Panem is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives. The Hunger games is an action film and its target audience is teens, both boys and girls. The Hunger games is rated as a 12a. The hunger games was a very expensive film to make it cost. $78 million back in 2012. Francis Lawrence was the director of the hunger games. Jennifer Lawrence has been in 26 films her most popular being The Hunger Games, Silver Linings
Playbook, The Hunger Games Mockingjay and
Serena. Joshua Hutcherson has been in 34 films his most popular being all of The Hunger games, Bridge to Terabithia, Escobar: Paradise Lost and Zarutha. Lions Gate Entertainment produced the hunger games. The Hunger Games uses CGI technology. The film was released on the 23rd of march 2012 in the UK and the 12th of March in the USA. There was YouTube channels and Facebook Pages created, live yahoo streaming from the premiere, iphone games, trailers, posters and television commercial.