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The next time Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Gale Hawthorne and Greasy Sae are seen onscreen in “The Hunger Games,” they will have a new landlord — and it could be you. The Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran, N.C. (outside of Charlotte), which served as District 12 in the post-apocalyptic nation Panem in the big-screen adaptation of the book, is up for sale. The 72-acre abandoned mill town, home of fictional spots like the Hob and the area known as the Seam, is valued at more than $1.2 million. It will be sold via sealed bids through the auction house Profiles in History, with a bidding deadline of July 31. The piece of “Hunger Games” history is also the subject of an upcoming episode of “Hollywood Treasure,” the SyFy series that follows Profiles in History owner Joe Maddalena as he ...

For a guy knee-deep in post-production on one of 2012’s most highly anticipated films, Gary Ross exudes an unnatural calm. It’s mid-December and despite the 1,200 visual effects shots that need to be completed in the next month, not only is the hyper-articulate director of “The Hunger Games” willing to show a journalist around his sprawling edit bay in Hollywood, but he’d also probably show off the whole unfinished movie if only the studio would allow. Clues to Ross’ jovial-yet-serene disposition lay all around. His iPhone boasts a screen-saver picture from the set of the Lionsgate film — leading lady Jennifer Lawrence is wiping her nose on Ross’ sleeve while the two are standing in the middle of a North Carolina forest. Walk down the hall to editor Stephen Mirrione’s office and he quips how Lawrence “makes everyone’s life a ...

“The Hunger Games” fans can get a glimpse of Katniss, Rue, Peeta, Gale and other characters from the upcoming film in a series of character-based movie posters, released Friday. The movie, based on the bestselling novels by author Suzanne Collins, opens in theaters on March 14. “The Hunger Games” series follows a cruel competition among children forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of television viewers and for the political gain of the masters of Panem, a post-apocalyptic nation in Earth’s future. Lionsgate aired a clip of the movie at the MTV Video Music Awards and released several images from the film to mixed reaction from fans anxious to see their beloved characters portrayed accurately on the big screen. Oscar-nominated “Winter’s Bone” actress Jennifer Lawrence plays the story’s heroine Katniss Everdeen, a girl who volunteers to enter the ...

Fans of the bestselling book series will get their first glimpse of “The Hunger Games” film on Sunday during MTV’s Video Music Awards. MTV announced it will air a clip from the movie, which stars Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence, of “X-Men: First Class” and “Winter’s Bone” fame, and is scheduled for release March 23, 2012. MTV usually reserves this kind of sneak peek for its annual Movie Awards — that was where, in June, for instance, stars were on hand and preview clips were shown for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.” “The Hunger Games” series follows the grim competition between children and young adults who are forced to fight to the death for entertainment of television viewers and their cruel government masters in a post-apocalyptic nation called Panem. “The Hunger Games” ...

“The Hunger Games” doesn’t make the leap to the big screen until March, but a new “motion poster” for the film is helping stoke fan excitement for the project, which will star Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.  Click on the poster for a larger, embeddable version. – Jevon Phillips RECENT AND RELATED ‘Hunger Games’ photo: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Collins: Lawrence is ‘beautiful, unforgiving and brave’ ‘Hunger Games’: How Gary Ross got director’s job Chloe Moretz: ‘I’d die to play Katniss’ Suzanne Collins ‘thrilled’ to have ‘Seabiscuit’ director Ron Howard’s quest for King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ Stephen King: Rowling has talent, Meyer can’t write Gaiman says ‘Graveyard Book’ film dead — for now

The producers of “The Hunger Games” created a bit of a stir among the book’s fans when “Winter’s Bone” actress Jennifer Lawrence was cast as Katniss Everdeen, the 16-year-old protagonist in the intense young-adult novel by Suzanne Collins.  The cover of an upcoming “Entertainment Weekly” gives us the first look of the blond-turned-brunet actress in the role. [FOR THE RECORD:  Katniss' age was misstated in an earlier version of this post.] In the EW issue, Lawrence also recounts a talk that she had with director Gary Ross about the Oscar season, relating it to experiences that her District 12 hunter character went through in the book: “He was asking me what the experience was like,” she recalls, “and I just kind of opened up and said, ‘I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to ...

Jennifer Lawrence has nabbed the lead role in “The Hunger Games” trilogy. In what was the worst-kept secret in Hollywood, Lionsgate studio has finally confirmed that the 20-year old Lawrence, who received an Oscar nomination for her role in “Winter’s Bone,” will play Katniss Everdeen in the adaptation of the uber-popular book series from Suzanne Collins. Based on a script by Billy Ray (“State of Play”), “The Hunger Games” will begin production in April for a release next March. The film follows Katniss as she volunteers for the annual teen fight-to-the death contest called the Hunger Games after her younger sister is drafted for the craven competition. The film will track her role in the games as well as the burgeoning love triangle between her childhood friend Gale and her fellow competitor Peeta. Casting on those two roles should happen ...

EXCLUSIVE Young actresses — and their agents — are notching their arrows. Their target is the coveted role of Katniss Everdeen, the hunter-heroine in Lionsgate’s upcoming adaptation of  “The Hunger Games,”  and casting begins next month. “We’ll start auditioning fairly early in the new year,” says “Hunger Games” producer Nina Jacobson. “There are no front-runners yet.” “The Hunger Games,” the bestselling series of young adult novels by Suzanne Collins,  are set in a ragged, fictional future in a nation called Panem,  which has sprung up in a North America that saw today’s countries crumble amid war. The government forces children to fight one another to the death on television.  Sixteen-year-old Katniss, a capable archer who helps feed her family through illicit hunting, enters herself in the games to spare her younger sister from being put in the competition. “We have so many great young ...