Atlanta Actress' Career is 'Catching Fire'

Westside resident Megan Hayes scores plum role in 'Hunger Games' film currently being shot around town

If you even remotely follow Atlanta entertainment news, then you know that since last month, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" has been filming in the Atlanta area. The first of the wildly popular Hunger Games trilogy of books was released in 2008 and has since been translated in 26 languages. The film “The Hunger Games” was released earlier this year and enjoyed massive worldwide box-office success. “Catching Fire” is the second in the trilogy that follows the story of a young girl’s quest for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Midtown, Buckhead, the westside’s Goat Farm, the Georgia Dome, Atlanta Motor Speedway are just a few of the “Catching Fire” locations where filming has taken place. The film, which is expected to shoot until …

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JM Hurricane

8:54 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012

I don't know. Tisch is the best film school in the world and it's hard as F%#!@ to get into NYU. Go Bobcats!   more ›

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'The Hunger Games' Leaves You Hungry for More

A best-selling young-adult book becomes a movie and is bound to be a hit. It's a survival-of-the-fittest reality show that leaves you craving for more.

It's one of the most anticipated movies in some time, and we have the scoop right here. It has all the elements of a big hit -- teen romance, violence, and action. Mix in some rising young stars and you have "The Hunger Games." Jennifer Lawrence isn't a household name yet, but she will be. Known to this point for her critically acclaimed role in the film "Winter's Bone," Lawrence plays Katniss, one of two people from her district who must play a nationally televised game, in which there can be just one winner -- the last one living. Equipped with knives, swords, bows, arrows, and other weapons, the massacre begins. This futurist tale takes place in the country of Panem, after an apocalyptic war. The country is split into 12 districts, with…

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Hunt Archbold

10:47 am on Sunday, March 25, 2012

This movie posted the fifth-best opening day ever with $68.3 million. It screens 32 times a day at Atlantic Station. Have you seen it and were you disappointed or left craving for more?   more ›