The Hunger Games 'District 12' Up for Auction

The eerie, run-down textile mill in North Carolina used to replicate District 12 in the newly released blockbuster 'The Hunger Games' will be put up for auction this July, with a staggering estimated price of over $1.2 million (£759,000). Owner Wade Shepard, 83, has become 'overwhelmed' with the crowds of people coming to see the location of filming, and is listing the land in the Profiles is History Auction House (which specialises in auctioning Hollywood memorabilia.).

It's new - and rather wealthy - owner will recieve access to all 72 acres, which include 22 buildings, woodlands, hills and ponds. The land is currently listed on the official North Carolina Tourism website, promoting a four-day Hunger Games tour, although the visitors are not allowed into the buildings. It is not yet clear how the new owner will use the land.

'The Hunger Games' is a Sci-Fi/Action movie, where 24 children (2 from each of the 12 districts) are sent to the Capitol to compete in a survival-of-the-fittest reality TV show broadcast across the entire nation of Panem. Katniss Everdeen takes the place of her sister Prim, and immediatley becomes an unlikely contender. Prior to it's release as a film, 'The Hunger Games' was a trilogy of novels written by Suzanne Collins. Both the books and the film have enjoyed worldwide sucsess, reaching 56th in the worldwide box office (despite the recent March release.), as well as pushing into the Amazon Kindle Million Club (recognising authors who have sold over 1 million paid digital copies.).

One rich fan could get the land of a lifetime; their very own District 12.