Lionsgate has released a new poster for The Hunger Games, the Gary Ross-directed adaptation of the first of a trilogy of Suzanne Collins's young-adult novels,
The film's heroine, Katniss Everdeen, portrayed by “X-Men: First Class” and “Winter's Bone” actress Jennifer Lawrence, is a teenager who volunteers to take her younger sister's place in a cruel competition of children forced to fight to the death for the amusement of the wealthy and the political gain of the powerful.
The rest of the cast includes Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Isabelle Fuhrman, Amandla Stenberg and Donald Sutherland.
Here's the official synopsis:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 16 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.
Lionsgate produced and is releasing The Hunger Games in theaters everywhere on March 23rd, 2012. [Source: The Hunger Games Facebook Page]
