Everything the New Hunger Games Movie Left Out that also Wasn’t in the Book

The new Hunger Games movie comes out this Friday and you can bet that fans of the book will be sniffing out every little difference between the book and the film, and more importantly, what was left out of the film.

We’ve made it easier on all you super-fans by compiling a list of what was left out of the movie and also wasn’t in the book.

1. Peeta’s Death Scene

Spoiler alert!

I know what you’re thinking: “Peeta doesn’t die in the books!”

You’re right! He also doesn’t die in Mockingjay Part 1. There’s always a possibility it’ll happen in Part 2, but probably not since he doesn’t die in the books at all.

2. Skyflower, the flying city

This wasn’t a city in the book at all, and is in fact, a royalty free stock image I found and named.

3. Grievers

These terrifying creatures inhabit the maze in the hit series, The Maze Runner, so you won’t be seeing them in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.

4. This fan made sex fantasy

Although this is a great piece of fan art, neither the book nor the movie includes a sex scene.

5. Dragons

The Hunger Games series takes place in more of a sci-fi universe than a fantasy realm where dragons would exist. The movie left dragons out as well, most likely for genre reasons.

6. John Booger, the misunderstood Hunger Games tribute with a heart of gold

This isn’t a character in the book at all, and is in fact a bad idea for a character I made up in my head. Because of that, he is not in the movie.

7. Sia’s “Chandelier”

It’s impossible for a song to be in a book, but that couldn’t stop them from adding the song to the soundtrack. Alas, they didn’t, so you will not find this song in the movie.

8. Jennifer Lawrence Leaked Nudes

The lechers that released Jennifer Lawrence’s private photographs didn’t do so until well after the book was written, so there’s no chance they’d be in the book. Plus, we can certainly assume that given the embarrassment of the incident J Lawr wouldn’t sign off on them being used in the film.

9. My personal friend Chris Johnson’s progressive metal band, Tiger

It would be really great to see these guys in a scene where they perform during a party at The Capital, but that scene was never in the book and was completely left out of the movie.

10. The X-men subplot

There’s no reason to believe that Suzanne Collins intended for Katniss Everdeen to actually be Mystique from X-men, and none of the movie alludes to this either.