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Have you seen ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1’ trailer?

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Romance and rebellion: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1” is coming.

The action film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen is based on the bestselling, young adult series by Suzanne Collins. But while there were three books -- “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” -- there will be four films.

This has been done with other hot literary properties that became box office successes -- think “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

As fans can see in the new teaser, the film continues the love triangle with Katniss and her two paramours, Peeta and Gale. What changes is the challenge: Whereas before children fought each other to the death, now they’re taking on Panem’s powerful government.

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Sue Carpenter set it up in our review of the book:

“Opening with the dreary aftermath of ‘Catching Fire’s’ concluding line, ‘Mockingjay’ begins with Katniss Everdeen wandering through the wreckage of her District 12 hometown, tripping over skulls and breathing in the ashes of the incinerated bodies that used to be her neighbors. More than 90% of those neighbors are dead; the rest have been relocated to District 13, an area that was thought to be abandoned but is very much alive. Forced underground 75 years earlier in an era known as the Dark Days -- an era that led to the annual children’s bloodletting known as the Hunger Games -- District 13’s residents have spurred the present uprising, and they’re looking to Katniss to rile up the rest of the districts and overthrow the pale-skinned President Snow, who has made no secret of his dislike of Katniss and her rebellious unpredictability.”

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1” arrives in theaters Nov. 21. “Mockingjay -- Part 2,” the films’ conclusion, is slated for fall 2015. Of course, anyone who wants to know what happens can learn before then by reading all the way to the end of the book.

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