We’ve been updating you on the rapid fire casting of Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire over these last few weeks since the announcement in April that Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) would take the helm, following Gary Ross’ [...]
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With a fall production start date looming, Lionsgate is busy casting for The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, helmed by Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend). Last week, there was quite a buzz about who would play the trident-wielding Finnick Odair [...]
Read moreRumors and wishful thinking surrounding the casting of the trident-wielding Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire have been running rampant over these last few days. Last week, we told you that Lionsgate had Armie Hammer (Lone Ranger, Mirror [...]
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Just last week, we brought you news that Lionsgate tweaked the title of the Hunger Games sequel to become The Hunger Games: Catching Fire following locking in director Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) and writer Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, [...]
Read moreIn the last two months, Lionsgate has made significant strides on recouping from Gary Ross’ exit as director. The studio has enlisted director Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) to helm the project and writer Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, Little [...]
Read moreFollowing news last month that Lionsgate hired director Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) to succeed Gary Ross to direct the Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, the studio is busy moving forward on this project and is now lining up a [...]
Read moreJust over a week ago, we brought you the news when Gary Ross, director of the insanely successful big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel, The Hunger Games surprised Lionsgate with the announcement that he would be stepping away from [...]
Read moreIn a flip-flopping week of will-he or won’t-he rumors, we finally have confirmation from Hunger Games director Gary Ross himself about whether or not he would be returning to helm the sequel, Catching Fire. This news even has a rep [...]
Read moreFollowing up on our coverage last week of director Gary Ross and whether or not he will direct The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, conflicting intel has emerged over the last few days regarding Ross’ stance and motivation behind returning [...]
Read moreLast November, we reported to you that Loinsgate had brought in scribe Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) to tackle the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ second book in the bestselling Hunger Games trilogy. Beaufoy has completed work on the script but will [...]
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We never really learn what catastrophic event occurred that led to the restructuring of North America into Panem, the post apocalyptic continent that is the setting for Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. For that matter we aren't really that certain [...]
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With the end of the Harry Potter franchise, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games has become a hot topic in Hollywood with the hopes of a new cash cow franchise riding on the shoulders of the post-apocalyptic epic. What better way [...]
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