Our ‘Hunger Games‘ director, Gary Ross, will be holding a book signing at the Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles, CA next Saturday, November 17th at 2:00 PM. The book signing is for Gary’s new children’s book, ‘Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind‘. Meet acclaimed film director Gary Ross today when he discusses and [...]
It came as quite a shock to all of us fans when our beloved director of the first Hunger Games installment, Gary Ross, informed us that he would not be returning to work on ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire‘. Now buzz around the second movie is growing, the new main in the director’s chair, Francis Lawrence, [...]
Now that Francis Lawrence has officially been named the ‘Catching Fire‘ director, MTV decided to jump right in and analyze what Lawrence has on his plate and what he needs to do to make the best ‘Hunger Games‘ sequel he can. Fan Following Say what you will about Ross’ vision for and execution of the [...]
Francis Lawrence has just been confirmed to be the director of ‘Catching Fire‘. And he couldn’t be more excited! Lawrence has written a note to all the fans of ‘The Hunger Games‘ on the official Facebook page. Take a look! “Hello fellow Hunger Games fans! I just want you all to know how unbelievably excited and [...]
Lionsgate has just released confirmation that Francis Lawrence will indeed be the director of ‘The Hunger Games‘ sequel ‘Catching Fire‘. According to the press release: SANTA MONICA, CA (May 3, 2012) – LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, announced today that Francis Lawrence has officially signed on to direct CATCHING FIRE, the sequel to THE [...]
According to a THR Exclusive, Francis Lawrence has been selected by Lionsgate to direct the next ‘Hunger Games’ installment, ‘Catching Fire‘. The news has been confirmed by Variety! Lawrence has been officially offered the job. As of yet, there is no word as to whether or not he has accepted. After a quick but fairly [...]
There are certainly plenty of talented directors out there, many of whom surely can do justice to Catching Fire in Gary Ross‘s absence. The MyHungerGames staff has thought long and hard about it and we’ve each narrowed it down to our top three picks. Hamilton: Alfonso Cuarón: An amazing director with a superb eye for [...]
TVgeekArmy has some interesting thoughts on why perhaps a television director might be the perfect choice for Catching Fire. Television directors already live in a world where they jump from show to show to show with differing subjects, tones and styles. Great TV directors don’t get precious about having to re-write every script they direct [...]
In the wake of the news that Gary Ross has exited The Hunger Games franchise, Vulture has made a list of Pros and Cons for the director switch for Catching Fire. Pros: Does this mean less shakycam? Ross certainly brought a novel visual approach to this nascent franchise, eschewing carefully composed shots for a jittery, [...]
Now that it’s official, that Gary Ross is not returning to direct Catching Fire, we want to know – who would you see take his place? Many fantastic directors have been offered up by fans, and we’ve collected many of them here. Take our poll and tell us, who should direct Catching Fire? If your pick [...]
My Hunger Games Cast Countdown – Lynn Cohen
Welcome to Cast Countdown with Hamilton. Every week I will introduce a member of the Catching Fire cast and discuss what it is that they will be bringing to the role of their character. Fair warning, just in case you have not yet read the books, there may be spoilers here. Today’s featured cast member [...]
Sam Claflin’s Twitter Q & A
Sam Claflin, who plays Finnick Odair in Catching Fire, decided to do a quick impromptu Twitter Q &…
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Sam Claflin, who plays Finnick Odair in Catching Fire, decided to do a quick impromptu Twitter Q & A while on his lunch break on Thursday. What a great sport. Here’s some of what he had to say: Sam Claflin Should probably greet all my newest followers, so “whazzzup?” “Hello”. And I celebrate I’ll throw in [...]
FIVE things we learnt about Catching Fire from the Cannes Film Festival
You may have seen some of the videos of Jennifer Lawrence, Sam Claflin, Liam Hemsworth and Francis Lawrence, being asked about Catching Fire while they were in Cannes for the Film Festival. Hunger Games Examiner has decided to take a look at some of the key revelations contained in the various interviews to give us [...]
