By the way – 2025 is technically a Quarter Quell.
In 2012, theHunger Gamesbooks officially surpassed theHarry Potterbooks in sales on Amazon.
She is sent to fight in the Capitol with Gale, Peeta and Finnick.

Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’.
Out of the gate,The Hunger Gamesis a great movie.
I always was, right?
I didnt know that till now.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The secondHunger Gamesfilm is better than the first.
AfterCatching Fire, it seemed like theHunger Gamesfranchise had endless possibilities.

Gale (Liam Hemsworth, center left) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence, center left) visit survivors in a hospital in the warring districts before it is bombed by the Capitol.

A bright spot in theMockingjayfilms is the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman in his last on screen role as Plutarch Heavensbee, Head Gamemaker for the 75th annual Hunger Games and member of the resistance. CGI was used to fill in scenes Hoffman had yet to film when he passed away in 2014.

The stark contrast in quality of life between Capitol residents like chaperone Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) and district citizens like Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is easy to spot here at the District 12 reaping with Katniss’ plain hand-me-down dress compared to Effie’s flamboyant and intricate ensemble.

Three victors from District 12 discuss their fate.

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesaccomplishes the daunting task of making the villainous Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) an underdog everyone wants to root for in this origin story set during the 10th annual Hunger Games.