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  • 15
    Apr
    2013
    1:18am, EDT

    'Catching Fire' teaser trailer lights up MTV Movie Awards

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY
    Jennifer Lawrence wasn't at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards, but her presence was felt anyway. Not only did she win the best kiss award (sharing the honor with "Silver Linings Playbook" co-star Bradley Cooper), but she was seen in the "Catching Fire" teaser trailer premiere.
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    "Catching Fire" is the second film in the "Hunger Games" series, and hits theaters Nov. 22. Co-star Liam Hemsworth introduced the teaser later in the awards to much applause.


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    The second movie takes place after Katniss (Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) have won the Hunger Games, but they're far from safe. As seen in the trailer, President Snow (an evil Donald Sutherland) isn't about to let them live happily ever after.

    "She has to be eliminated," he says of Katniss.

    Plenty of familiar faces return in the teaser, including former winner Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), bubbly escort Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), Katniss' little sister Prim (Willow Shields), and of course, her childhood love, Gale Hawthoren (Hemsworth).

    The past winners of the Hunger Games are now all viewed as a threat to President Snow's evil administration, and they're now all in danger, as the districts of Panem fight to rebel against their murderous government. The odds are not in their favor indeed.

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  • 12
    Apr
    2013
    8:54am, EDT

    'Hunger Games' sequel photos reveal a troubled, thoughtful Katniss

    By Randee Dawn, TODAY contributor

    It'll be several months yet before audiences get a second glimpse of Jennifer Lawrence in action as Katniss Everdeen in "Catching Fire," but a few more stills from the film have been released -- and as readers of the books know, her deep-in-thought look is completely on-point.

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    Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen in "Catching Fire."

    In the new photos, Lawrence has returned home to District 12 and is giving a hug to her sister Primrose (played by Willow Shields), but there's a distant look in her eyes.

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    Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "Catching Fire."

    More stylized photos are also available on the film's Facebook page, including pictures of Hunger Games victors Katniss and Peeta done up all in white on their "Victory Tour."

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    Poster for the Victory Tour in "Catching Fire."

    Previous photos came out last November showing her in action mode, wearing a full-body suit and carrying her signature bow and arrows.


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    "Catching Fire" will be in theaters on Nov. 22.

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  • 28
    Nov
    2012
    9:22am, EST

    'Hunger Games' sequel photos reveal Katniss' next chapter -- and Jennifer Lawrence in a wetsuit

    By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

    "Catching Fire," the second film in "The Hunger Games" trilogy, comes out in one year -- on Nov. 22, 2013. The cast is currently filming in Maui, Hawaii, and here are some photos from the movie-in-progress.

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    Jennifer Lawrence filming a scene from "Catching Fire" in Hawaii.

    Entertainment Weekly compared Lawrence's costume to "a wetsuit made out of a roller blade you owned in 1992."

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    Lawrence takes up her bow.

    "Catching Fire" begins after Katniss has won the Hunger Games and must take a victory tour of Panem's districts with co-winner Peeta. But they aren't through fighting for their lives. The Quarter Quell -- aka, the 75th annual Hunger Games, aka "Hunger Games All-Stars" -- rears its ugly head, because we can't have two more books in the "Hunger Games" series with no Hunger Games.

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    New characters will include Mags and Finnick. The photo above is believed to show Lawrence with Lynn Cohen, who plays Mags, an 80-something tribute.

    New characters, of course, will be introduced in "Catching Fire." Lynn Cohen, 68, will play 80-year-old tribute Mags, from District 4. She volunteers for the games to replace Annie, the troubled true love of the other District 4 tribute, Finnick Odair (played by Sam Claflin).

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Randee Dawn is a frequent TODAY and NBC News contributor. She is the co-author of "The 'Law & Order: SVU' Unofficial Companion."

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Gael Cooper is the movies editor for TODAY.com and a pop-culture junkie. She is the co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?" and "The Totally Sweet '90s."

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