First Image of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in SERENA Production Begins in Prague

Though Lionsgate is undoubtedly scrambling to find a director for the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire before production begins this fall, star Jennifer Lawrence is currently busy shooting the thriller Serena.  The first image from the film, featuring Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, has been released along with the announcement that production has commenced in Prague.  The pic is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling Ron Rash novel about George (Cooper) and Serena Pemberton (Lawrence), a 1930s newlywed couple who travel to North Carolina to seize control of the timber industry. Infidelity and infertility leads Serena to plot the murder of George’s illegitimate son while attempting to keep their timber land from being taken by the government. Hit the jump to check out the image and full press release.  Directed by Susanne Bier (In a Better World) the film also stars Toby Jones (Read More)

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'Catching Fire' Director: Who Could Carry The Torch?

As Gary Ross' 'Hunger Games' future becomes uncertain, Hobnobbing scopes out other directors well-suited for the film. By Amy Wilkinson Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games" Photo: Lionsgate Gary Ross' future with "The Hunger Games" sequel, "Catching Fire," seemed a foregone conclusion &#8212 so much so that the helmer felt comfortable discussing his preliminary vision for the follow-up with MTV News recently. So it was a rude awakening for fans when The Hollywood Reporter reported on Wednesday that Ross was embroiled in "tough negotiations" with Lionsgate regarding his contract, and that the studio might opt to go the way of "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" and have a different director oversee follow-ups. It's evident from interviews that Ross has a strong passion and deep insight into Suzanne Collins' source material, so it would be a sham (Read More)

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First Trailer for HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET Starring Jennifer Lawrence

When your lead actress' new movie scores $155 million on opening weekend, it's probably best to capitalize on promoting her next feature.  Jennifer Lawrence is the woman of the hour after The Hunger Games, and Relativity is capitalizing on that hour by releasing the first trailer for her new movie House at the End of the Street.  Lawrence plays a young woman who moves with her mother to a new house that's next door to the home where a grizzly murder took place years before.  The trailer plays the major beats of the movie in reverse order, which makes the plot intriguing, but also confusing.  After watching it, I don't know if the entire movie is in reverse order (a la Memento) or just the trailer.  I'm fairly certain it's only the trailer, but audiences may be left wondering if they're seeing Memento but with horror and a sweaty, scared Jennifer Lawrence. Hit the jump to check out the (Read More)

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'Hunger Games' Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know!

It's been a long road to Panem MTV News takes a trip down memory lane as the adaptation hits the big screen! By Kara Warner Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games" Photo: Lionsgate Happy "Hunger Games" release day! What a long, bleak and dystopian road it has been so far. We've been waiting for this day so long and with so much hope and hype that it feels like we've been through the Reaping ourselves. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we have compiled a cheat sheet of everything you need to know about the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' beloved best-selling novel. The Prologue Back in spring 2009, just several months after the book's well-received publication , Lionsgate won a bidding war for the rights to translate the gripping tale from page to screen. The next big question was, of course, who would be chosen to portray the impover (Read More)

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