‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ trailer: Katniss spreads rebel wings

The games are over — it’s time for war.

Such is the grim state of affairs in the newly released full trailer for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,” the opening installment of the two-part finale to the blockbuster franchise, which opens Nov. 21.

The gritty, downbeat trailer, which you can watch above, finds Jennifer Lawrence playing a world-weary, black-clad Katniss Everdeen. “I never wanted any of this,” the two-time Hunger Games survivor and reluctant revolutionary says. “I never wanted to be in the games. I just wanted to save my sister and keep Peeta alive.”

Alas, there’s no turning back for Katniss as rebellion mounts in the post-apocalyptic society of Panem. Unlike the previous two films, the “Mockingjay” movies won’t center on the actual Hunger Games -- the kill-or-be-killed teen tournament -- but instead will broaden the scope of the action to war and politics, with Katniss leading the charge against the totalitarian Capital.

As directed by Francis Lawrence, who returns from “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the “Mockingjay” finale promises to pick up on and even amplify the dark elements from the previous films: The two-minute trailer includes images of artillery stockpiles, towns bombed into rubble and Stormtrooper-like soldiers firing on crowds.

Based on the best-selling young-adult novels by Suzanne Collins, the first two “Hunger Games” movies were of course massive successes, combining to gross more than $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. Still, it remains to be seen how the series will fare -- and how fans will react -- as the action moves out of the actual Arena and into the political one.

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