--- description: The movie's not out till November but a wealth of Hunger Games goodies were just made available for fans title: The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 First Look: Poster Photos Script image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt322abe7f8300abab/69868fa1e53aba3b304d298b/mockingjay-part-1-teaser-poster-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Hunger Games_ Fans, Rejoice: Here's Your First Look at _Mockingjay Part 1_  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 15, 2014 4:52 PM CUT  Lionsgate  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 15, 2014 4:52 PM CUT Get ready to have the four notes of the mockingjay’s song stuck in your head. With the first half of the movie adaptation of the final _Hunger Games_ book, _M_ _ockingjay_, due in theaters in about six months, Lionsgate has just launched [a website](http://www.thehungergamesexclusive.com "undefined") devoted to giving fans an early look at the film. It’s got a [motion poster](http://www.thehungergamesexclusive.com/issue1/6 "undefined") (it looks like the poster shown here, but it moves) and [photos](http://www.thehungergamesexclusive.com/issue1/5 "undefined") (including Julianne Moore as President Coin) and a peek at [a page from the script](http://www.thehungergamesexclusive.com/content/issues/issue1/article4/downloads/script.pdf "undefined"). There’s also a[ Q&A ](http://www.thehungergamesexclusive.com/issue1/2 "undefined")with the filmmakers, full of tidbits of information, such as: **When the movie starts, Katniss isn’t doing so well.** Director Francis Lawrence says that the post-traumatic stress disorder in Katniss’ life is “ratcheted up” at the beginning of _Mockingjay_. **We’ll be seeing more of Effie Trinket.** Though Elizabeth Banks’ character doesn’t feature prominently in the book, Lawrence says that she sticks around in the movies. **There will be no CGI Philip Seymour Hoffman.** The actor’s death did come before he completed filming his scenes for the movie, but Lawrence says the scenes left to do didn’t involve dialogue. They were able to splice existing footage of Hoffman into the film without creating a digital double. Not every question gets a satisfying answer — Lawrence punts on where in the book the first movie will end — but it’s a tantalizing start. It’s also a hint that — when it comes to buzz starting early and staying strong — the odds are ever in _The Hunger Games_‘ favor. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/101374/hunger-games-mockingjay-first-look/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/101374/hunger-games-mockingjay-first-look/"},"headline":"Hunger Games Fans, Rejoice: Here's Your First Look at Mockingjay Part 1","datePublished":"2014-05-15T16:52:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:52:04.781Z","description":"The movie's not out till November, but a wealth of Hunger Games goodies were just made available for fans","url":"https://time.com/101374/hunger-games-mockingjay-first-look/","keywords":["movies","Jennifer Lawrence","The Hunger Games","Mockingjay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt322abe7f8300abab/69868fa1e53aba3b304d298b/mockingjay-part-1-teaser-poster-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt322abe7f8300abab/69868fa1e53aba3b304d298b/mockingjay-part-1-teaser-poster-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mockingjay","caption":"Mockingjay","creditText":"Lionsgate","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/101374/hunger-games-mockingjay-first-look/","name":"Hunger Games Fans, Rejoice: Here's Your First Look at Mockingjay Part 1"}}]}] ```