THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1

FIRE BURNS BRIGHTER IN THE DARKNESS

LIONSGATE is pleased to announce that the newly crowned #1 film at the 2014 US box office – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – will be available to own on DVD, Blu-ray and as a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook from 16 March 2015.

Can’t wait that long?! For eager fans it will be available across digital platforms 24 hours earlier on Sunday 15 March.

Featuring one of the hottest casts ever assembled, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 stars Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winner Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle) alongside Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, British rising stars Natalie Dormer (Game Of Thrones) and Sam Claflin (The Riot Club), Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland), Golden Globe winner and Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Stanley Tucci, Golden Globe winner and Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Golden Globe nominee Jena Malone (Inherent Vice), Elizabeth Banks, Golden Globe Winner Jeffrey Wright, Golden Globe winner and BAFTA nominee Donald Sutherland and Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winner Phillip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his final roles.

The Emmy-nominated soundtrack has charted all over the world, and lead single “Yellow Flicker Beat”, penned by the sensational Lorde received a Grammy Nomination for Best Original Song.

Synopsis;
The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever.

Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Danny Strong and Peter Craig and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik.

The novel on which the film is based is the third in a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins that has over 65 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.