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On The Lot: Britain's film industry, Hunger Games theme park and more
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Nov 11, 2013
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On The Lot: Britain's film industry, Hunger Games theme park and more
Time for On the Lot, our weekly summary of news from the movie business with LA Times reporter Rebecca Keegan.
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, left), Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, center) and Cinna (Lenny Kravitz, right) in "The Hunger Games."
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, left), Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, center) and Cinna (Lenny Kravitz, right) in "The Hunger Games."
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Time for On the Lot, our weekly summary of news from the movie business with LA Times reporter Rebecca Keegan.

Time for On the Lot, our weekly summary of news from the movie business with LA Times reporter Rebecca Keegan. 

We start off with Britain's film industry, which has boomed over the years thanks to government policy promoting and two very successful movies that helped cement the relationship between Hollywood and Britain, The Harry Potter and James Bond series. There's also another fad catching on at these film studios, the more extravagant Hollywood practices such as fancy meals.

And speaking of James Bond, we take a look at the Youtube video of Judi Dench, M from the James Bond series, as she goes after the MPAA which gave her new movie "Philomena" an R-rating. 

The release of the much anticipated "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" has prompted talks of a Hunger Games theme park. The original movie grossed almost $700 million.