After the Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) poster arrived last week, it was announced that the new trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 would soon be arriving and that moment is finally here.

In the exciting new trailer, a whole new side to The Hunger Games universe has opened up, with new faces, new dramas and a whole lot of action.

Here are just some of the many things to get excited about:

1. The destruction


There has been action in the first two films but it was largely restricted to the arenas. Yet in this new trailer, we can finally see the revolution in action, with massive destruction on a scale we haven’t seen before in these stories.



Buildings are collapsing, there are numerous explosions and – unsurprisingly – a lot of fighting and running too.

2. Peeta

We saw Peeta (and Johanna) being used by President Snow in his presidential address to Panem. Now, in this trailer, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) is no longer silent; he is addressing the people and telling them to put down their weapons. He’s also being interviewed by the biggest smile in the Capitol, Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci).

3. Gale

Katniss has spent a lot of her time away from Gale (through no choice of her own of course) but here we see the pair fighting side by side – and taking down a plane or two in the process.

4. The fragility

Though there is sure to be plenty of action in this film, one of the greatest aspects of the original novel, written by Suzanne Collins, is the time dedicated to Katniss’s fragile mental state after all that she has endured.

Both her and Finnick (Sam Claflin) have their own demons to battle with in this story and it’s nice to see a hint of that making the adaptation.

5. The firepower

District 12 was the poorest and arguably weakest of all the districts. But it certainly seems like District 13 is another matter entirely. They’ve got plenty of ammunition to fuel the rebellion.

6. The Mockingjay lives

Beetee told us the Mockingjay lives but now we can see it for ourselves. Three-fingered salute at the ready rebels.

What was your favourite part of the new trailer?

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