THE HUNGER GAMES Kicks Off 12 Week Countdown To CATCHING FIRE; Advance Tickets On Sale Oct 1

To celebrate the release of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, Lionsgate has begun their twelve week “TickTock” countdown! Each week, more surprises will be revealed through The Hunger Games Explorer (www.thehungergamesexplorer.com) to get you excited for the most anticipated film of the year.

To kickoff the countdown, Lionsgate has revealed #TickTock12 with the announcement that movie tickets will go on sale starting October 1st!

Advance movie tickets will be available through Fandango (http://www.fandango.com/thehungergames:catchingfire_155962/movieoverview) and MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com/movie/mid/120906) on Tuesday, October 1 at 12pm ET / 9AM PT.

To continue the celebration, the first track off THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Soundtrack, ‘Atlas’ by Coldplay, is available NOW! Give it a listen, and make sure to head over to The Hunger Games Explorer this week to have the chance to enter Lionsgate’s ‘Listen & Share’ contest. It’s where you will have the chance to WIN the original lyric sheet, handwritten by none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin!

Listen here – https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atlas-from-hunger-games-catching/id692542142

Participate online with the hashtag #TickTock12 this week and stay tuned to The Hunger Games Explorer for more information.

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE opens nationwide November 22, 2013.

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark.  Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts.  Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE will be directed by Francis Lawrence, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. The novel on which the film is based is the second in a trilogy that has over 50 million copies in print in the U.S. alone.

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