Lionsgate starts talks on the Catching Fire movie
With the release of the official Hunger Games trailer, fans around the world are about as excited as they could be for the release of the movie. For many, getting a look at what the film is going to look like has eased fears that it won’t live up to the Suzanne Collins creation that we love so much.
Now it seems Lionsgate is looking ahead to Catching Fire. And apparently they’re talking to one of the great movie writers!
Deadline has an exclusive report that Lionsgate is looking to the writer of Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy to work on Catching Fire.
Here’s what they had to say:
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is getting serious about the second installment of The Hunger Games. The mini-major is courting Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy to write Catching Fire, the second installment of the three book series that tracks the life and death adventures of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence). I’m told that Gary Ross, who directed The Hunger Games, is coming back for the sequel. He originally intended to write the outline for the second film and script it with author Suzanne Collins (they teamed to do a lot of writing on the first film), but the post production schedule on The Hunger Games has made that difficult. The film opens March 23. There is no start date on the sequel, but it is high priority. Ross and producers Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik then focused on Beaufoy. Negotiations haven’t begun yet, but Lionsgate is pushing hard for Beaufoy. Aside from Slumdog Millionaire, Beaufoy also scripted 127 Hours, The Full Monty and most recently adapted Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. There is extra heat on the series after Lionsgate released the well received first trailer. Here is that trailer again:
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This is great news in my opinion. I loved Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. Nothing against Gary Ross, but it would be really interesting if Danny Boyle came along as well since he directed the two aforementioned films and obviously works well with Beaufoy.
Ah! I was just thinking about this! ♥
Just imagine what it will be like with the cast for Catching fire!
Hopefully, We won’t be as upset. I hated Jen at first but now I cannot get enough of her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥
I WANNA KNOW WHO FINNICK IS SO BAD! ♥
What music do you want? I MIGHT want Set fire to the rain cause it is all matchy! ♥
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127 Days! 737 DAYS TIL CATCHING FIRE MOVIE
PLEASE guys take your time, don’t rush it!
Amazing news, really good news!