The highly anticipated “Hunger Games” hits theatres everywhere tomorrow at 12:01 a.m.
 
The movie, which was first a novel series, is taking America by storm as a major motion picture.

 Valdosta Stadium Cinema is preparing for a franchise that has the potential to match Harry Potter and the Twilight movies.

 “I’m extremely excited for ‘The Hunger Games,’” Anthony Pope, a junior journalism major, said. “I think it will be interesting to see how the magic of the book that swept the nation translates to film.”

 Suzanne Collins who wrote the book also co-wrote the screen play which could potentially make the changeover from book to motion picture seamless.

 The story is set in Panem, which was once North America, and follows Katniss, played by Jennifer Lawrence, and her younger sister Prim, Willow Shields.

 Due to a previous rebellion in which a 13 district was destroyed, all children ages 12 to 18 must partake in a raffle to represent their district. Katniss, who takes Prim’s place as a tribute, fights for her life in the dangerous Hunger Games.

 The book got a higher rating by fan Angel Moore than the movie, which goes to show the importance of accuracy from the book to the movie by “Hunger Games” fans

  “I won’t watch the movie unless I read the book first,” Moore said.

 Foreseeing a big turnout, the theatre reserved all 16 rooms for the eager fans to watch the midnight premiere.

 Currently three of the 16 are sold out and the fourth room is almost there. The theatre will continue to sell tickets until all of the rooms are sold-out.

 Because it is such a big premiere, most of the employees in the theatre are put to work at the concession stands,” a VST employee said. “We make sure we’re stocked on candy and popcorn and make sure we have more than enough so we won’t run out of anything.”

 For the midnight premiere, attendees begin to line up as early as 10 pm. Compared to Twilight, whose predominant age range is 13 to 22- years-old, The Hunger Games predominate age ranges from 18 to 25- years- old.

Even though it is not as big as the Twilight movies just yet, it will become just as big. “It’ll be positive energy just like Twilight,” Alexes Seward said.

After the midnight showing, regular views of the movie can be seen at 12:30 p.m. at the earliest and 10 p.m. at the latest for all the fanatics who miss the midnight show.