Girl On Fire: Katniss and co burst back into action in newly-released trailer for The Hunger Games sequel



It's set to be the movie event of the year.



And fans have finally got their long-awaited first look at what's in store for their favourite characters when The Hunger Games: Catching Fire hits the silver screen on November 22.



Dubbed the 'Girl On Fire' after being crowned champion at last year's Games, Katniss Everdeen

- played by Jennifer Lawrence - is still adjusting to her new-found 'celebrity' status, complete with glamorous Capitol makeover.

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Girl On Fire: Katniss and Peeta (Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson) return for a battle to the death in the Quarter Quell in the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, released on Friday

But as the Hunger Games enters its 75th year, everything is about to change.



In a bid to damage her growing popularity, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) explains that, this time around, the tributes are to be reaped from the existing pool of victors.



Forcing the heroine back into a battle to the death, she is enlisted in the Quarter Quell.



Moving on up: Now living in the Victors Village and having received a makeover courtesy of the Capitol, it's a very different Katniss we see this time around

That's a cool trick: Katniss earns her nickname as she goes up in flames in front of a shocked Caesar Flickerman, played by Stanley Tucci

'Forget everything you think you know about the Games. This year, you're dealing with experienced killers,' Woody Harrelson's Haymitch Abernathy warns his charge.



While it's most certainly an ominous forewarning, Katniss's younger sister, Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields), sees a much brighter outcome, as we learn at the start of the preview.



'Since the last Games, something's different - I can see it,' she tells her sibling.

'What can you see?' Katniss asks, to which Primrose replies, 'Hope'.

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'Something's different - I can see it': Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields) tells her sister she can see 'hope' as she prepares to do battle once more

With plenty of action, not to mention a love triangle between Katniss and her Games partner Peeta Mellark (played by Josh Hutcherson) and her hometown best friend, Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth), fans of the trilogy will be on the edge of their seats.



Meanwhile, speaking to press at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con convention last month, breakout star Jennifer revealed her character is 'struggling with post-traumatic stress from the Games'.



'She has this new life now where she never has to worry about food,' she added. 'She's living in the Victors Village, and that kind of leaves her feeling useless.'

Most wanted: The young warrior finds herself more torn than ever as Peeta and Gale vie for her heart

Fighting for her love: Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss maintain the pretense of a relationship in order to stay alive, as his feelings for her grow ever more real True love: Childhood best friend Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) holds the key to Katniss's heart Fans will be thrilled to see a bewigged Elizabeth Banks reprise her role of Effie Trinket in the second instalment, while Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman joins the cast as new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, following Seneca Crane's (Wes Bentley) untimely demise.



Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that British alt-rock band Coldplay has recorded a song for the film's soundtrack.



Titled Atlas, it is the first release since the group's 2011 album Mylo Xyloto, and is slated to drop on August 26.

The jig is up: It appears that the undercover lovers' secret is out when President Snow spies them kissing



Targeted threat: President Snow (Donald Sutherland) turns the tables this Games, with the tributes reaped from the existing pool of victors in a bid to quash Katniss's popularity

Frontman Chris Martin is reportedly a fan of the Hunger Games books, written by Suzanne Collins.



'We are so honored that Coldplay, one of the iconic rock bands of our generation, will perform the first song out on the new soundtrack,' Lionsgate's Head Of Film Music, Tracy McKnight, says.

She adds, 'Knowing that Chris Martin is a fan of the books makes this even more meaningful.'



Best On-Screen Transformation: Elizabeth Banks, who won an MTV Movie Award for her role as bewigged Effie Trinket, is back and quirkier than ever