The Hunger Games DVD/Blu-ray Release Date & Special Features
EW announced that The Hunger Games DVD will be released in the US on August 18, 2012. It is safe to assume that we will have the same release date (or a day earlier or later). We will announce as soon as we confirm the Philippine release date.
They also released more information regarding the special features:
The two-disc set will include over three hours of unreleased material, with features that provide insight into how the film was made, interviews with the cast and crew, and details about some of the story lines that differed from the book — like President Snow’s character (Donald Sutherland) and the role of the game maker (Wes Bentley). An eight-part documentary entitled The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games delves into the behind-the-scenes aspect of creating the film. The extras also include the full-length “Propaganda Film” shown during the Reaping.
UPDATE: Lionsgate released a press release for this announcement which included a list of the special features:
BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES*
- “The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games” – an eight-part documentary covering the “making of” the film in all aspects from the pre-production process all the way through the theatrical release and fan reactions
- “Game Maker: Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Phenomenon” featurette
- “Letters from the Rose Garden” featurette – insights from Donald Sutherland on the development of his role as President Snow
- “Controlling the Games” featurette – stories and concepts behind creating the control center
- “A Conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell”
- Propaganda Film (in its entirety)
- Marketing Archive
- “Preparing for The Games: A Director’s Process” (Blu-ray Exclusive)
* Subject to change
Thoughts??
Inside Look at Ciak Magazine’s The Hunger Games Special Edition
Italian magazine Ciak released a 100-page special edition featuring The Hunger Games to celebrate the release of the film in Italy. It contains interviews with the cast, Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins and behind the scenes features.
Thanks to Ciak for sharing these photos to us!
NECA Reveals Second Wave Of Hunger Games Figures
Expected to be available this August.
As expected, The Hunger Games will not be exempted from parodies (and we’ve already seen a handful already). But this time, the people behind the Scary Movies will take on the challenge.
Scary Movie writers Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have announced, via Variety, their intention to write and direct a spoof film based on this year’s runaway hit, The Hunger Games. Titled The Starving Games, their film will follow their series off big-screen parodies that include Date Movie,Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie and Vampires Suck.
As with all of their films, the parodies within the pair’s The Starving Games won’t be limited to the world of Suzanne Collins’ Panem but will, instead, incorporate other recent big screen hits like Marvel’s The Avengers, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part II and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
What do you think of The Starving Games?
Josh Hutcherson on his life post-Hunger Games
Josh talked to MTV about how Hunger Games changed his life and also about his new tattoo!
“I’ve changed a lot. I wear nothing but high-end designer suits. I fly private everywhere,” he joked to MTV News about his superstar status. “I haven’t changed at all.
“I was expecting it to be a huge difference and it hasn’t been, and I can’t tell you how relieved that I am,” he added. “It’s been so low-key and people who do recognize me have been awesome, cool and not crazy.”
With all the hype that has surrounded the film, Hutcherson had certain expectations for how his life would change. “I did for sure [think it would be different]. Everybody was telling me ‘It’s gonna be crazy.’ I go everywhere all the time and nobody stops me,” he said. “I’m good with what I have.”
Like Harry Potter or Da Vinci Code, The Hunger Games has now contributed to the so called “Literary Tourism”.
Reports say there is on-going planning and creation of a literary tourism site, in which adventurous fans may live out the experience.
Those who dare can immerse themselves in adrenaline-pumping action that will unleash the inner hero or heroine in them. Archery, camouflage, shelter building, fire making, and other survival classes will help them become ready to fight to the death.
For those in search of even more breath taking thrills, a zip line through the North Carolinian forest awaits.
North Carolina’s state tourism division has taken advantage of this so-called “fandemonium” by creating an itinerary for tourists who want a first-hand experience of the story that was once only accessible through the imagination.
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