Lionsgate has announced that The Hunger Games will be available on home video on August 18.
I haven't read the books, by Suzanne Collins, or seen the movie, but I still want to root for it to do big business, because it makes it very obvious how much a lie the idea that 'women can't star in action films' is. Jennifer Lawrence grabs the viewer's eye whenever she's on-screen, and the supporting cast, which includes Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, and Woody Harrelson, is pretty impressive, too.
The movie has already made almost $400 million domestically (actually $392) and $650 million worldwide. In case you somehow missed out on the premise of the film, here's a trailer:
Lionsgate, for some reason, doesn't do combo packs, so each edition is two discs, either Blu-ray ($39.99 suggested price) or DVD ($30.98), plus a digital copy. The highlight of the special features is an eight-part documentary, 'The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games', that covers the film's creation plus fan reactions. There are also featurettes on
- 'Game Maker: Suzanne Collins and The Hunger Games Phenomenom'
- 'Letters from the Rose Garden' ' Donald Sutherland on the development of his role as President Snow
- 'Controlling the Games', about the game control center
- 'A Conversation with Gary Ross and Elvis Mitchell'
Plus an archive of marketing material and the 'Propaganda Film (in its entirety)'. I assume you know what that is if you've seen the movie.
Thankfully, Lionsgate also doesn't stuff the Blu-ray with exclusives; the only extra not on the DVD set is 'Preparing for The Games: A Director's Process', which 'looks at the progression of taking three key scenes from the book to the screen.'
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