'Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1' News: First Full-Length Trailer Garners Most Views

By Virnelli Mercader, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The "Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1" trailer recently garnered the top number of views among all movie trailers on Youtube, according to technology firm Zefr. The trailer topped the list two weeks in a row since it premiered on the website, and it edged out the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trailer by almost 50,000 views.

"Mockingjay" is the third installment in the "Hunger Games" films, based on the novels by Suzanne Collins. The series currently holds the top spot among young adult book inspired franchises, and fans are expecting that "Mockingjay" will not disappoint.

The newest trailer shows a pensive looking Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence).

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"I never wanted any of this. I never wanted to be in the Games. I just wanted to save my sister," she says. She is then seen in a video conference with President Snow, who is holding her boyfriend, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) captive in the Capitol.

Katniss is shown accepting the role of the Mockingjay—a symbol of the open rebellion of all the Districts against the Capitol. The rebellion starts, but then a video of Peeta is released which confirms that he is still alive. In the footage, he urges the rebels to put down their weapons.

"Peeta is the Capitol's weapon, the same way you're ours," explains Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) to Katniss.

But she's not having it as she tells Plutarch Heavensbee (the late Philip Seymour Hoffman) and President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore), "You will rescue Peeta at the earliest opportunity, or you will find another Mockingjay."

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1" opens on Nov. 21.