'The Hunger Games': New clip shows scene not in book
One thing that鈥檚 been an point of interest for fans of books is how director Gary Ross will approach the issue of point of view. The entire trilogy of books is told from protagonist Katniss Everdeen鈥檚 point of view. A film is a different beast than a book, however, and if the recent 鈥渟ingle-take鈥� horror film proved anything, it鈥檚 that having an entire film that only focuses on one person is tricky proposition.
That said, The Hunger Games movie will have to feature scenes that don鈥檛 feature Katniss聽(played in the movie be ), and now we鈥檙e getting a look at one with this latest clip from the film.
In The Hunger Games, 12 impoverished districts of what was once America are forced by a militant capital city to sacrifice a male and female contest (24 teens in total) for a battle to the death in a deadly arena. But the games actually live up to their name, as public relations, sponsorship, and video game-style traps are all part of the experience.
Well, every game needs a designer, and the Hunger Games have Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley) for that task. In the clip below, the game master goes to meet with the聽tyrannical President Snow, who will be portrayed onscreen by Donald Sutherland (in a bit of pitch-perfect casting):
It鈥檚 clear that the screenwriters (Ross, series creator Suzanne Collins and State of Play screenwriter Billy Ray) are using the expanded viewpoint to begin sowing seeds for the sequel 鈥� specifically Snow鈥檚 words about 鈥渁 spark鈥� needing be contained 鈥� 聽dialogue that not-so-subtly refers to the title of already-in-progress sequel film, .
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