- THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKING JAY
Director Gary Ross (who is responsible for really bringing
the book to life and deserves a lot of credit for his bold decisions to expand
on certain events that wasn’t present in the book and cut out certain acts from
the film, that were in the books to tremendous success) declined to return for
the next film, Catching Fire, because Lionsgate was chasing a November 2013
release date and needed to start production quickly.
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Ross felt that this wasn’t enough time for him to prep the
film properly, and Francis Lawrence was then hired on to take the helm for
Catching Fire. Though the pic hasn’t
even started filming yet, Lionsgate is already on the hunt for a director for
the next installment after Catching Fire, Mockingjay: Part 1.
Just last week, the studio set 2014/2015 release dates for
its two-film adaptation of Mockingjay.
Now Anne Thompson reports (via /Film) “Summit’s Rob Friedman and Patrick
Wachsberger, producers Nina Jacobson and author Suzanne Collins are currently
vetting the right directors for the last two Mockingjay films.”
It’s not an entirely surprising move, as Lawrence likely
won’t be finished with post-production on Catching Fire until late next summer,
which is when production on Mockingjay Part 1 needs to begin in order to hit
that November 2014 release date. Still,
it’s discouraging to see that studios find talent expendable in lieu of making
an “as soon as humanly possible” release date that capitalizes on the
franchise’s popularity.
I wont be surprised if there will be 2 different directors
are hired for the 2 Part Mockingjay films, in order for those films to make
there release dates, but nothing has been said about that as yet.
Stay Tuned for more news on this.
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