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We’re only days away now from the official release of The Hunger Games on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download formats. Hopefully, you’ve already pre-ordered your copy, but if for some crazy reason you haven’t, then let us add a little more motivation in the form of a new Blu-ray / DVD trailer and two new featurettes starring Jennifer Lawrence.

A few days ago we saw Jennifer Lawrence talk about her experiences in Indie vs big budget films and what drew her into her role in The Hunger Games. In our first featurette today, the conversation with Lawrence continues, only this time we’re shifting to a discussion about the physical training and choreography required for the tree climbing scenes.
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Next we get to take a look behind the scenes with Chad Stahelski, the stunt coordinator, as he talks about what it took to make the wall of fire that Katniss has to contend with. Jennifer Lawrence also chimes in about the filming of that scene, the heat, and the use of a stunt double.
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So what’s so special about the Blu-ray? We’re told it will contain three hours of unreleased material, special behind-the-scenes featurettes (like the ones above), interviews with the cast and crew, and details about some of the story lines that were altered from the book. The extras also include the full-length “Propaganda Film” shown during the Reaping. What more could you ask for? Check out the new trailer for the Blu-ray / DVD below and let us know if you’ve ordered your copy yet!
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The Hunger Games Blu-ray / DVD and digital download copies will be released at midnight, August 18th, 2012. Don’t miss it!
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Official Synopsis: Ev­ery year in the ru­ins of what was once North Amer­i­ca, the Capi­tol of the na­tion of Panem forces each of its twelve dis­tricts to send a teenage boy and girl to com­pe­te in the Hunger Games. A twist­ed pun­ish­ment for a past up­ris­ing and an on­go­ing gov­ern­ment in­tim­i­da­tion tac­tic, the Hunger Games are a na­tion­al­ly tele­vised event in which “Trib­utes” must fight with one an­oth­er un­til one sur­vivor re­mains. Six­teen-​​year-​​old Kat­niss Everdeen vol­un­teers in her younger sis­ter’s place to en­ter the games, and is forced to re­ly up­on her sharp in­stincts as well as the men­tor­ship of drunk­en for­mer vic­tor Haymitch Aber­nathy when she’s pit­ted against high­ly-​​trained Trib­utes who have pre­pared for these Games their en­tire lives. If she’s ev­er to re­turn home to Dis­trict 12, Kat­niss must make im­pos­si­ble choic­es in the are­na that weigh sur­vi­val against hu­man­i­ty and life against love.