The Hunger Games trilogy grossed nearly $3 billion at the worldwide box-office, so it’s little surprise that Lionsgate are moving forward with their planned prequel to the Jennifer Lawrence headlined blockbuster franchise, and it has just been announced that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be released in theatres on November 17th, 2023. The Hollywood […]
The Hunger Games prequel moving forward at Lionsgate
The Hunger Games is making its return to the cinema, just five years since the last film entry, this time with a prequel set 64 years before the first film and focusing on Coriolanus Snow, originally played by Donald Sutherland. Series filmmaker Francis Lawrence is returning to helm the Lionsgate project, which is based on […]
Lionsgate to livestream The Hunger Games, Dirty Dancing, La La Land and John Wick for free
Every major film studio is trying to find ways to entertain viewers during this current global health crisis. While many around the world are stuck in-doors, Lionsgate is planning to bring four of their most famous films to viewers for free. Beginning this Friday and continuing every Friday spanning four consecutive weeks, the studio will […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 scores lowest domestic opening weekend of the franchise, $247 million worldwide
The fourth and final instalment of The Hunger Games franchise exploded into cinemas this past Thursday, and despite some polls claiming it to be more anticipated than Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has scored the lowest domestic opening weekend of the series, pulling in an estimated $101 million […]
The Hunger Games prequel novel announced, Lionsgate already planning movie adaptation
Scholastic has announced that Suzanne Collins is returning to the world of The Hunger Games with a prequel novel set for release in May 2020, while Lionsgate is already planning a feature film adaptation. As per Deadline, the currently untitled book ” will be set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events […]
The History of the Multi-Part Film, Part I of I
Pim Razenberg on Multi-Part Film franchising… In the 2015 article The Future of Franchising: The Shared Universe, I discussed the development of franchising strategies within Hollywood. In the 2010s, these strategies cumulated in the dawn of interconnected franchising through “cinematic universes”, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. Today, as we […]
Back to the Future tops audience poll of most-wanted sequels
Back to the Future has topped an audience survey asking moviegoers which franchise they’d most like to see another instalment from, with 71% of people polled by THR stating that they’re keen to see another adventure from Marty McFly and Doc Brown. The Back to the Future series, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher […]
Lionsgate keen on more Twilight and The Hunger Games movies
Lionsgate scored a couple of big successes with its YA franchises Twilight and The Hunger Games, and although it completed its adaptations of both book series (even managing to get split the finales into two films apiece), it seems the studio is keen on resurrecting both properties. “There are a lot more stories to be […]
Fantastic Beasts composer James Newton Howard’s 17 greatest scores
With James Newton Howard lending a magical soundscape to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, writer Sean Wilson selects his personal favourites from an extraordinary film score career… Enveloping muggles and devoted fans alike in a warmly nostalgic air of magic, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has […]
Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing
Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]
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