The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

 
 
 "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" redirects here. For the book the film is based on, see Mockingjay. For the second part of the film, see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is an upcoming 2014 American science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two cinematic parts based on the novel Mockingjay, the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, and the third installment in The Hunger Games film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. It is the sequel to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and will be followed by the concluding entry, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

The story continues to follow Katniss Everdeen who, after escaping the Third Quarter Quell, becomes a reluctant hero and symbol of hope for the nation of Panem. Principal photography for both parts of the film began on September 23, 2013 in Atlanta, before moving to Paris for two weeks of filming and officially concluding on June 20, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
Part 1 is scheduled to be released on November 20, 2014 in the United Kingdom and November 21, 2014 in the United States, and landed atop Fandango's list of most-anticipated films for 2014.

The Hunger Games:Mockingjay – Part 1
Directed by     Francis Lawrence
Produced by     Nina Jacobson
Jon Kilik
Screenplay by     Danny Strong
Peter Craig
Based on     Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins
Starring     Jennifer Lawrence
Josh Hutcherson
Liam Hemsworth
Woody Harrelson
Elizabeth Banks
Julianne Moore
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jeffrey Wright
Stanley Tucci
Donald Sutherland
Music by     James Newton Howard
Cinematography     Jo Willems
Edited by     Alan Edward Bell
Mark Yoshikawa
Production
company    
Lionsgate
Color Force
Distributed by     Lionsgate
Release dates      November 20, 2014 (United Kingdom)
    November 21, 2014 (United States)
Running time     123 minutes
Country     United States
Language     English
Budget     $250 million (shared with Part 2)