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The Hunger Games ·The movie is set in the future in North America. It is about twenty-four teenagers fighting each other in the "Hunger Games". They fight until there is only one person left alive. It shows survival of the fittest in extreme conditions. The games are broadcast live on television in the whole country of Panem. ·The Hunger Games is in the action adventure genre/ dystopia. Teens/ young adults would be interested in this film because they would relate to the film as the protagonists are teens ·The film is a PG-12 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens ·The hunger game’s budget is 78 million USD ·Gary Ross was the director of The Hunger Games. Gary Ross is an American writer, director and actor born November 3rd, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 - 2008). After writing for television series Deadly Nightmares (1983) in 1986, Ross broke through by penning the Tom Hanks hit Big (1988), his first screenplay to be made into a feature film. Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay nods for Sea biscuit (2003), which received a total of seven Academy Awards nominations but no wins. ·Cast: ·Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. Jennifer Lawrence (born August 15, 1990, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American movie and television actress Jennifer Lawrence is a big actress implying that she has been starred in lots of movies. Some of these movies include: Silver

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The Hunger Games·The movie is set in the future in North America. It is about twenty-four teenagers fighting each other in the "Hunger Games". They fight until there is only one person left alive. It shows survival of the fittest in extreme conditions. The games are broadcast live on television in the whole country of Panem.

·The Hunger Games is in the action adventure genre/ dystopia. Teens/ young adults would be interested in this film because they would relate to the film as the protagonists are teens

·The film is a PG-12 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens

·The hunger game’s budget is 78 million USD

·Gary Ross was the director of The Hunger Games. Gary Ross is an American writer, director and actor born November 3rd, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 - 2008). After writing for television series Deadly Nightmares (1983) in 1986, Ross broke through by penning the Tom Hanks hit Big (1988), his first screenplay to be made into a feature film. Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay nods for Sea biscuit (2003), which received a total of seven Academy Awards nominations but no wins.

·Cast:

·Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. Jennifer Lawrence (born August 15, 1990, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American movie and television actress Jennifer Lawrence is a big actress implying that she has been starred in lots of movies. Some of these movies include: Silver Linings Playbook; Serena; American Hustle; Joy and Winter’s bone

·Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mallark Joshua Ryan "Josh" Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American movie and television actor. He began acting early in 2000. He performed in several minor movie and television roles. As well as being in the hunger games series, he was in: Bridge to Terabithia; RV; the kids are all right and Firehouse Dog.

·Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne Liam scored his first audition at age 16 and appeared on the Australian TV series Home and Away (1988) and McLeod's Daughters (2001) before taking on a recurring character role on the soap opera Neighbours (1985), in which his brother Luke had also appeared. Roles on TV shows

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The Elephant Princess (2008) and Satisfaction (2007) followed before Liam moved to the United States to pursue a big-screen career.

·Lionsgate is the company that produced the hunger games. Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Lionsgate) was formed in 1997 by Frank Giustra and Avi Federgreen with a $16 million investment including another $40 million from other investors which included Keyur Patel and Yorkton Securities' executives such as G. Scott Paterson.

·Technology in Panem is very advanced and utilizes such things as force fields, holograms, solar batteries and magnetic levitation. The Capitol is a technologically advanced metropolis, utilizing science to make life easier for its plutocratic citizens, whereas the districts, most notably the outer ones, seem to have progressed little beyond 20th and 21st century technology. The research and production of new technology is the industry of District 3, making devices and gadgets like televisions and computers. Technology is also used in weaponry, notably by Beetee, a native of District 3. During his time as a tribute in a past Hunger Games, Beetee managed to make an electric trap that killed off the remaining tributes from the Games, giving him his victory.

·Lionsgate also distributed the film in the UK and US. Lionsgate was founded by Frank Giustra.

·The UK release date was on the weekend of March 23–25, 2012. The same date as the US.

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The Amazing Spiderman ·The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man and sharing the title of the character's longest-running comic book of the same name.

·The Amazing Spiderman is in the action adventure genre. The target audience would be mostly for all ages and genders

·The age rating is PG

·The budget for The Amazing Spiderman was $230 million

·Marc Webb was the director for the amazing spiderman. Marc Webb was born on August 31, 1974. He is a director and producer, known for 500 Days of summer (2009), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).

·Andrew Garfield is the protagonist of this film by playing spider-man/ Peter Parker. Andrew Garfield is also starred in films such as: The Social Network and 99 Homes. The Amazing Spider-Man is one of his most famous roles. Emma Stone plays Gwen Stacy. Emma Stone is best known for her witty and charming roles in several popular comedies. She also stars in: Easy A; Aloha and Birdman.

·Colombian films made The Amazing Spider-Man. Sony owns the company

·The Amazing Spider-Man is filmed in 3D

·Sony created a promotional website for the film which released many previews and launched a viral marketing campaign

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·The release date for the film in the UK and US was 3rd July 2012

·How the film was marketed:

·http://marvel.com/movies/movie/133/the_amazing_spider-man

The Hunger Games:

Name: Katniss Everdeen

Age:16

Gender: Female

Family: She lives with her mum and her younger sister, Primrose (Prim)

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Name: Peeta Mellark

Age:16

Gender: Male

Family: Parents work in a bakery. He helps out. Lives with his parents.

Name: Gale Hawthorne

Age:18

Gender: Male

Family: Mum: Hazelle, Younger brothers: Rory and Vick. Younger sister: Posy