'Catching Fire' Featured in Total Film December

   Total Film has ANOTHER feature on Catching Fire in their December issue! Last month Francis Lawrence talked about the movie (check it out here) and in the December issue, Francis, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and Jena Malone open up about the movie and their characters.

Check out the excerpts from the issue below, and be sure to pick up Total Film on your newsstand!

Jennifer Lawrence:

"I've been working ever since, so I don’t feel anything has changed. Well, I definitely get more death threats." (on her life post Oscar win)

"In my opinion, it's such an important statement in these movies, what one voice can do. I mean, all of these people, they only need one person to do something different and then they can say, 'OK, we're not alone, we have a leader.' Also, what I like about her is that she never set out to be this Joan of Arc. She got into the games in the first place to save her sister, and then made it through just to save herself, and that turned into saving Peeta, and now, in the second book, she's got a much larger body of people that are depending on her." 

Josh Hutcherson:

"'Catching Fire' is about the slow tension building beneath the surface, with the relationships as well as the rebellion. In this movie you see more of Peeta and Katniss together than you ever did in the first one. It intensifies, the feelings become stronger.

"He's got a fire inside of him in this movie, different to the first. As the Victory Tour goes on, Peeta sees how horrible it is, and when he's put back into the games, he has an anger. This time he's a much more active person in the physicality of the arena." (on Peeta)

"We took the p--- out of each other all day long, just f---ed around," Hutcherson says, before adding, promptly, that everyone was professional and "focused on making the best movie possible for the fans."

In this movie, you see more of Peeta and Katniss together than you ever did in the first one. It intensifies, the feelings become stronger."

"We're so comfortable with each other, such good friends, that there's really not that much romanticism to it. But yeah, she's beautiful and it's a passionate moment and you want to feel real in that moment, so..." (on Jennifer Lawrence)

Sam Claflin:

“My character specifically spends the majority of the film carrying an old woman on his back, in the jungles of Hawaii. When we were in Atlanta doing the cornucopia stuff, all the fighting erupted. I’d been training for months, learning these different fights, and then all of a sudden I was kicking someone really hard into the water! You’re like, ‘Yes! I did that!’ Not that I’m a violent person…”

"Jennifer's very generous and kind, a great role model." (on Jennifer Lawrence)

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'Catching Fire' Article in Sci Fi Now

Sci Fi Now Issue 86 has arrived on newsstands in the UK featuring The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and thanks to ThePeacekeeper's keen eyes, we have some of the article for you! The issue includes interviews with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin , and Francis Lawrence and a really cool guide to the layout of the Quarter Quell arena and a Hunger Games survival guide. We'll update with HQ scans when available. 

Here are excerpts from the interviews. Read Josh Hutcherson, Sam Claflin, and Francis Lawrence's interviews after the jump:

Jennifer Lawrence on signing on as Katniss:

"When I first signed on to it, I expected to have a lot of regrets," admits the 23-year-old on her decision to break out of independent movies for a big studio spectacular. "But fortunately I haven't. I am happy I did take the role. [If I hadn't] I would still probably be able to go to restaurants without becoming a nervous wreck or go to Starbucks and get my own coffee - that would be different. That would be lovely."  

"Originally it was just reading scripts, talking to directors and making movies," she recalls, "and then all of a sudden it was like, 'Oh yeah, you have to wear high heels and make people like you.' So when I read the book, I was laughing at that, going 'Yeah, I know how that feels.'"  

On Katniss in Catching Fire:

"She's suffering from post-traumatic stress from the first Games, and she's trying to get her life back. She is living in the Victors' Village now, she doesn't have to hunt any more - which makes her feel useless and bored - and there is part of her life that Gale will never understand. Peeta is the only one that truly knows what she went through. And when she has to go back to the Capitol, it's not a foreign world to her anymore. Not that she likes it, but she understands it now and how to work it."

"The wedding dress was incredible because it's stunning, but I'm not good with big dresses - and stairs. I'm so bad"..

On being a role model and body image:

"In the first movie, when it was obviously being talked about, like, 'It's The Hunger Games, you have to lose ten pounds.' I said 'We have control over this role model. Why would we make her something unobtainable and thin?' This is a person that young girls will be looking up to, so why not make her strong? Why not make her beautiful and healthy and fit? I was very adamant about that, because I think that our industry doesn't take enough responsibility for what it does to our society. I remember what it felt like to be 14 years old, looking at a Victoria's Secret model and thinking, 'I'll never look like that.' I don't want to make someone feel like that."

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Katniss & Gale Cover Cineplex Magazine

Cineplex posted a sneak peek at their November issue (on newsstands 10/25) to their Instagram account today. The issue features Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and Liam Hemsworth as Gale on the cover. The issue will feature an interview with Liam. Here's a bit of it:

Catching Fire’s Liam Hemsworth on what the franchise has meant to him:

"Hunger Games absolutely changed my life. It’s brought up so many different questions about my own personal growth and where I was heading."

We'll get you the full interview as soon as we get it into our hands.

Jennifer Lawrence's Family Will Host a Special Charity Screening of 'Catching Fire'

Jennifer Lawrence's mother, sister-in-law and her special friend Andy Struck spoke with WHAS-TV Friday morning about a special screening of Catching Fire that will be held in Louisville, KY on November 20th to benefit St. Mary's Center.

St. Mary’s offers day training for adults with intellectual disabilities and the screening will help fund the newly opened campus on Aiken Road.

Lawrence’s friend Andy will be attending St. Mary’s and their friendship goes way back. Lawrence and Andy became friends at Kammerer Middle School and have stayed buddies ever since.

The screening was Jennifer's idea, and is one of Lawrence’s ways of giving back. Her mom said that she's most proud that her daughter is still grounded in a heady place called Hollywood.

Tickets run from $125 to $1000 for 8 reserved seats. Each ticket will get you different things. All of them will come with a gift bag full of movie memorabilia.

If you are interest in attending you can call 502-855-6942.

The most adorable thing:

Jen's mom: "She just loves Andy."

Andy cuts in: "Yeah."

Mom Lawrence: "They've been friends a long, long time."

Andy cuts in: "Twelve years."

Jennifer Lawrence Covers Elle France October Issue

Jennifer Lawrence was Elle France's October covergirl and we've got the HQ scans for you, thanks to Fashion Scans Remastered.  

More pics after the jump!

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Josh Hutcherson & 'Catching Fire' Scans From Seventeen Magazine

Josh Hutcherson is Seventeen Magazine's November cover boy plus The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is featured in this issue, and we've got the HQ scans for you! Click thumbnails to enlarge. Make sure you go out and grab a copy of Seventeen on newsstands now!

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Covers Hero Complex Magazine

Jennifer Lawrence is looking fierce as Katniss on the cover of the Fall/Winter edition of L.A. Times' Hero Complex Magazine. The article takes a look at the new wave of empowered young women in genre films — not just Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, but also Divergent’s Shailene Woodley and Ender’s Game actress Hailee Steinfeld. You can pick up Hero Complex in Los Angeles at Meltdown Comics or at both Earth-2 Comics locations, in Sherman Oaks and Northridge. In New York, the magazine is available at all three Midtown Comics locations and this weekend at New York Comic-Con.

You can also download the magazine through the Hero Complex iPad reader app. The app is 99 cents, but each magazine is free.

Teen Vogue talks to Catching Fire Cast

Teen Vogue's latest issue includes an interview with Willow Shields, Jennifer Lawrence, and a small Q&A with both Jennifer and Sam Claflin.

Willow on learning to identify with Prim:
"My sister, Autumn, and I are twins [...], Shooting a dramatic scene like the reaping, I imagine it happening to Autumn in real life. Having a sister is very helpful for this role."

On Mockingjay:
"What Prim has to do in Mockingjay will be a real challenge. But I love a challenge."

The article is definitely worth checking out for the banter between Jen and Sam:

Sam: I first bumped into you at stunt training. Your archery put me to shame. I was quite intimidated.
Jen: By the sight of my face!
Sam: Yeah, it really put me off. 

Image courtesy of QuarterQuell.org 

Image courtesy of QuarterQuell.org

Image courtesy of QuarterQuell.org