Thousands of Americans are in a tizzy over the premiere of the the first Hunger Games movie.

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Gary Ross, the director of the wildly successful Lionsgate movie, The Hunger Games, has announced that he will not be directing the sequel, Catching Fire.

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Lawrence, who bagged an Oscar nomination for best actress on Thursday, also took home the best actress in an action movie for The Hunger Games, based on the bestselling book.

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Mark Rachesky, a Wall Street investor who likes to stay under the radar, has made a paper fortune this year off of Twilight and another hit movie, The Hunger Games, thanks to his own investment saga that saw him take on his mentor, the billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

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While attending our morning news meeting earlier this week, I heard a few invited contributors on the conference call offering ideas on how to cover the movie release of The Hunger Games, the upcoming tax season and more.

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Most of the studio executives envisioned a PG-13 blockbuster on the model of "Twilight" or "The Hunger Games, " but Mr. McGreevy wanted the movie to match the novel's tricky tone and adult content.

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Lions Gate Entertainment, the Vancouver movie and television studio behind The Hunger Games series, The Twilight finale and Mad Men.

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Lionsgate released its first full teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire last night during the MTV Movie Awards and they seem to be repeating themselves in a positive fashion.

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