Coming Soon! Tim Palen: Photographs From The Hunger Games

Coming soon! A new and sure-to-be stunning book of portrait photographs from The Hunger Games frachise by Lionsgate CMO, Marketing campaign guru and photographer extrordinaire, Tim Palen.

Click for larger sizeMr. Palen posted the teaser above to his instagram yesterday. The copy reads: 

In exclusive collaboration with Lionsgate, Assouline presents Tim Palen: Photographs From The Hunger Games. Compiled in one deluxe volume, Palen's portraits capture each character with striking intimacy and transform the high-octane adventure of the films into exquisite visual art. Through Palen's unique lens, characters become icons, immortalized as the beloved characters the world has embraced.

We'll let you know as soon as there is more information on a release date and where to find the book. This is definitely on our must-have list! 

Update on Tue, January 13, 2015 by PanemPropaganda

The Hunger Games posted this blurb to their social media accounts this week! So now we know the release will be in June, and that we're going to get a peek at Mockingjay Part 2 - hooray!

Coming June 2015, uncover never-before seen photographs from The Hunger Games film franchise as well as a glimpse at ‪Mockingjay‬ Part 2

New 'Mockingjay Part 1' Still

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A new still from Mockingjay Part 1 has surfaced online.  The still features Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket. You can see Effie's schedule printed on her arm in this picture. A lot of people (including those of us at PP) noticed the schedule printed on Finnick's arm in the movie too.

According to Francis Lawrence, a lot more was shot than was used in Mockingjay Part 1 compared to Catching Fire, so hopefully we'll see more about this detail in the deleted scenes when the DVD comes out! 

New Clip From 'Mockingjay Part 1' Featuring Effie and Haymitch

Check out a brand new exclusive clip from Mockingjay Part 1 featuring Effie and Haymitch! Gotta love the #Hayffie flirting. *SPOILERS* obviously!

Elizabeth Banks Confirms Once and For All - She's a Hayffie Shipper

We now have the definitive word on whether Elizabeth Banks does indeed ship Hayffie. Straight from our Effie Trinket's own mouth: YES! 

Be sure to subscribe to Elizabeth's YouTube channel for more awesome videos. 

New Still of Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in 'Mockingjay Part 1'

Effie still courtesy effiefuckingtrinket.tumblr.com

There's a new - and FABULOUS - still of Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket in Mockingjay Part 1 in the November issue of Elle Magazine (US version). Elizabeth is featured in Elle's Women in Hollywood issue, where Liz talks about career highs AND lows:

On if she ever had a career low: “There were a couple of auditions…one of them for a slasher film. I was going to be naked and get my neck slashed in a bathtub. I was like, I might be broke right now, but I’ll figure out another way to pay the rent.”

Thanks to ElizabethBanksFans for discovering the beauty that is this new still first, and to effiefuckingtrinket on tumblr for the gorgeous HQ version!

Elizabeth Banks Says Goodbye to Effie and The Hunger Games: "I Cried My Eyes Out"

Josh Horowitz got to spend a little time with Elizabeth Banks at Tiff while she was promoting her film Love and Mercy and, excellent fanboy that he is, Josh asked about Mockingjay wrapping up for good. 

"It's done. I never get to play that role again, it's so sad. I cried my eyes out. I love, love, love Effie so much. I really love her and, yeah, it's over."

Horowitz said he was relieved that we get to see a little bit more of Effie in the last two films than the book would dictate. Banks replied, "They did [write a little bit more of Effie into the films]. I got lucky. It was VERY flattering and fun story for her actually. REALLY fun. To go from The Capitol to District 13 is a shock for anybody. I like how I talk about it like it's real life. (laughs) Anyway, she's there. She's the fish out of water. It's fun."

Elizabeth Banks on Effie and Mockingjay: "It's a True Action Movie"

Elizabeth Banks has been making the rounds to promote her involvement with Doritos Crash The Super Bowl Contest. E Online got a little bit of Mockingjay Part 1 and Effie information out of her during their recent interview.  

How Effie maintains her style in District 13 

“Effie really is a fish out of water in District 13 and they do not have anywhere near the resources that the Capitol does. So Effie really finds herself having to what I like to call ‘Project Runway her way’ through the wardrobe that’s given to everyone. Everyone gets sort of standard wardrobe in District 13 and she of course has to put her own twist on everything…she can make anything fabulous."

Book vs. Movie Effie

“Well she [Effie] doesn’t make an appearance in District 13 in the actual book, but Suzanne Collins and Francis [Lawrence] and I…everyone sort of came to me and said ‘We really feel like Effie…it would be really fun to keep her involved in the story’ and of course I’m thrilled to be a part of it and get to go to 13 and take care of Katniss a little bit longer.”

What she thinks of the film (aka press kit sound bites) 

“I’m really thrilled with the way it’s turned out. I think Francis [the director] has a really interesting take on the material and it’s a continuation of the story of Katniss and she’s one of my favorite heroines of all time. The scope and scale is huge. It’s really a true action film now, we’re not just in the Games anymore, we’ve really upped the stakes of the movie. It’s really about a full scale rebellion and a war between the Capitol and the Districts. So all the action sequences are just amazing and upgraded…action-movie level stuff going on, not just the story of a small-town girl.”

Elizabeth on the Mockingjay cast

“I mean we really have a lot of comradery. We’ve been through a lot making the movies. It’s very rare in this business that you get to spend this much time with the same people, over and over again on something that we all care about a lot. And we really want to make a great product every time and we want to have fun while we do it and we just have really great shared perspective on the whole thing."

Effie Trinket Cosplayer Surprises Kids at Mississippi School

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It's been a LOOONG time, but I don't remember my elementary school doing anything this cool. Ocean Springs Upper Elementary in Ocean Springs, MS invited the cosplaying father/daughter team of Jeff and Cami Roebuck to the school Friday dressed as Marvel Comics' Agent Phil Coulson and The Hunger Games' Effie Trinket (in an amazing replica of the butterfly dress from Catching Fire) to promote Free Comic Book Day at 3 Alarm Comics, a local comic book store.

During the annual event on the first Saturday of May, the local comic book industry comes together and gives away comic books to help promote literacy. "Every year, I get to talk about Free Comic Book Day on the announcement," assistant teacher Jason Quaregna said, "and (this year I) wanted to one-up it. So we brought the cosplayers in and the kids got really excited to see it."

"I love making stuff like this," said Jeff Roebuck of MoodHairCosplay, who was dressed as Coulson with a homemade gun prop in hand and a S.H.I.E.L.D. ID badge from the movie. "But the icing on the cake is going out and watching people freak out."

And freak out the students did. The cosplayers conducted a "Hunger Games"-style reaping, and the students received free comic books as their names were drawn. They got to ask the cosplayers questions, then to visit with them during lunch.

"I could feel the students' excitement when Effie came in. You could hear the students' gasps and I think it's just wonderful because it brought the films alive." said Carla McCaleb, assistant principal and sixth-grade administrator.

The Roebucks are no strangers to cosplaying. The veteran family's passion for bringing characters to life has taken them to several comics conventions where they've dressed as many colorful characters.

"I've been cosplaying since I was 7," said Cami, dressed head to toe in a butterfly outfit inspired by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Cami even won First Place (as Effie, natch) in The Hunger Games DVD release costume contest.

Via SunHerald.com