Lionsgate debuted the first teaser “sneak peek” for The Hunger Games on the 2011 Video Music Awards, and now you can watch it using the player below thanks to MTV (via ComingSoon.net).
Anyway, the movie’s out (in the US, at least) on March 23rd, and here’s the official synopsis:
The Hunger Games chronicles a dystopic Capitol which requires its twelve subjugated districts to pay tribute in the form of a teenage boy and girl, forced to participate in the annual “Hunger Games,” a fight-to-the-death live televised event. Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) little sister is chosen in the lottery to participate and Katniss volunteers to take her place. Although persevering through hardship is commonplace for Katniss, she must start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love in order to win the games and return home.
The Hunger Games was directed by Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit) and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Dayo Okeniyi, Amandla Stenberg, Jack Quaid, Leven Rambin, Willow Shields, Paula Malcomson, Ian Nelson, Kalia Prescott, Ethan Jamieson, Tara Macken, Chris Mark, Jacqueline Emerson, Ashton Moio, Kara Petersen, Sam Ly, Leigha Hancock, Samuel Tan, Mackenzie Lintz, Imanol Yepez-Frias, Annie Thurman, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Latarsha Rose, Brooke Bundy, Lenny Kravitz (that Lenny Kravitz), Toby Jones, Amber Chaney, Kimiko Gelman, Nelson Ascencio, and Donald Sutherland. Did you seriously just read all that?
EDIT: Replaced embed with official code from Lionsgate. Also, apparently they’re calling this a “sneak peek,” not a teaser.