The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
06 Dec 2013 ● English ● 2 hrs 26 mins
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson
Crew: Francis Lawrence (Director), Jo Willems (Director of Photography), James Newton Howard (Music Director)
Rating: U/A (India)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Dates: 06 Dec 2013 (India)
Tagline: Every Revolution Begins With a Spark
Did you know? The most noticeable recasting in the film was that of Buttercup, the Everdeens’ cat. Fans were outraged by the cat in the first film because it did not look anything like the way the cat was described in the book. Read More
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as Katniss Everdeen
as Peeta Mellark
as Gloss
as Wiress
as Blight
as Octavia
as Brutus
as Tribute Man District 9
as Thresh's Grandmother
as President Snow
as Chaff
as Cecelia
as Effie Trinket
as Tribute Girl District 5
as Tribute Man District 10
as Tribute Man District 5
as Beetee
as Johanna Mason
as Woof
as Hovercraft Peacekeeper
as Tribute Man District 6
as Rue's Aunt
as Cinna
as Gale Hawthorne
as Mags
as Seeder
as Tribute Woman District 9
as Female Morphling
as Game Tech
as Enobaria
as Flavius
as Romulus Thread
as Katniss' Mother
as Plutarch Heavensbee
as Finnick Odair
as Caesar Flickerman
as Cashmere
as Ripper
as Tribute Woman District 10
as Claudius Templesmith
as Cray
as Primrose Everdeen
as Haymitch Abernathy
Direction
Director
Production
Producer
Production Company
Executive Producer
Production Supervisor
Distribution
Distributor
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Animation
Animator
Art
Art Director
Production Designer
Set Decorator
Casting
Casting Director
Costume and Wardrobe
Costume Designer
Editorial
Editor
Makeup and Hair
Makeup Artist
Hair Stylist
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stunts
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Performer
Stunt Driver
Visual Effects
Visual Effects Studio
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Spoken Languages:
English, Tamil, Telugu
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Datasat Digital Sound, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Camera:
ARRIFLEX 435, Imax MSM 9802, Panavision Panaflex
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
1.44:1 (IMAX), 2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Taglines:
Every Revolution Begins With a Spark
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: Pranam Tho Chelagatam (Telugu)
Dubbed into: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Tamil)
Follows: The Hunger Games (English)
Followed by: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (English)
Followed by: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (English)
Dubbed into: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Hindi)
Reference: The Matrix (English)
Reference: Black Swan (English)
Dubbed into: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Tamil)
Follows: The Hunger Games (English)
Followed by: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (English)
Followed by: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (English)
Dubbed into: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Hindi)
Reference: The Matrix (English)
Reference: Black Swan (English)
Filming Locations:
Trivia:
Josh Hutcherson read the entire Hunger Games trilogy in five days to prepare for his role as Peeta.
The opening scene was shot in New Jersey at the end of the production. The temperature was in the single digits.
Multiple scenes faced sound challenges due to location. This resulted in a lot of ADR work and clever sound editing.
The most noticeable recasting in the film was that of Buttercup, the Everdeens’ cat. Fans were outraged by the cat in the first film because it did not look anything like the way the cat was described in the book.
The Peacekeeper soldiers in this film are more militarized, wearing bigger helmets and more armor, meant to show the build-up of rebellion in the Districts.
When the protestor is shot in District 11, in order to appease the MPAA and secure a PG-13 rating, the filmmakers had to digitally close the doors a bit quicker so as to not show the direct violence and blood.
Because the books are told from Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) point of view, many of the scenes with President Snow (Donald Sutherland) were created for the movie.
When Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) gets down on one knee to propose to Katniss, Hutcherson’s pants ripped, causing a huge laugh on set. (That part was left out of the final cut.)
Most of the scenes in District 12 were shot in Atlanta in the late summer. In order to play the setting as winter, fake snow was sprayed around, backgrounds were digitally altered, and leaves were pulled from nearby trees.
The whip prop used on Gale (Liam Hemsworth) in the square was made of felt so it would not hurt him. However, after multiple days of being whipped, Hemsworth started to get welts on his back anyway.
During the shooting of the scene in which Johanna (Jena Malone) strips in the elevator, a production assistant pressed the wrong floor button. The elevator stopped on the wrong floor and opened to a random guy from the hotel, who got a nice eyeful of topless Malone.
The image of Prim painted on the floor of the Tribute training center is the background screen on Nina Jacobson’s computer.
Woody Harrelson did a spit-take as a joke when Peeta claims Katniss is pregnant. It was sadly not included in the final cut.
The baboons that attack the Tributes in the jungle are all identical, rather than having subtle differences that would occur in the wild. This plays into the fact that they were created specifically for the game.
When the Tributes are eating fish on the beach, they’re eating real raw fish. A sushi chef was brought onto set and prepared sushi-grade snapper. Even though she put soy sauce on hers, Jennifer Lawrence hated it.
When Plutarch leaves the monitor room in his last scene with President Snow, take note of the fact that he does not return downstairs to the control room. Instead, he walks out the door, presumably to meet up with Haymitch and find Katniss.
After Johanna knocks down Katniss and removes her tracker, Finnick runs by yelling, “Johanna?” When the scene was shot, he yelled, “Katniss?” This was changed in the final cut of the film in order to make his motivations more confusing.
On director Francis Lawrence's insistence that Catching Fire be bigger than the original film, they shot the entire Games sequence with IMAX film cameras.
In an industry first, the exclusive trailer will début online with a new FindAnyFilm cinema booking tool to drive sales from video views generated as part of the campaign.
All three of the songs Ed Sheeran submitted for the film's soundtrack were turned down.
Jennifer Lawrence stated whilst filming in the arena she hit herself with the bow mid-sprint, and dove into a pool of jets leaving her partially deaf for 6 days.
Taylor Kitsch, Armie Hammer, Hunter Parrish, Grant Gustin, Luke Mitchell and Garrett Hedlund were considered for the role of Finnick Odair. The role eventually went to Sam Claflin.
Zoe Aggeliki and Mia Wasikowska were considered for the role of Johanna Mason before Jena Malone was cast.
Melissa Leo was considered to play Mags.
Certain Capitol scenes were filmed at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel, one of the hotels where the annual pop culture/ sci-fi convention, Dragon*con, takes place.
The opening scene was shot in New Jersey at the end of the production. The temperature was in the single digits.
Multiple scenes faced sound challenges due to location. This resulted in a lot of ADR work and clever sound editing.
The most noticeable recasting in the film was that of Buttercup, the Everdeens’ cat. Fans were outraged by the cat in the first film because it did not look anything like the way the cat was described in the book.
The Peacekeeper soldiers in this film are more militarized, wearing bigger helmets and more armor, meant to show the build-up of rebellion in the Districts.
When the protestor is shot in District 11, in order to appease the MPAA and secure a PG-13 rating, the filmmakers had to digitally close the doors a bit quicker so as to not show the direct violence and blood.
Because the books are told from Katniss’ (Jennifer Lawrence) point of view, many of the scenes with President Snow (Donald Sutherland) were created for the movie.
When Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) gets down on one knee to propose to Katniss, Hutcherson’s pants ripped, causing a huge laugh on set. (That part was left out of the final cut.)
Most of the scenes in District 12 were shot in Atlanta in the late summer. In order to play the setting as winter, fake snow was sprayed around, backgrounds were digitally altered, and leaves were pulled from nearby trees.
The whip prop used on Gale (Liam Hemsworth) in the square was made of felt so it would not hurt him. However, after multiple days of being whipped, Hemsworth started to get welts on his back anyway.
During the shooting of the scene in which Johanna (Jena Malone) strips in the elevator, a production assistant pressed the wrong floor button. The elevator stopped on the wrong floor and opened to a random guy from the hotel, who got a nice eyeful of topless Malone.
The image of Prim painted on the floor of the Tribute training center is the background screen on Nina Jacobson’s computer.
Woody Harrelson did a spit-take as a joke when Peeta claims Katniss is pregnant. It was sadly not included in the final cut.
The baboons that attack the Tributes in the jungle are all identical, rather than having subtle differences that would occur in the wild. This plays into the fact that they were created specifically for the game.
When the Tributes are eating fish on the beach, they’re eating real raw fish. A sushi chef was brought onto set and prepared sushi-grade snapper. Even though she put soy sauce on hers, Jennifer Lawrence hated it.
When Plutarch leaves the monitor room in his last scene with President Snow, take note of the fact that he does not return downstairs to the control room. Instead, he walks out the door, presumably to meet up with Haymitch and find Katniss.
After Johanna knocks down Katniss and removes her tracker, Finnick runs by yelling, “Johanna?” When the scene was shot, he yelled, “Katniss?” This was changed in the final cut of the film in order to make his motivations more confusing.
On director Francis Lawrence's insistence that Catching Fire be bigger than the original film, they shot the entire Games sequence with IMAX film cameras.
In an industry first, the exclusive trailer will début online with a new FindAnyFilm cinema booking tool to drive sales from video views generated as part of the campaign.
All three of the songs Ed Sheeran submitted for the film's soundtrack were turned down.
Jennifer Lawrence stated whilst filming in the arena she hit herself with the bow mid-sprint, and dove into a pool of jets leaving her partially deaf for 6 days.
Taylor Kitsch, Armie Hammer, Hunter Parrish, Grant Gustin, Luke Mitchell and Garrett Hedlund were considered for the role of Finnick Odair. The role eventually went to Sam Claflin.
Zoe Aggeliki and Mia Wasikowska were considered for the role of Johanna Mason before Jena Malone was cast.
Melissa Leo was considered to play Mags.
Certain Capitol scenes were filmed at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis hotel, one of the hotels where the annual pop culture/ sci-fi convention, Dragon*con, takes place.
