There have been more than a few movies based on hugely successful Young Adult fantasy books where the plucky heroine is in a love triangle between two hunky guys. But there's a difference between having feelings for someone, and being ready to take a bullet for them.
"The Hunger Games," the screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' young adult bestseller, was one of 2012's biggest box office hits, and even though the first sequel, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," isn't being released until November 22, it's already among this year's most eagerly anticipated films.
As the trailer opens, Katniss (Lawrence) and Peeta (Hutcherson) are being presented to hordes of adoring fans after being declared the victors of the 74th Hunger Games. However, it soon becomes clear that President Snow (Donald Sutherland) is not happy with Katniss's new popularity among the citizens of the Twelve Districts. "She's not who they think she is," Snow says to Plutarch Heavensbee (newcomer to the series Philip Seymour Hoffman) in his office. "She just wants to save her skin simple as that. But she has become a beacon of hope for them."
The "Catching Fire" trailer suggests that the political subtext of the first film will be brought forward in the second, and that the relationship between Katniss and Gale will gain more screen time. It also looks as if new director Francis Lawrence has given the film a look as memorable as "The Hunger Games" while raising the emotional stakes of the story.
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