Lionsgate announces premieres and press tour for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

As expected, November will be surely be a busy time for us Hunger Games fans.

Today, Lionsgate announced plans for the press tour and premieres for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.

On November 1st, the press tour will start in Beijing and hit Seoul, London, New York and Los Angeles. Cast members including Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, and Sam Claflin will be in attendance.

Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland will join them in Leicester Square in London for the world premiere on November 10th. Fans in the US who purchase tickets on Fandango October 29th during the first 24 hours of advance sales will be entered for a chance to win a trip to the London Premiere.

All of the cast will reconvene for the Los Angeles premiere, which will take place on November 17th at the Nokia Live Theater.

For the full press release and details, look under the cut.

Yahoo! Live Stream for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire World Premiere

Yahoo! will be broadcasting a live stream of the red carpet for the WORLD PREMIERE for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire tomorrow 11/11 in London at the Odeon in Leicester Square!

Click here for the Live Stream page! The cast is scheduled to start arriving12PM ET/ 9AM PT Monday 11/11.

Look out for your favorite Catching Fire cast members scheduled to appear Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Willow Shields, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland and Francis Lawrence. And of course, there could be more!

via PanemPropaganda

Catching Fire World Premiere to be........in London?

LIONSGATE TO UNVEIL THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE WITH WORLD PREMIERE IN LONDON ON NOVEMBER 11, 2013
Announcement Starts 100-Day Countdown to Film’s Releasein Theatres Around The World on November 22 Santa Monica, CA and London, UK August 13, 2013 – With 100 days and counting until the November 22 worldwide launch of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment of Lionsgate’s global blockbuster Hunger Gamesfranchise, the Company announced today that it will host a Catching Fire world premiere in London on November 11.

Catching Fire will open day-and-date with its domestic release in nearly every major international territory.  The firstHunger Games film was the 13^th highest-grossing North American release of all time on its way to generating nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office.

This is....sort of weird, right? I know there are Hunger Games fans all over the world, but this is an American franchise set in North America with mostly American actors, so why is the World Premiere in London? 

What do you guys think about this?