This week, the release date was announced for the upcoming film adaptation of the first book in the hugely popular young-adult series, The Hunger Games: March 23, 2012! That's just over a year from now; how exciting is that! If you have listened to the T.W.O. Show podcast, you may know that I gave a spoiler-free review of the final book, Mockingjay, back in September (Episode 18) and mentioned that I am a huge fan of this series. After reading the first book, I felt like I was reading the best book I've read since Harry Potter.
With each big news item that has come out regarding the movie version (script, director, etc), I have become more and more excited to see this on the big screen, because I believe that this story was made to be seen on the big screen. And now what may be the biggest news item to date: the release date!
I had a poll on the main page of T.W.O. asking visitors if they thought I should have a page devoted to The Hunger Games; nobody voted against the idea. I got to a point where it wasn't a matter of if, but a matter of when. And when the release date was announced, I thought this would be the perfect time to unveil it, because now, from this point on, each announcement will be upping the anticipation level even more, mainly with the casting (which we should hopefully hear about pretty soon).
Yesterday, I debuted T.W.O.'s brand-new page devoted to The Hunger Games. It is set up exactly like the other movie franchise pages (Harry Potter, Narnia, Twilight, Hobbit): logo, news article links, about the movie, poll, product links, and cover/poster images.
And The Hunger Games also now has its own page in the T.W.O. STORE.
Every time I add a new movie franchise, it may seem to you that I just put the new one below the one that came before that on the navigation bar, but there's a reasoning behind it. It all has to do with when the first movie in the franchise premiered. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 2001, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005, Twilight in 2008. Since The Hunger Games will be coming out in early 2012, and The Hobbit will not arrive until December of that year, that is the reason why HG is above Hobbit on the navigation bar (the same order applies in the STORE).
Any related news articles before yesterday that had previously appeared in the TV/Movie/Entertainment News section on the home page has been copied over to the new film page, for convenience.
I am really looking forward to seeing the progression of filming with this movie, seeing any and all trailers, the film itself, and hopefully (fingers crossed!) two more movies as well.
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