Sesame Street characters spoof The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Cookie Monster and friends created their own version of the sequel of the dystopian thriller

For avid fans of The Hunger Games the wait is over... well, sort of. Cookie Monster and other Sesame Street characters have created a parody version Catching Fire, the second installment of the blockbuster franchise.

In the short spoof video, Cookie Monster wears a wig and takes on the role of 'Cookieness Evereat', who participates in 'The Hungry Games'.

Cookieness races through the jungle solving puzzles and identifying healthy foods in a race against the clock. She is joined by her friends, which includes a piece of bread called 'Pita' in reference to the character Peeta Mellark.

This is not the first time Sesame Street has poked fun at a serious film or television programme, most recently the Muppets sent up drama series Homeland.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth and will be released this week. The film is based on a trilogy of books of the same name by Suzanne Collins, and the new film is anticipated to be even better than the first installment.