America may be celebrating our Independence Day this weekend, but its going to take a little longer before freedom can spread through the big screen world of Panem. Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen is on it, though, and President Snow’s worldwide dystopia will come to an end one way or another when The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 hits theaters, closing out the hugely successful franchise. Helping to whet fans’ appetites between now and the movie’s November 20 release, EW has just released two new Hunger Games images of the Girl on Fire alongside Elizabeth Banks’ Effie Trinket.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong and features a cast that includes Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland reprising their original roles from The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The lineup is joined by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 co-stars Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore, Mahershala Ali, Natalie Dormer, Wes Chatham, Elden Henson and Evan Ross.
In the film, the nation of Panem is in the midst of a full scale war. Katniss (Lawrence) confronts President Snow (Sutherland) for a final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Hemsworth), Finnick (Claflin), and Peeta (Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
Look for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D theaters beginning November 20, 2015.
