29073250]This may not be the right thread for it but Does anyone remember this book? The setting is a town thats underground,slowly running out of supplies They have a huge mine, 2 kids go into it, steal a key, and find this waterfall, they fall in and they find a way to the surface, the 2nd book is them finding other people, anyone have ANY idea?[/QUOTE] The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. Also, no, this is not the right thread.
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;29065287]I really didn't enjoy the book. Everyone I know claims how it was such a good book, and it was even added to my school's summer reading list, but I thought it was pretty bad to be honest. That's just my opinion though.[/QUOTE] The book itself was terrible. I liked the storyline of the book though. It just seemed like a scary future world. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;29073780]The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. Also, no, this is not the right thread.[/QUOTE] Both 10 times better than Hunger Games.
wtf how can you make a game about hunger.
So from what I gather from this thread, this book as about a whole bunch of people getting killed? [QUOTE=Ziron;29083481]wtf how can you make a game about hunger.[/QUOTE] [img]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2359/pacman1.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Mingebox;29083599]So from what I gather from this thread, this book as about a whole bunch of people getting killed? [img_thumb]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2359/pacman1.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Kinda, but its got an excellent plot behind it. It's pretty much kids being forced to fight to the death in a huge arena. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] With some good plot twists, well integrated romance (until the 3rd book) and a well thought out background.
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;29083764]Kinda, but its got an excellent plot behind it. It's pretty much kids being forced to fight to the death in a huge arena. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] With some good plot twists, well integrated romance (until the 3rd book) and a well thought out background.[/QUOTE] Really? I'll never look at Pac-Man the same way again...
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;29083764]Kinda, but its got an excellent plot behind it. It's pretty much kids being forced to fight to the death in a huge arena. [editline]10th April 2011[/editline] With some good plot twists, well integrated romance (until the 3rd book) and a well thought out background.[/QUOTE] now i feel bad about eating those ghosts, who it turns out are actually kids. :(
I read the first book and hated it.
[QUOTE=Zeddy;29068337][I] Catching Fire[/I] focused more on life in District 12 and across Panem, not the arena. It was also a lot more complex because of what was happening behind the scenes. It was just as good as [I]The Hunger Games[/I], but it was good in a different way. [I]The Hunger Games[/I] spent more than two-thirds of the book in the training center and the arena. [I]Mocking Jay[/I] was good, but it didn't live up to the expectations set by the previous two. It got too convoluted and Collins made her seem like an bumbling, rage-powered politician, and not the survivor and fighter she had been before. And then the ending. Everything before then could have been forgiven if the last 75 pages hadn't been so terrible. It felt like she sat down at 2:00 AM and just started typing while drinking pots of coffee. The ending to [I]Mocking Jay[/I] was awful. A great series finished with an awful ending. One of my friends has read [I]The Hunger Games[/I] 16 times, [I]Catching Fire[/I] 7 times, but she refuses to reread [I]Mocking Jay[/I] just because of that awful ending. [editline]9th April 2011[/editline] Its kinda like an inversion of Twilight in many ways. Instead of stupid vampires that sparkle in the sun and a complete retard of a female protagonist, you get highly trained fighters killing each other in a massive, multi-environment arena and an intelligent (until [I]Mocking Jay[/I]), tough-as-nails (until [I]Mocking Jay[/I]) female protagonist that shoots a guy through the throat with an arrow just because she is pissed off. You still have romance, but its much better integrated in to the story for the [I]Hunger Games[/I] trilogy. There is also a point when reading [I]The Hunger Games[/I] where pretty much nobody can put the book down. I've seen a 44 year old sales executive nearly miss an important business flight just so he could make sure he had the book with him.[/QUOTE] [i]Italicize[/i]
Movie isn't going to do well. Being pg-13 and a big majority of the characters are under 18 it's most likely that the people she kills will just fall asleep, or have some digital thing where they get teleported before they die. I dont know if you really can have death involving anyone under 18 in a movie, unless it's super dramatic.
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