Well it’s official folks, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have been cast alongside Jennifer Lawrence in Gary Ross’ adaptation of THE HUNGER GAMES. Who’s pumped?!?
I wish I could say I am, but if you caught me grousing in an article last Friday about this very topic, you know how much of an April fool I still feel. After-all, I am writing about this shite again, so the joke’s clearly on me!
Anyhow, as was asserted last week, Hutcherson will play the character of Peeta Mellark, while Hemsworth (seen right) will play Gale Hawthorne.
Peeta accompanies heroine Katniss Everdeen into the 74th annual Hunger Games as the male tribute chosen from their native District 12, the most remote and marginalized district of all the subjugated districts of Panem. At the outset of the Games, Peeta publicly confesses his longtime feelings for Katniss, setting up one of the most fascinating fictional rapports of all time with his supposed arena rival.
Though Katniss and Gale have never had a romantic relationship, they share a transcendent bond, often of few words. When Katniss volunteers to participate in the 74th Annual Hunger Games in her younger sister’s stead, they both presume that bond will carry her far through the horrors she will face in the arena, and they each silently hope they’ll be reunited in safety on the other side of the ordeal.
Set for a March 23rd, 2012 release date, THE HUNGER GAMES is set in the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.
More HUNGER GAMES news as it comes…
JENNIFER LAWRENCE inspires hunger, no doubt!