Filming is currently underway on the North Carolina

Filming is currently underway on the North Carolina set of filmmaker Gary Ross’ adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games”, and today a new set of images has arrived online courtesy of Fangirltastic. The story revolves around a dystopian future and the annual “Hunger Games”, a fight to the death staged on live television.
Todays images give us our first look at Elizabeth Banks in costume as Effie Trinket, outside the Hall of Justice where the tributes from the various districts are brought before the start of the games. Trinket is the capitol city’s somewhat ditzy liaison to District 12.
Check out the photos to the left and below, then click on the link above to see the rest, including some of Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta, Jennifer Lawrence and Willow Shields.
Lionsgate is scheduling a March 23, 2012 release date for The Hunger Games.