It’s obvious that Gary Ross (Seabiscuit) was the right man for the director’s chair as The Hunger Games is off to a roaring start at the box office. But what would the film have looked like if it were helmed by a different director? Michael Bay, Brett Ratner and Roger Corman would certainly have emphasized the sex appeal and violence. Garry Marshall and Nancy Meyers would probably focus on the romantic side. How would Terrence Malick, Federico Fellini and Werner Herzog have approached the source material? What about Christopher Nolan or Woody Allen? Thanks to these alternate reality movie posters for The Hunger Games, we can get a glimpse of what might have been. Hit the jump to check them out.
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Really Nice
Michael Bay’s is the best . . . . . tells you absolutely NOTHING about the movie or what its based on . . . .but still manages to reach the target audience.
Haha yes exactly (:
These are spot on and humorous
I’d buy the Woody Allen one right now. Very cool looking.
The Drive one is absolutely perfect!
this is stupid
Agreed.
Exactly why it’s so damn great.
I rarely piss & moan & drone on about such things…but what the EF is up with this…article…or whatever it is?
And YES…before you ask…I do have imagination & creativity…but this is just…ummmmmm…whatever.
The movie is pretty surprisingly swell though.
“pretty surprisingly swell?”
lmao.
I liked the pair contrasting Terrance Malick and Werner Herzog.
Your appreciation sort of depends on your knowledge about the other films and filmmakers, but even then I think some of these miss the mark a bit. Still fun.
@xtheory: Alrite alrite alrite…it was better than “pretty surprisingly swell”…it was honestly “damned shocking” how much I enjoyed this one. I actually wanted to sit through it again.
What can I say?
I’m a sell out.
simply awful…hey hey..you know cause cause he did that one movie with that one poster so..so..if he did this movie…erg..fanboy journalism…is there a quota for uninspired nonsense or what?
Try getting a sense of humor.
Geez guys calm down it’s just for fun…gosh. I liked this article
Plain stupid. Is this news or something? You know what? Empire KNOWS how to separate “fun” stuff like this from real news, perhaps you should do the same…
Go to Empire then…
The Woody Allen poster should list the actors in alphabetical order, regardless of screen time or star power.
Very nice
(though the Italian doesn’t make sense, should be “Giochi di fame” or “I giochi della fame”).
Missed opportunity — the final poster, of course, should have been Gary Ross’s “Hunger Games”, in the style of Seabiscuit.