"The Hunger Games": Release dates set for "Mockingjay"

(CBS News) Lionsgate has set release dates - yes, as in more than one - for the big-screen adaptation of the third and final book in "The Hunger Games" series.

"Mockingjay" will be split into two films, hitting theaters in November 2014 and 2015, respectively.

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The studio announced Tuesday that "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" will be released on Nov. 21, 2014. The conclusion, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2," will arrive on Nov. 20, 2015.

The second film in the series, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," will be released on Nov. 22, 2013. Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed on to play the role of Plutarch Heavensbee, but casting for other major roles - namely previous Hunger Games victors Finnick Odair and Johanna Mason - has yet to be announced.

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