LIONSGATE ANNOUNCES 24 ADVANCE SCREENINGS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NOOK BY BARNES & NOBLE
Be the first to see THE HUNGER GAMES in theaters - Search #HungerGames24 on Twitter Now!
In
celebration of another milestone in the countdown to the release of THE
HUNGER GAMES- with under 24 days until the film’s release mirroring the
24 tributes in the story, Lionsgate® has announced 24 Advance
Screenings brought to you by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble.
Fans can show their support for #HungerGames24 by visiting Screenings.TheHungerGamesMovie.com
and tweeting a unique hashtag assigned to their closest city to unlock
Advance Screening locations. Starting tomorrow, March 1, the top four
cities with the most Twitter volume will be announced each day and fans
will then be able to enter to win tickets to those locations.
In
addition, Barnes & Noble is giving NOOK fans in select cities the
opportunity to gain exclusive access to see THE HUNGER GAMES before its
official theatrical release. On March 10, while supplies last, the first
customers to purchase any of Barnes & Noble’s award-winning NOOK
devices – including NOOK Tablet™, NOOK Color™ or NOOK Simple Touch™
– at select Barnes & Noble stores will receive two complimentary
tickets to the official Advance Screening on March 21. To locate
participating Barnes & Noble stores, visit www.nook.com/hungergames.
In
the story, Tributes are sponsored based on their first impression at
the opening ceremonies, training scores, impressions made in the
interviews, performance in the arena, as well as a number of other
factors. Donations from sponsors range from medicines to food to weapons
and more. Because of this, Lionsgate brought on 12 DISTRICT SPONSORS to
each host two of these Advance Screenings and offer 24 fans the chance
to win a pair of tickets.
The
digital campaign follows those for #HungerGames100, #HungerGames74, and
#HungerGames50 which marked milestones in the campaign with similar
interactive fan activities.
Fans
who don’t have an advance screening near them may be able to meet and
greet the cast at their local mall during the National Mall Tour
beginning in March. Visit the film’s facebook events tab for more information.
About THE HUNGER GAMES
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America,
the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve
districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger
Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing
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 HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.
Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES on March 23, 2012.
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