LIONSGATE AND SAMSUNG TO DEBUT OFFICIAL THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 TRAILER
First Official The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer to Premiere Exclusively on the Galaxy Tab® S at San Diego Comic-Con® and in Samsung Experience
Shops within Best Buy Locations Nationwide
Santa Monica, Calif. and Dallas, TX – July 18, 2014 –Lionsgate (NYSE:
LGF), a premier next generation global content leader, and Samsung
Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung), have teamed up on the next
installment of the global
blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The collaboration will launch with all fans getting a sneak peek of the film’s first official teaser trailer, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, exclusively on Samsung’s
new Galaxy Tab® S ahead of its online release.
In a first-of-its-kind experience, fans will have the opportunity to preview the highly-anticipated
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 trailer on the Galaxy Tab S at an exclusive premiere in San Diego during Comic-Con
on
Friday, July 25. For those outside San Diego, beginning
Saturday, July 26,
fans can visit participating Samsung Experience Shops within Best Buy
locations nationwide throughout the weekend to preview the trailer.
Samsung will also provide visitors that view the trailer at Samsung
Experience Shops one complimentary ticket to see
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 when it opens in theaters worldwide
on November 21, while
supplies last.
Additionally, owners of select Galaxy devices* will
have the opportunity to download the all-new Hunger Games Movie Pack
App, via Google Play™ for access to exclusive content from The Hunger Games franchise.
“We’re giving our consumers the unique experience to premiere the official trailer of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I on
our new Galaxy Tab S,” said Todd Pendleton, Chief Marketing Officer,
Samsung Telecommunications America.
“Together with Lionsgate, we will give Samsung Galaxy owners access to
experience The Hunger Games franchise like never before.”
"We’re thrilled to be partnering on Mockingjay 1 with
a company that has the global stature of Samsung and whose innovative
technologies touch every aspect of consumers’ lives around the world,"
said Paula Kupfer, SVP of Consumer
Products & Licensing at Lionsgate. "They are a perfect fit with
our franchise, and together we envision unlimited opportunities for
expanding the world ofThe Hunger Games in exciting and visionary ways."
During San Diego Comic-Con:
On Friday, July 25 at 12:00pm PT, cast members from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will introduce the trailer on the Galaxy Tab S in the Capitol Gallery located
in the Samsung Galaxy Experience in San Diego (in the Hard Rock Hotel, corner of 5th and L Streets).
Nationwide at Best Buy:
Fans outside the San Diego area can also get an exclusive preview of the first official
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 trailer beginning
on Saturday, July 26 and extending through
Sunday,
July 27 by visiting Samsung Experience Shops inside select Best Buy
locations. While supplies last, visitors will receive one complimentary
pass to see
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 when it opens in theaters
November
21.
The Hunger Games Movie Pack App:
As part of the collaboration, The Hunger Games Movie Pack App will be available to download for free on select Samsung devices
* beginning
July 28, via Google Play. The app will give Galaxy
owners access to exclusive
Hunger Games content, including scripts, book excerpts, video clips and more.
Galaxy Tab S owners will have the opportunity to download the first two
Hunger Games films for free, in addition to receiving all the exclusive content through the app. Samsung will continue to deliver exclusive
Hunger Games content
to Galaxy owners through the app leading up to the film’s premiere
on November 21. *
Samsung, Galaxy, Galaxy S, and Galaxy Tab are all registered trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
*The Hunger Games Movie Pack App will
be available to download for free on the Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy Note Pro,
Galaxy Tab Pro, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S4 starting July 28.
