The Hunger Games poster
Director Gary Ross
Screenplay Gary Ross, Billy Ray, Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

Tagline: May the odds be ever in your favor.

Release Date: 2012-03-12

Duration: 142 minutes

Synopsis

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

Casting

  • Jennifer Lawrence
    Katniss Everdeen
  • Liam Hemsworth
    Gale Hawthorne
  • Jack Quaid
    Marvel
  • Amandla Stenberg
    Rue
  • Alexander Ludwig
    Cato
  • Woody Harrelson
    Haymitch Abernathy
  • Elizabeth Banks
    Effie Trinket
  • Donald Sutherland
    President Coriolanus Snow
  • Stanley Tucci
    Caesar Flickerman
  • Josh Hutcherson
    Peeta Mellark