OFFICIAL CASTING NEWS, YAY!!
Press Release:
JENA MALONE CAST AS JOHANNA MASON IN LIONSGATE’S THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
Santa
Monica, CA, July 23, 2012- Lionsgate® and the filmmakers of THE HUNGER
GAMES:CATCHING FIRE are pleased to announce that Jena Malone has been
cast in the role of Johanna Mason in the much anticipated film
adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit novel Catching Fire.
Johanna Mason is a female victor from a past Games still in her early
twenties, and is one of the youngest, but also one of the most
psychologically scarred Quarter Quell participants.
Malone recently starred opposite Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton in the History Channel's Emmy® nominated mini-series Hatfields & McCoys. The
mini-series broke cable records and is the new most-watched
entertainment telecast of all time on cable. Her additional credits
include Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, and Sean Penn's Into the Wild. She will soon begin production on Lonely Hunter.
THE
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned
home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow
tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and
leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of
the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is
simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
THE
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE will be directed by Francis Lawrence, and
produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon
Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy
that has over 50 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.
Lionsgate will release THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE on November 22, 2013.
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