The Hunger Games is a 2012 American
dystopian action film directed by
Gary Ross, who co-wrote the screenplay with
Suzanne Collins and
Billy Ray, based on the 2008 novel
of the same name by Collins. It is the first installment in
The Hunger Games film series. The film stars
Jennifer Lawrence,
Josh Hutcherson,
Liam Hemsworth,
Woody Harrelson,
Elizabeth Banks,
Lenny Kravitz,
Stanley Tucci, and
Donald Sutherland. In the film,
Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) and
Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) are forced to compete in the Hunger Games, an elaborate televised fight to the death consisting of adolescent contestants from the 12 Districts of
Panem.
