We’ve told you not to trust the rumors before, but when we see them from well respected sites like Variety, we still WANT to believe them even though, deep down, we know better.

We’ve already covered the rollercoaster of emotion that is casting rumors. At this point, we’re over it. You know why? Because we’ve realized that ANYONE can start a movie rumor… and we’re going to take advantage of that!

When we say “serious jerry curl”, we mean THIS serious!

Presenting, New and Improved Casting News You Can Only Find on Victor’s Village!

• Now that Melissa Leo’s out for Mags, we’d like to reinstate the rumor that Cicely Tyson is up for the role, because that rumor was better.
• Beetee is still a toss-up between Tony Shaloub and Michael Emerson, who is trying to find a way to film around that ridiculous show of his that nobody watches.
• The “Sam C.” everyone is always talking about is not Sam Claflin. It’s Sam Cushion, aka District Tribute, the fandom musician extraordinaire! He was originally hired to do the soundtrack work, but he became a strong contender for Finnick after Lionsgate realized how awesome he is.
• The minor tributes in Catching Fire shall be played by many of the minor tributes from The Hunger Games, all Benjamin-Buttoned to look older and juuuuust slightly different. The audience digs familiarity, after all.
• We have Plutarch Heavensbee’s defining look for the film! In order to portray him properly Phillip Seymour Hoffman will be rocking some SERIOUS jerry curl!
• Lionsgate has realized that silly things like “age appropriateness” and “talent” don’t mean anything, so they’re working hard to hire talentless supermodels for all the currently uncasted characters. Fan service goes a long way! Just look at Twilight!
• Lionsgate is finally going to stop pushing the love story angle, focus on the war and hardship angle, and effectively turn Katniss Everdeen into the really neurotic blend of Lara Croft and Rambo that fanboys wet themselves over.

There you go! While we’re at it, what rumors would YOU like to start about Catching Fire?

Hell, Just Call ME Johanna Mason Because Then My Fangirl Dreamz Will Be True!
The Girl With The Pearl

If you were with the fandom during The Hunger Games casting, you’ll know it’s prime rumor season. Rumors are flying in and out from every which way, and we’ve discussed and put to bed a few recently.

And no, this is not another Finnick rumor post. We’re going to go a step further and laugh about the “cast list” rumor. Somewhere along the line, it was said that soon we will be getting a big ole list of who will be playing whom in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. And when we heard about this rumor, we were filled by sheer disbelief that this rumor was out there.

We know it was a whole year ago, but remember casting for The Hunger Games and how those announcements were handled? It was pretty much the exact opposite of a cast list, with Tributes being announced in pairs like the Reaping and   L      O       N       G   drawn out waits between the announcements of larger roles. We were on pins and needles with anticipation for a good couple of months.

And you better believe Lionsgate would want to do that again. We couldn’t remember the last time casting for a movie had so much hype surrounding it, where just the announcements of the actors became quite the spectacles themselves. The excitement over casting was a good early barometer for Lionsgate to have measured the hype, they would certainly want to do it again – though that kind of hype measurement isn’t exactly as necessary since the franchise is much, MUCH more in the public eye now, but we’re sure it’d still be nice to have.

CASTING… GET IT?!

This isn’t a high school play where they put up the cast list on the door of the gym. This is a MAJOR HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. Also, Lionsgate would be incredibly stupid to just show their hand in one go with a full-on cast list. All that hype wasted because they made all their announcements in one fell swoop.

So anyone hoping for a cast list, either some time soon or, you know, ever, we’re sorry to say that’s not going to happen. If it did, it would be the result of an extreme diversion from Lionsgate’s established strategy when it comes to handling the franchise.

Francis Lawrence is making a list, making his pick, gonna tell us who’s Beetee and Finnick (OR NOT)
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