The Hunger Games releases the first teaser trailer for Mockingjay - Part 1 featuring President Snow of Panem.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, features Donald Sutherland, as President Snow, delivering a speech on unity, prosperity and sacrifice as virtues everyone must follow.

Josh Hutcherson, as Peeta, stands beside Snow, the two of them dressed in white with a white background.

What first appears to be an uplifting speech, soon turns dark when Snow threatens those who go against the system of Panem.

"But if you resist the system, you starve yourself, if you fight against it, it is you who will bleed," Snow says.

Jennifer Lawrence will reprise her role as Katniss alongside Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, Elizabeth Banks and Effie, Stanley Tucci as Caesar and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch.

ABC News reports that Hoffman had finished filming Mockingjay Part 1, and had only 7 days left to film for Mockingjay Part 2, so no replacement was needed for his role.

The Hunger Games: Mockinjay - Part 1 will hit theaters November 21 Mockingjay - Part 2 has a release date of November 20, 2015.

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