The movie adaptation of The Hunger Games trilogy of young-adult novels may be released in 2011, though an exact release date has not been set. The Internet Movie Database, or IMDb, lists the The Hunger Games movie as a 2011 release and lists it as "in development.'"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/ In 2009, entertainment company Lionsgate purchased the rights to The Hunger Games movie. Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins is reportedly adapting the screenplay for the movie.http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-02-11-buzz11_ST_N.htm

Because the film has not yet been released in U.S. theaters, there are currently no reviews for The Hunger Games movie. If and when the movie is released, reviews will be listed on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.com. Both of these websites offer snippets of movie reviews by well-known movie critics, along with links to full versions of these reviews.

Fans of the wildly popular Hunger Games series of novels are eagerly awaiting any information about a possible Hunger Games movie.

The Hunger Games young-adult series features three novels: The Hunger Games, released in 2008, Catching Fire, which came out in 2009 and Mockingjay.http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023483/ref=pd_sim_b_2 http://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Second-Hunger-Games/dp/0439023491/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Mockingjay is the third and final book in the trilogy. It was released on August 24, 2010.http://www.amazon.com/Mockingjay-Final-Book-Hunger-Games/dp/0439023513

The Hunger Games series revolves around a post-apocalyptic North America which is divided into a dozen different districts known as "Panem." The dictatorship is dominated by television. Once a year, 24 teenagers are drawn by a lottery to play so-called "Hunger Games," essentially fights to the death on TV.http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-02-11-buzz11_ST_N.htm

Katniss Everdeen is the heroine of The Hunger Games trilogy. Much of the casting speculation for a Hunger Games movie revolves around who will portray Katniss Everdeen on the big screen. Suggestions have ranged from Twilight actresses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning to Academy Award-winning actress Saoirse Ronan. Other suggestions include actress Chloe Moretz from Kick-Ass, The Vampire Diaries' Malese Jow and Jodelle Ferland, who played new vampire Bree Tanner in the latest Twilight installment, Eclipse.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/03/the-hunger-games-in-hollywood-who-will-play-katniss.html http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/06/02/the-hunger-games-movie