Production
A decommissioned German steelworks stands in for District 12. A protected Spanish mountain range is the arena. The franchise that built Panem in North Carolina now shoots almost entirely on the other side of the Atlantic — and there's a reason.
Books
Suzanne Collins has said she was finished before, and wasn't. Her editor has drawn a line at Mockingjay. Here's what's actually been said, what the publishing pattern tells us, and what the announcement would look like if it came.
Exhibition
IMAX Melbourne has confirmed the date and the format: 19 November, in IMAX 4K Laser Digital. The trailer points to an expanded 1.90:1 ratio in the arena — which makes the question of which Australian IMAX you book more interesting than it looks.
Books
Australian editions have their own ISBNs, their own covers and their own release dates. If you've been shopping off American unboxing videos, you're looking at books you can't easily buy here. Here's what's actually on the shelf.
First look
Released on Haymitch's birthday, the featurette runs from the sunrise of Reaping Day to the arena — with Francis Lawrence and the cast on building the boy before the bottle.
Distribution · AU
The prequel arrives a day ahead of its US bow, with Hoyts, Event and Palace already listing sessions.
Box office · AU
A 2023 result worth re-reading before November: premium formats carried the weekend, and the regionals held for a month.
Marketing
The mockingjay and the snake, built out of flowers, have taken over the garden at The Grounds — Australia's stop on a campaign running through more than thirty countries. It's there until Friday, and the trailer lands tomorrow.
The Friday Briefing
One email a week until the Reaping, then whatever the week deserves.
