Deadline New York reports that Lionsgate has met with directors for the first installment to Suzanne Collins’ mega-blockbuster Hunger Games trilogy, including Sam Mendes, David Slade, and Susanna White. But the early lead is said to belong to director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit). Filming is looking for a 2011 start, from a script adapted by Billy Ray (State of Play). The futuristic story describes 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a superb hunter and archer, and her entanglement in a brutal televised competition.
Sep 14
2010
09:46 AM ET
Report: Gary Ross in talks to direct 'The Hunger Games'
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so excited! i love the books. i’m reading the last one right now. i’m taking my time with it because i dont want it to end
This will be a really tricky movie to make. As with anything sci-fi, there’s the threat it could look just weird and off-putting. Then there’s the issues of presenting R rated viloence in a PG or PG-13 way. Amazing book but not a gaurenteed amazing move. But it *COULD* be huge and cultural defining if done right. Here’s hoping for the best, and that Chole Moretz gets the part of Katniss!
Chloe Moretz would be great in this roll…in about five years.
Yeah, I hope Chloe Moretz get it, and the filming begin next year when she’s 14. I heard it’ll be shot back-to-back, so we don’t need to worry about Chloe’s growth.
Why is Joss Whedon not being considered to direct this movie? I know he’s busy with The Avengers right now, but Katniss Everdeen is a Whedon heroine just waiting to happen!
Joss would do a great job, but it would lack his witty dialogue. Kat is a great heroine but lacks the total personality that Joss can create.
Oh, GOD, no. Absolutely not. Whedon would make it jokey just when it needed to get gritty. He would be the WORST person to do it.
I know this would never, ever happen, but I was thinking while I read “Mockingjay” that you should get the guy who did “District 9″ to do most of it — and Spielberg to do the parts produced by the Capitol. Go back and forth between the two styles, between reality and the hyper-glossy, cheaply satisfying world of the Capitol’s entertainments.
YES. Agreed with District 9. Neill Blomkamp would be a great choice.
I thought they already made this movie. It was called “Battle Royale.” And it was made in 2000. And it was based on a book from 1999. Stale idea is stale.
So, you never heard of “The Running Man,” I see, and yet you want to be the arbiter on what’s unique in pop culture. Thanks for sharing your learnings.
please please give SAOIRSE RONAN the role! she would be absolutely perfect