Have you been waiting for more “Artemis” calls on Facebook? Well TOO BAD. You can’t BE in the Hunger Games movie ANYMORE. But it’s for good reasons. So smile!

Lionsgate has wrapped up filming for The Hunger Games. Actually, they wrapped up on September 10. No word on what was the final scene shot was. They were shooting Capitol scenes at the end of July in Concord, NC. Though, I doubt they took this long there. The last shots were taken in North Carolina. Actually, most of the movie was filmed in North Carolina, not but a few hours from where I sit. But I didn’t make it into the movie. Why? Because I suck. Because I’m a dreamer, not a doer. Apparently… apparently… ;-|

All my dreams went up in fire and smoke. Kind of like this.

So there’s this guy named Russ Bowen. He’s kinda been a big deal ’round the Hunger Games fan community because he’s been reporting/tweeting on the filming of the movie for the past few months now. He’s given us pictures from the set, info on actors, and news from the rest of the cast. I’ve posted on this fine fellow before.

There was some talk (due to Russ Bowen’s Twitter) that Lionsgate would be doing some reshoots through October, especially in Charlotte, NC. Russ Bowen has since dispelled these rumors, though. I have mixed emotions about this. When I first heard about the reshoots, my heart sunk. In my mind that meant Lionsgate saw what they filmed and didn’t think it was good (or complete) enough. But once the rumors were dismissed, I started getting antsy… *what if they should do some reshoots, though?*

The Hunger Games Examiner pointed out two other tweets from Russ Bowen, including “Expect a few changes in film version. You will be surprised but will likely like them. I won’t give spoilers though” and “Jennifer Lawrence is without a doubt an archer”. I’m not concerned about the changes in the film from the books because Suzanne Collins wrote the drafts for the movie herself with the director. Further, I expect the changes will be slight ones to fit the film time. As long as there aren’t any stupid changes like Katniss making out with Gale, I’ll be good. (No, I don’t ship for Katniss + Gale. That’s rubbish.)

To celebrate the completion of filming, The Hunger Games examiner has put up a nice slideshow of all the official Hunger Games filming pics thus far. Go check it out! March 23, 2012 cannot come soon enough.

In other news: there is a new blog theme coming. And it’s gon’ be comin’ soon. So please stop commenting and emailing constantly asking me when it’s going to be up. It’s coming, already! As the wise, old sage Harold McGruder once told me long ago: “Hmmmmm… The greatest adventure of your blog is the journey to complete the most simple task. Also, make a new theme. Yours looks like crap!” Then he stormed off. Ever since that day, I’ve been working on a new Hunger Games-infused theme. The reveal will soon be at hand!

Happy Trails,
Sam.