Katniss fans don’t have much longer to wait, and Lionsgate has them chomping at the bit – teasing with this meager 1 minute trailer just 3 weeks before the film opens wide. Rumors have it the budget for the Hunger Games<\/i> second installment has doubled over the first, and it looks like a lot of that went up on the screen judging from what glimpses they give in the trailer. Lionsgate also brags of better lensing, with some scenes even shot on Imax.<\/p>\n
Fandango is reporting ticket presales burning up their servers, so expect this movie to be another blockbuster for LGF. The Hunger Games<\/i> was well shot, well acted (mostly dramtic, excepting Stanley Tucci’s hilariously camp TV presenter), and with genuine heart, so proved solidly popular beyond it’s core fan base.<\/p>\n
Will Catching Fire<\/i> top $1 billion? The first film didn’t reach $800m, but the deficit was foreign, with 60% of receipts from North America. These days, the split should be reversed. The good news, aside from the insane presales numbers, is that Catching Fire<\/i> will also open on 3,000 screens in China, where often even having a release sometimes isn’t known until after a film’s opened throughout the rest of the world.<\/p>\n