User blog:RueRose/Rumor or Fact?: THG movie!

Rumor or Fact?
Okay, I know you can probably get all this stuff with a little bit of searching, but now you can be lazy because I will do the searching for you! Yay for laziness! Haha.

Emma Watson is Katniss?
Actress Emma Watson revealed that she was taking a break from Brown to work on "professional projects." A few people decided that this meant that she had been cast as Katniss in THG movie. According to one website, she was even a frontrunner for Katniss a while back. For a while, Emma fans were excited that she had taken on this project. So, is it a....

Rumor or fact?: '''RUMOR. 'As far as I know, Emma was never ''a frontrunner for Katniss. In addition, "professional projects" means "Perks of Being a Wallflower" which will start filming this summer. (Emma and Logan Lerman both star in this movie. That's promising!) Also, I suppose she also has to promote part 2 of "Deathly Hallows." I honestly don't think that Emma even has time to play Katniss.

Gabriel Liotta and Chloe Moretz are Peeta and Katniss?
Recently, both Chloe Moretz and Gabriel Liotta were up on THG IMDb page, listed as playing Katniss and Peeta. Are they starring in the movie?

Rumor or fact?: '''Rumor, rumor, rumor, rumor. '''Lionsgate was alerted of it, and they took it down, saying that Chloe and Gabriel had not been cast. Chloe has yet to appear back up. A few days later, Gabriel reappeared on the page, still saying that he had been cast as Peeta. Lionsgate said that they had taken it down, but Gabriel appeared to have put himself back up on the site. Lionsgate took it down. As far as I know, Gabriel has yet to appear back up. Because anyone with an IMDb pro account can edit information, Lionsgate suspected that Gabriel was doing this to promote himself for the role. HOWEVER, a little over a week ago, Gabriel Tweeted that he had not put himself up on the site, and that he had no idea what THG was. Some people suspect that this was just so people could see his IMDb page- where, according to many, a lot of his credits are fake. I believe that a Chloe fan put her up there, however I still think that Gabriel put himself up there, despite what he may say.

Elle Fanning is Prim?
A few days ago, my friends and I were talking about THG. When I mentioned that a movie was going to come out, they informed me that they knew, and couldn't wait to see Elle as Prim. When I said that Prim auditions haven't started yet, they directed me to a website where someone had reported that Elle had been cast Prim.

Rumor or fact?: As far as I know, this is a rumor. Until Lionsgate (or Elle herself) makes an official statement that Elle has been cast as Prim, it will continue to be a rumor.

Lionsgate has their top 4?
According to various websites, there is four people that Lionsgate is currently considering for Katniss. Despite an official statement made six days ago that said there were no frontrunners, it is believed that Lionsgate has narrowed down their choices to four actresses. I only could find the names of three- Abigail Breslin, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hailee Steinfeld. The fourth actress may be Chloe, Kaya, or an unknown.

Rumor or fact?: Unconfirmed. I know Lionsgate said that there was no frontrunners, but that was six days ago- they could've chosen a top four anytime after that statement was made. I don't know about Abigail, but all the others are currently Katniss favorites, so maybe Lionsgate chose them because of that? Or maybe, if this is just a rumor, someone decided to falsely report (or, maybe they thought it was real) that these girls were in the lead,

In Conclusion
IMO, in order for these casting rumors to stop, Lionsgate should hurry up with the casting! Filming is supposed to begin late April/early May, so they probably will find a cast soon. I just wish they could go faster.