With the tenth anniversary ofThe Hunger Gamesfast approaching, the time has come to take a look back at the talented team that made the series — based on the series of books bySuzanne Collins— such a success. Lionsgate is marking the occasion with the release of “The Hunger Games Ultimate SteelBook® Collection,” a collection of all theHunger Gamesfilms in one collector’s edition package, available exclusively from Best Buy.
Besides being packed with hours of special features pertaining to the four films in the saga —The Hunger Games,Catching Fire,Mockingjay Pt. 1andMockingjay Pt. 2— the $120 set includes exclusive artwork from ten artists who have each put their own spin on the world of Panem andHunger Gamesprotagonist Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). As part of the celebration, Lionsgate also released a short documentary featuring the artists each discussing their artistic process for the art featured in the collection. They also singled out the excitement they felt at being part of an entirely female-driven project, particularly for an action franchise centered so prominently around a female character.
The ten artists, who hail from Canada, France, Thailand, the USA, the UK, Australia, Greece and Barbados respectively, each also discuss their influences when conceiving of artwork for the interior and exterior covers of the film cases. Pulling from film quotes, colors and even symbolic images, each of them brought their own unique flair to the look and the heart of Katniss Everdeen.
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The Hunger Gamesfollows teenager Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) who volunteers to take the place of her sister in the annual gladiatorial competition known as “The Hunger Games”, where a boy and girl from each of the nation of Panem’s twelve districts are selected to fight to the death as punishment for rebelling against the Capitol. She meets fellow District 12 competitor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), and the two of them form an alliance, determined to get out of the competition alive. The subsequent films see them thrust back into the competiton before being pulled into another rebellion set to topple the rule of the manical President Snow (Donald Sutherland) once and for all. The cast also includesLiam Hemsworth,Woody Harrelson,Elizabeth Banks, andStanley Tucci.
Check outThe Art of the Hunger Games: The Ultimate Steelbook 10th Anniversarydocumentary below:
