If any of you have visited IMDB's Hunger Games page you will see they have listed Gabriel Liotta as Peeta. This is in fact false. It should be noted that IMDB's information can be altered by anyone that has the premium package membership to their site; similar to Wikipedia and we all know how accurate that is. Mockingjay.net contacted Lionsgate about the info on IMDB and they responded with this statement:

"Gabriel Liotta is not playing Peeta. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We had removed it and it appears he has placed himself back up onto the site."

Trust that if any actors are confirmed Mockingjay.co.uk will be posting as soon as that information is available to let you know who will be playing your favorite characters. Also keep tabs on casting through the offiical Hunger Games Movie twitter as it may be revealed through that medium and why not follow us as well, @mockingjayuk?

Update: Lionsgate has confirmed that this information is, in fact, false, as the filming location has yet to be set.

Filming information has been released via a casting agency for the upcoming Hunger Games movie. The Los Angeles production website Backstage has listed the Gary Ross film for an April shoot in North Carolina.

Information on filming is sure to arise in the coming months, as filming comes nearer and casting is finalized. Check back here for all related information.

The Hunger Games is currently set for a March 23, 2012 release, with casting currently underway.

Thanks to Mockingjay.net for the heads up!

Calendar's at the ready Hunger Games fans, thanks to EW.com, we can now reveal that the Hunger Games movie will be released in theaters on March 23, 2012.

This news comes just days after it was announced that Debra Zane has been hired as a Casting Director for the film. With production set to begin in the spring, we should start receiving news about casting announcements over the coming weeks.

Actor Liam Hemsworth, or as many know him, Miley Cyrus' ex-boyfriend, may play the role Peeta. Liam was questioned by MTV at Sundance on Saturday and asked about his involvement in The Hunger Games movie. Not only has the 21-year-old actor been approach about the film, he claims to have already read the script and loves it. "I read the script. It's a really, really cool story." Said Liam, adding, "I love action ... gritty kinda stuff like that."

Liam Hemsworth also said he hasn't met with Gary Ross or auditioned for the role, but he sure will in the near future.

USA Today came out with their list of the top 100 best-selling books of 2010 and "The Hunger Games" came in at number 14. The top three choices went to the very popular Stieg Larsson's murder mystery novels "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". "Mockingjay" came in just behind "The Hunger Games" at number 16. 

The 8th grade class at Frenship Middle School in Wolfforth, Texas recently had the privilege to have their fan mail read by Gary Ross! After the kids read the book their teacher, Lenzi Hart, had them write letters to the Gary Ross telling him what they wanted the most out of "The Hunger Games" film adaptation. Hart's inspiration was from the fact many kids leave the cinema disappointed from a book to film adaptation and wanted them to express to the director exactly what they wanted.

They sent the 134 letters before winter break and were shocked in January when EW's article had Ross mentioning the letters as guidance for the film: "They were very well written and very astute. You could tell how much they connected to the book and they were just really terrific to read. It was fascinating and really kind of inspiring," said Ross. Some of the students suggestion were to focus on the characters and relationships between those characters and Gary Ross agrees, the action won't take the focus of the story.

As a final note Ross adds they're not rushing the process of casting the characters wanting to get everything perfect before production on "The Hunger Games" begins.

EW came out with more of their interview with Garry Ross (director) and Nina Jacobson (producer) talking about their approach to the first Hunger Games film. Ross says he will keep the film from getting an R rating by the MPAA knowing that the majority of book fans are 12 to 15 year olds and wants to allow them complete access to the film. He does promise fans that nothing will be cut out or less stirring then Collins' novel; the film will be "...just as compelling, just as scary, and just as riveting." It's not the graphic quality of the book that's so scary to Ross, but the ideas behind them.

EW then brought up how many are calling "The Hunger Games" as the next "Twilight" which Nina Jacobson feels is untrue. The only similarity behind the two, claims Jacobson is that the protagonist is young. But no matter what the similarity she takes the comparison as an honour knowing that so many people are comparing something they love to what she is working on.

If you want to read all of EW's interview with Gary Ross make sure to pick up the latest copy of the magazine.