Jennifer Lawrence reveals Hunger Games: Catching Fire will switch to IMAX when Katniss enters arena... as new footage is released
And the filmmakers have made sure to up the drama when the tournament begins.
In a new featurette for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the 23-year-old actress reveals the movie will enter full-screen IMAX format as the character enters the arena.
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'Incredible moment': Jennifer Lawrence reveals in a new Hunger Games featurette that the film will switch to IMAX format when her character enters the arena
In the new video, released by Lionsgate on Wednesday, Jennifer is seen in an ascending elevator that will take her to the arena, where past winners of the game will fight to the death.
'That is such an incredible moment to choose to go into IMAx, when she's coming up out of this 'cause she's kind of seeing this new world,' says Jennifer during the featurette.
She sports a sophisticated look in the interview, wearing a sheer black blouse and her short blonde hair tousled.
Breathtaking: The video opens with sweeping shots of the capital of Panem
Patriarch: Donald Sutherland's character is then seen addressing the public
The featurette also includes never-been-seen footage from the highly-anticipated film.
The video opens with sweeping shots of the city, before Donald Sutherland's character President Snow is seen addressing the public.
The contestants are then shown training in a workout area, looking fierce.
'I want you to forget everything you think you know about the games,' Woody Harrelson's character Haymitch is heard saying to Katniss. 'Last year was child's play.'
Star-crossed lovers: Katniss and Peeta are seen training for the 75th Annual Hunger Games, daunted by the competition
Work cut out for them: The other contestants looks especially fierce as they train for the big game
Katniss is then seen spinning onstage, her skirt on fire.
'She's not who they think she is,' says President Snow. 'She has to be eliminated.
In the next scene, Katniss is in an elevator as it rises towards the arena as she looks to the sky with a terrified look on her face.
'Remember who the real enemy is,' a voiceover is heard saying.
She's the star: Katniss looks unsure as she stands in front of a screaming audience before the tournament
Would you look at that: Katniss wows the crowd with her dress that sports flames on the bottom
Glamorous girl: Jennifer sports elaborate long black hair and dramatic eye-makeup in one scene
The trilogy follows Katniss in a dystopian future in which children between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in a fight to the death in the televised Hunger Games.
In the sequel to the 2012 hit The Hunger Games, Katniss squares off with past winners of the sick annual competition, which pits teenagers from each of the twelve districts of post-apocalyptic Panem in a televised battle to the death.
Catching Fire will be released in the US on November 22.
The first Hunger Games movie made almost $1 billion.
Let the games begin: The screen expands to IMAX format when Katniss enters the arena
Running for her life: Katniss is seen with a bow and arrow as she races through the forest
I'm staying: Liam Hemsworth's character Gale shares an intense moment with Katniss
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