A new installment for Lionsgate’s $3.3B franchise has been greenlit, and once again it’s a prequel, set 40 years after the events of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Considering the last installment, which lacked Jennifer Lawrence, failed to replicate the success of the original trilogy, it’ll be interesting to see if Lionsgate can set things right this time.
In order to ensure the new prequel avoids the shortcomings of the 2023 release, the studio should take notes on what made the first one special. The foremost aspect that the Lawrence-led film nailed was its protagonist, which turned out to be a great role model that kids and young adults can look up to. But it might not have been the case if it wasn’t for Lawrence, who refused to yield to the studio’s decisions regarding how Katniss should appear.
Jennifer Lawrence Wanted Katniss to Be a...
In order to ensure the new prequel avoids the shortcomings of the 2023 release, the studio should take notes on what made the first one special. The foremost aspect that the Lawrence-led film nailed was its protagonist, which turned out to be a great role model that kids and young adults can look up to. But it might not have been the case if it wasn’t for Lawrence, who refused to yield to the studio’s decisions regarding how Katniss should appear.
Jennifer Lawrence Wanted Katniss to Be a...
- 6/9/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
In a thrilling development, Blade Runner 2099, the highly anticipated sequel to the cult classic Blade Runner, has added yet another star to its already stellar cast. Hunter Schafer, known for her stunning portrayal in the hit HBO series Euphoria, is set to join the futuristic universe alongside the legendary actress Michelle Yeoh, who has been cast in the lead role.
Hunter Schafer in Euphoria | HBO
Since Prime Video’s sci-fi series is set to have two women leads, reliable insider Daniel Richtman noted that Hunter Schafer might be in talks to join Michelle Yeoh, who has already been cast as one of the leads. While filming for Blade Runner 2099 is expected to commence later this month, there is yet to be an official confirmation about Schafer’s casting.
Michelle Yeoh Cast in the Lead Role for Blade Runner 2099
Blade Runner 2099, a series serving as a sequel...
Hunter Schafer in Euphoria | HBO
Since Prime Video’s sci-fi series is set to have two women leads, reliable insider Daniel Richtman noted that Hunter Schafer might be in talks to join Michelle Yeoh, who has already been cast as one of the leads. While filming for Blade Runner 2099 is expected to commence later this month, there is yet to be an official confirmation about Schafer’s casting.
Michelle Yeoh Cast in the Lead Role for Blade Runner 2099
Blade Runner 2099, a series serving as a sequel...
- 6/8/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
All We Know About the New ‘Hunger Games’ Book And Movie Coming Soon After the release of ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ it was clear that fans are still hungry for more material set within the world of ‘The Hunger Games.’
To ease that hunger, Suzanne Collins has decided to return with a fifth book titled ‘Sunrise on the Reaping.’ it will be set in the same post-apocalyptic civilization known as Panem.
Here’s what we know so far.
When Will The Fifth Book In the ‘Hunger Games’ Franchise Be Published
Scholastic announced on Thursday, June 6, that a fifth volume of Collins’ blockbuster dystopian series, will hit the shelves come March 18, 2025.
‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ will take place 24 years before the original ‘Hunger Games,’ which first debuted in 2008, with the reaping of the fiftieth hunger games. This places it 40 years after Collins’ most recent book, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes....
To ease that hunger, Suzanne Collins has decided to return with a fifth book titled ‘Sunrise on the Reaping.’ it will be set in the same post-apocalyptic civilization known as Panem.
Here’s what we know so far.
When Will The Fifth Book In the ‘Hunger Games’ Franchise Be Published
Scholastic announced on Thursday, June 6, that a fifth volume of Collins’ blockbuster dystopian series, will hit the shelves come March 18, 2025.
‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ will take place 24 years before the original ‘Hunger Games,’ which first debuted in 2008, with the reaping of the fiftieth hunger games. This places it 40 years after Collins’ most recent book, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes....
- 6/8/2024
- by Nmesoma Okechukwu
- Celebrating The Soaps
The Hunger Games’ franchise has just got an exciting update having officially greenlit a movie adaptation for Suzanne Collins’ upcoming book titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, but not everyone in the fandom seems to be that happy about it.
So far there haven’t been so many details revealed either about the book or the film, yet it was made clear that the new installment would take its readers (and then viewers) back to the times of the 50th Hunger Games where Katniss Everdeen’s future mentor Haymitch Abernathy became the first female victor from District 12.
Previously, Haymitch has in fact been quite a frequent choice for getting his own movie when it came to fans’ discussions about whose story from the original trilogy they would love to hear next, though, now that the character is surely getting his own film, some fans found such a choice not the best option possible.
So far there haven’t been so many details revealed either about the book or the film, yet it was made clear that the new installment would take its readers (and then viewers) back to the times of the 50th Hunger Games where Katniss Everdeen’s future mentor Haymitch Abernathy became the first female victor from District 12.
Previously, Haymitch has in fact been quite a frequent choice for getting his own movie when it came to fans’ discussions about whose story from the original trilogy they would love to hear next, though, now that the character is surely getting his own film, some fans found such a choice not the best option possible.
- 6/7/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Less than a year after the latest movie’s release, The Hunger Games universe is getting bigger, and fans just can’t get enough of all the exciting suggestions they already have for the next installment.
Suzanne Collins has recently announced a new book titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is set to arrive at the bookstores in spring of 2025, and the happy news was followed by another exciting update from Lionsgate that officially greenlit the upcoming book-based movie adaptation.
Not so many plot details have been revealed about the next installment, though it’s clear that the movie will take viewers back to the events of the 50th Hunger Games when Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss Everdeen’s mentor in the original trilogy, became the first male winner from District 12.
Now that fans are reassured that the whole storyline will now revolve around young Haymitch, many are wondering...
Suzanne Collins has recently announced a new book titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is set to arrive at the bookstores in spring of 2025, and the happy news was followed by another exciting update from Lionsgate that officially greenlit the upcoming book-based movie adaptation.
Not so many plot details have been revealed about the next installment, though it’s clear that the movie will take viewers back to the events of the 50th Hunger Games when Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss Everdeen’s mentor in the original trilogy, became the first male winner from District 12.
Now that fans are reassured that the whole storyline will now revolve around young Haymitch, many are wondering...
- 6/7/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Sunrise on the Reaping Title Meaning Sheds Light on the Hunger Games' Beginnings - Main Image
The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins recently confirmed that there's another prequel story coming our way. But what fans don't get is the meaning behind the Sunrise on the Reaping title for Haymitch Abernathy's story.
Well, this article explores exactly that, while waiting for the fifth novel in the series to release in 2025.
Since The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes refers to how Lucy Gray Baird united the people through her song, contrasting Cornelius Snow's (and the Capitol's) snake-like tendencies of betrayal, how does Sunrise on the Reaping connect with Haymitch?
What Does Sunrise on the Reaping Title Mean For The Hunger Games?
The Day of the Reaping in The Hunger Games hadn't always been the same.
Though the original film franchise utilized the lottery to pick the names of every district's male and female tribute,...
The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins recently confirmed that there's another prequel story coming our way. But what fans don't get is the meaning behind the Sunrise on the Reaping title for Haymitch Abernathy's story.
Well, this article explores exactly that, while waiting for the fifth novel in the series to release in 2025.
Since The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes refers to how Lucy Gray Baird united the people through her song, contrasting Cornelius Snow's (and the Capitol's) snake-like tendencies of betrayal, how does Sunrise on the Reaping connect with Haymitch?
What Does Sunrise on the Reaping Title Mean For The Hunger Games?
The Day of the Reaping in The Hunger Games hadn't always been the same.
Though the original film franchise utilized the lottery to pick the names of every district's male and female tribute,...
- 6/7/2024
- EpicStream
A biopic based on the life of legendary singer-songwriter and dancer Michael Jackson has been in the works at Lionsgate. The project is generating plenty of hype with its first-look images and the talented cast attached to it. Therefore, it is understandable why Lionsgate executive Jim Packer feels that the movie will become the studio’s biggest hit of all time.
Lionsgate is working on a Michael Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua (Credit: Beat It | Billboard Music).
Titled Michael, the film is being directed by Antoine Fuqua and is expected to be released next year. During a recent event, Packer spoke highly of the upcoming biopic and expressed faith that it would beat the Jennifer Lawrence-led Hunger Games franchise to become the studio’s biggest blockbuster of all time. Here is everything Packer had to say about Michael and the future of Hunger Games.
Lionsgate Executive Jim Packer...
Lionsgate is working on a Michael Jackson biopic directed by Antoine Fuqua (Credit: Beat It | Billboard Music).
Titled Michael, the film is being directed by Antoine Fuqua and is expected to be released next year. During a recent event, Packer spoke highly of the upcoming biopic and expressed faith that it would beat the Jennifer Lawrence-led Hunger Games franchise to become the studio’s biggest blockbuster of all time. Here is everything Packer had to say about Michael and the future of Hunger Games.
Lionsgate Executive Jim Packer...
- 6/7/2024
- by Pratik Handore
- FandomWire
As you will most likely know, The Hunger Games novel series by Suzanne Collins is a pillar of modern young adult fiction and one of the most important franchises of our time. It started off as a trilogy of novels – The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010) – which was later adapted into a well-received and lucrative film series. In 2020, Collins wrote The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and we reported just yesterday that a new prequel novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, would be published on March 18, 2025. And while we have discussed a possible adaptation, we did not expect any official announcement anytime soon, seeing how the book is not even out yet.
But, just a day later, it was officially confirmed that a movie adaptation of the yet-unreleased novel Sunrise on the Reaping would be made and that it is scheduled for a November 20, 2026, theatrical release date.
The movie was...
But, just a day later, it was officially confirmed that a movie adaptation of the yet-unreleased novel Sunrise on the Reaping would be made and that it is scheduled for a November 20, 2026, theatrical release date.
The movie was...
- 6/7/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
How Old Was Haymitch Abernathy in His Games? Hunger Games Prequel Explored - Main Image
In Suzanne Collins' upcoming prequel novel for her beloved The Hunger Games franchise, the story will be centered on a player who has already made his debut. How old was Haymitch in his games in the franchise?
Sunrise on the Reaping Puts the Spotlight on Katniss Everdeen's Mentor
The Hunger Games author is not done building the world of Panem and the twelve districts. Recently, she announced that the novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, is slated to be released on March 18, 2025.
Ahead of the novel's debut, Collins also confirmed that the movie adaptation of it will follow suit, set to hit theaters on November 20, 2026.
Inspired by the 18th-century Scottish philosopher David Hume, whose "idea of implicit submission" intrigued the author. Collins hopes to deep-dive into the use of propaganda and how the power of those...
In Suzanne Collins' upcoming prequel novel for her beloved The Hunger Games franchise, the story will be centered on a player who has already made his debut. How old was Haymitch in his games in the franchise?
Sunrise on the Reaping Puts the Spotlight on Katniss Everdeen's Mentor
The Hunger Games author is not done building the world of Panem and the twelve districts. Recently, she announced that the novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, is slated to be released on March 18, 2025.
Ahead of the novel's debut, Collins also confirmed that the movie adaptation of it will follow suit, set to hit theaters on November 20, 2026.
Inspired by the 18th-century Scottish philosopher David Hume, whose "idea of implicit submission" intrigued the author. Collins hopes to deep-dive into the use of propaganda and how the power of those...
- 6/7/2024
- EpicStream
A New Hunger Games Book and Movie Is In The Works ( Photo Credit – Twitter )
Get your tributes ready! A new Hunger Games prequel movie is officially coming to the screens sooner than you think. The famed author Suzanne Collins revealed that she is working on another prequel book to the original trilogy after the success of Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. A new prequel titled Sunrise On the Reaping is officially a go at Lionsgate after the novel comes out. Here’s when the Hunger Games movie is coming out.
Suzanne Collins’s new “Hunger Games” book, Sunrise on the Reaping, will be published the following year.
Collins’ best-selling series, which has been adapted into a successful film franchise, reportedly has a fifth book that is set 40 years after the events of the most recent story, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which was made into a movie and released last year.
Get your tributes ready! A new Hunger Games prequel movie is officially coming to the screens sooner than you think. The famed author Suzanne Collins revealed that she is working on another prequel book to the original trilogy after the success of Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes. A new prequel titled Sunrise On the Reaping is officially a go at Lionsgate after the novel comes out. Here’s when the Hunger Games movie is coming out.
Suzanne Collins’s new “Hunger Games” book, Sunrise on the Reaping, will be published the following year.
Collins’ best-selling series, which has been adapted into a successful film franchise, reportedly has a fifth book that is set 40 years after the events of the most recent story, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which was made into a movie and released last year.
- 6/7/2024
- by Aayushi Hemnani
- KoiMoi
The Hunger Games Gets New Prequel Set 40 Years After The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Main Image
Franchise author Suzanne Collins plans to release another prequel for The Hunger Games, this time, set 40 years after the events of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Learn more about its slated release date and story below!
Suzanne Collins' New Hunger Games Novel Slated For 2025 Release
The recent prequel Hunger Games story earned $337 million at the box office, despite the film only costing $100 million total.
Still, it could never compare to the original film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen (Catching Fire had the highest-grossing with $865 million).
However, considering the Panem is a much larger place to explore, it comes as no surprise that Suzanne Collins is penning another prequel Hunger Games book.
The upcoming title is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is currently slated to be released...
Franchise author Suzanne Collins plans to release another prequel for The Hunger Games, this time, set 40 years after the events of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Learn more about its slated release date and story below!
Suzanne Collins' New Hunger Games Novel Slated For 2025 Release
The recent prequel Hunger Games story earned $337 million at the box office, despite the film only costing $100 million total.
Still, it could never compare to the original film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen (Catching Fire had the highest-grossing with $865 million).
However, considering the Panem is a much larger place to explore, it comes as no surprise that Suzanne Collins is penning another prequel Hunger Games book.
The upcoming title is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is currently slated to be released...
- 6/7/2024
- EpicStream
Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer will reportedly join Michelle Yeoh in Prime Video’s upcoming spin-off TV series, Blade Runner 2099.
After delays and a shift in production from Belfast to Prague, the sci-fi spin off series Blade Runner 2099 is now taking shape. Production is currently underway, and it was announced in May that Michelle Yeoh had joined the cast.
A new report suggests that Prime Video’s expensive-sounding TV series has now cast its lead: Hunter Schafer, perhaps best known for her role as Jules Vaughn in the hit show, Euphoria. Her other work includes The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, and a role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming Kinds Of Kindness.
The story comes via Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman (brought to our attention by World of Reel), who has also revealed a previously-unseen plot description. It goes like this:
In Los Angeles 2099, Cora (Schafer) lived her entire life on the run,...
After delays and a shift in production from Belfast to Prague, the sci-fi spin off series Blade Runner 2099 is now taking shape. Production is currently underway, and it was announced in May that Michelle Yeoh had joined the cast.
A new report suggests that Prime Video’s expensive-sounding TV series has now cast its lead: Hunter Schafer, perhaps best known for her role as Jules Vaughn in the hit show, Euphoria. Her other work includes The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, and a role in Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming Kinds Of Kindness.
The story comes via Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman (brought to our attention by World of Reel), who has also revealed a previously-unseen plot description. It goes like this:
In Los Angeles 2099, Cora (Schafer) lived her entire life on the run,...
- 6/7/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
We’ll make a return to Panem in 2026 as Lionsgate announces a new Hunger Games film. More on the story below.
Last year’s The Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes was a welcome return to the world of Panem and introduced us to a much younger Coriolanus Snow, far before he became the villain we saw in the original four films.
The film grossed over $330 million at the global box office against a budget of $100m, making it successful enough for Lionsgate to consider a sequel – and one has just materialised.
It was announced yesterday that author Suzanne Collins is due to release a new Hunger Games book, titled Sunrise On The Reaping, in 2025, and Lionsgate announced a film adaptation would follow in 2026.
The book will take place 40 years after the events of Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes and will feature the Second Quarter Quell.
welcome to the Second Quarter Quell.
Last year’s The Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes was a welcome return to the world of Panem and introduced us to a much younger Coriolanus Snow, far before he became the villain we saw in the original four films.
The film grossed over $330 million at the global box office against a budget of $100m, making it successful enough for Lionsgate to consider a sequel – and one has just materialised.
It was announced yesterday that author Suzanne Collins is due to release a new Hunger Games book, titled Sunrise On The Reaping, in 2025, and Lionsgate announced a film adaptation would follow in 2026.
The book will take place 40 years after the events of Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes and will feature the Second Quarter Quell.
welcome to the Second Quarter Quell.
- 6/7/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Kurz, nachdem Autorin Suzanne Collins ihr nächstes Werk aus der „Tribute von Panem“-Reihe angekündigt hat, hat Lionsgate auch schon einen Kinostarttermin für dessen Verfilmung bekannt gegeben.
Francis Lawrence, hier am Set von „Die Tribute von Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes“, soll auch beim nächsten „Panem“-Prequel Regie führen (Credit: Imago / Everett Collection)
Nachdem das Prequel „Die Tribute von Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes“ im Herbst/Winter vergangenen Jahres mit knapp 340 Mio. Euro Einspiel am weltweiten Boxoffice reüssiert hatte, hatte Adam Fogelson, Chairman der Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, erklärt, der Film habe für die Autorin der Buchvorlage, Suzanne Collins, „unendliche Möglichkeiten“ ergeben, die sie beschreiten könne, und die Lionsgate mit ihr gehen werde.
Nun hat Collins mit „Sunrise on the Reaping” für das kommende Jahr ein neues Buch der Reihe angekündigt und Lionsgate gleich darauf auch die Verfilmung, die am 20. November 2026 in die US-Kinos kommen soll. Für die...
Francis Lawrence, hier am Set von „Die Tribute von Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes“, soll auch beim nächsten „Panem“-Prequel Regie führen (Credit: Imago / Everett Collection)
Nachdem das Prequel „Die Tribute von Panem: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes“ im Herbst/Winter vergangenen Jahres mit knapp 340 Mio. Euro Einspiel am weltweiten Boxoffice reüssiert hatte, hatte Adam Fogelson, Chairman der Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, erklärt, der Film habe für die Autorin der Buchvorlage, Suzanne Collins, „unendliche Möglichkeiten“ ergeben, die sie beschreiten könne, und die Lionsgate mit ihr gehen werde.
Nun hat Collins mit „Sunrise on the Reaping” für das kommende Jahr ein neues Buch der Reihe angekündigt und Lionsgate gleich darauf auch die Verfilmung, die am 20. November 2026 in die US-Kinos kommen soll. Für die...
- 6/7/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
A recent rumor claimed that Jordan Peele met with Marvel Studios about potentially taking the helm of an upcoming movie, and we may now know which project he was speaking to Kevin Feige and co. about.
Though it took some convincing (and a few quid from his patrons), Jeff Sneider revealed the name of the film during the latest episode of The Hot Mic, and, as many speculated, it was indeed the long-awaited X-Men reboot.
Unfortunately, it sounds like things didn't work out.
Sneider heard that he took the meeting a few weeks ago, and isn't actually sure if he was being eyed to director or write. Since then, we got word that the movie has enlisted a writer in the form of Michael Lesslie (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; 2016's Assassin’s Creed movie).
This doesn't mean Peele won't return to the project down the line...
Though it took some convincing (and a few quid from his patrons), Jeff Sneider revealed the name of the film during the latest episode of The Hot Mic, and, as many speculated, it was indeed the long-awaited X-Men reboot.
Unfortunately, it sounds like things didn't work out.
Sneider heard that he took the meeting a few weeks ago, and isn't actually sure if he was being eyed to director or write. Since then, we got word that the movie has enlisted a writer in the form of Michael Lesslie (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; 2016's Assassin’s Creed movie).
This doesn't mean Peele won't return to the project down the line...
- 6/7/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Earlier today, the news broke that author Suzanne Collins is writing a new Hunger Games novel titled Sunrise on the Reaping. It will arrive in bookstores on March 18, 2025, and features a story which takes place 40 years after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
"With 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, 'the easiness with which the many are governed by the few,'" Collins explained. "The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question 'Real or not real?' seems more pressing to me every day."
Fans of the hit franchise wasted no time speculating that this book is likely setting the stage for another movie and, unsurprisingly, Lionsgate has confirmed plans (via SFFGazette.com) for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on...
"With 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, 'the easiness with which the many are governed by the few,'" Collins explained. "The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question 'Real or not real?' seems more pressing to me every day."
Fans of the hit franchise wasted no time speculating that this book is likely setting the stage for another movie and, unsurprisingly, Lionsgate has confirmed plans (via SFFGazette.com) for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on...
- 6/6/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Suzanne Collins’ dystopian sci-fi novel series The Hunger Games trilogy was adapted to the big screen starring Jennifer Lawrence in the lead role, and became hugely successful with young adults all over the world. The author’s prequel book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was also made into a movie in 2023 starring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth.
A still from The Hunger Games (image credit: Lionsgate)
Now, another novel in the series has been officially confirmed by Collins titled Sunrise of the Reaping, which is due to hit stands in March 2025. Die-hard fans are already manifesting another blockbuster film to be made based on this novel. But is there a future for Lawrence in the franchise based on the timeline of the book?
The Latest Novel In The Hunger Games Is Getting Fans Extremely Excited
Author Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series of novels caught the fancy of young...
A still from The Hunger Games (image credit: Lionsgate)
Now, another novel in the series has been officially confirmed by Collins titled Sunrise of the Reaping, which is due to hit stands in March 2025. Die-hard fans are already manifesting another blockbuster film to be made based on this novel. But is there a future for Lawrence in the franchise based on the timeline of the book?
The Latest Novel In The Hunger Games Is Getting Fans Extremely Excited
Author Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series of novels caught the fancy of young...
- 6/6/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
There is a new Hunger Games movie in the works, and this time it will be a prequel about Haymitch Abernathy, the District 12 tribute and champion played by Woody Harrelson in the original cycle of films in the 2010s. The news came simultaneously Thursday with the announcement of the book upon which the film will be based: Suzanne Collins’ forthcoming The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
According to the press release, the new Young Adult novel and film will follow the events of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, when Haymitch became an unwilling tribute as a teenager. Presumably the experiences he endured both in the arena and the Capitol will turn him into the bitter middle-aged drunkard who Katniss Everdeen meets and redeems over the course of the original The Hunger Games story, which is set 24 years after the events of Sunrise on the Reaping.
According to the press release, the new Young Adult novel and film will follow the events of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, when Haymitch became an unwilling tribute as a teenager. Presumably the experiences he endured both in the arena and the Capitol will turn him into the bitter middle-aged drunkard who Katniss Everdeen meets and redeems over the course of the original The Hunger Games story, which is set 24 years after the events of Sunrise on the Reaping.
- 6/6/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Greetings to District 13 – it’s been a big day for Hunger Games news. First came the information that author Suzanne Collins has penned a new book in her dystopian murder-fest series, entitled Sunrise On The Reaping, arriving in March 2025. And then, swiftly after, came the other update fans had been hoping for: a film adaptation is on the way, officially titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping. Yes, it’s time to head back into the arena, delving into a set of Games that has long been ripe for exploring.
Both Collins’ book and the film adaptation will be set in the realm of the 50th Hunger Games – 24 years before Katniss Everdeen became a tribute, and 40 years after Lucy Gray Baird competed in the 10th Hunger Games in The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes. And anyone entrenched in the world of Panem will know two things about that instantly: first,...
Both Collins’ book and the film adaptation will be set in the realm of the 50th Hunger Games – 24 years before Katniss Everdeen became a tribute, and 40 years after Lucy Gray Baird competed in the 10th Hunger Games in The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes. And anyone entrenched in the world of Panem will know two things about that instantly: first,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
"The Hunger Games" are far from over. Not only has it been confirmed that author Suzanne Collins is continuing the franchise with a brand new prequel novel, but Lionsgate has also announced that the forthcoming book will be turned into a movie. Titled "Sunrise on the Reaping," the book is due to hit shelves in 2025, with the movie dated for 2026. Most crucially, this new story will fill in the history of a character fans have wanted to know more about for a long time. Namely, Haymitch Abernathy.
According to a press release, the book will hit shelves on March 18, 2025. Lionsgate wasted precisely zero time in getting the rights to the film locked up. Francis Lawrence, who has directed every entry in the franchise save for the original, is in talks to return for this latest installment. That makes every bit of sense given the success of last year's "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes...
According to a press release, the book will hit shelves on March 18, 2025. Lionsgate wasted precisely zero time in getting the rights to the film locked up. Francis Lawrence, who has directed every entry in the franchise save for the original, is in talks to return for this latest installment. That makes every bit of sense given the success of last year's "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes...
- 6/6/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Update: Lionsgate is volunteering as tribute to adapt the latest book in The Hunger Games saga by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is getting a feature film adaptation with a release date of November 20, 2026.
Franchise producer Nina Jacobson, alongside her producing partner Brad Simpson, will return to produce The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping through their Color Force studio. It will be the sixth outing for Color Force since bringing the franchise to Lionsgate in 2012. Francis Lawrence is in talks to direct the film; Lawrence has helmed four previous films in the Hunger Games franchise – every film since Catching Fire.
“Suzanne Collins is a master storyteller and our creative north star,” said Adam Fogelson, chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “We couldn’t be more fortunate than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator whose talent and imagination are so consistently brilliant. We...
Franchise producer Nina Jacobson, alongside her producing partner Brad Simpson, will return to produce The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping through their Color Force studio. It will be the sixth outing for Color Force since bringing the franchise to Lionsgate in 2012. Francis Lawrence is in talks to direct the film; Lawrence has helmed four previous films in the Hunger Games franchise – every film since Catching Fire.
“Suzanne Collins is a master storyteller and our creative north star,” said Adam Fogelson, chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “We couldn’t be more fortunate than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator whose talent and imagination are so consistently brilliant. We...
- 6/6/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
In the wake of last year’s prequel movie The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Lionsgate has announced and dated the next installment in the hit movie franchise today.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping arrives in theaters November 20, 2026, an adaptation of the just-announced novel that Suzanne Collins will release next year.
Frequent Hunger Games filmmaker Francis Lawrence is in talks to direct.
Deadline details, “While The Hungers: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was set 64 years before the events of the original trilogy, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is set 24 years before that trio of Jennifer Lawrence films in the world of Panem, commencing on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.”
The website’s report continues, “Those games are an important event in the canon as the victor was Haymitch Abernathy, the only...
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping arrives in theaters November 20, 2026, an adaptation of the just-announced novel that Suzanne Collins will release next year.
Frequent Hunger Games filmmaker Francis Lawrence is in talks to direct.
Deadline details, “While The Hungers: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was set 64 years before the events of the original trilogy, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is set 24 years before that trio of Jennifer Lawrence films in the world of Panem, commencing on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.”
The website’s report continues, “Those games are an important event in the canon as the victor was Haymitch Abernathy, the only...
- 6/6/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Lionsgate will adapt the new Hunger Games novel, Sunrise On The Reaping, and has scheduled a November 20 2026 release.
The latest addition to the $3.3bn, five-film franchise comes as Scholastic announced on Thursday it will publish the latest book in Suzanne Collins’s YA franchise in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on March 18, 2025.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
Franchise producer Nina Jacobson,...
The latest addition to the $3.3bn, five-film franchise comes as Scholastic announced on Thursday it will publish the latest book in Suzanne Collins’s YA franchise in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on March 18, 2025.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
Franchise producer Nina Jacobson,...
- 6/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
Bright and early this morning, the AP reported that Suzanne Collins was at work on a new “Hunger Games” novel, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.” And sure enough, Lionsgate is already at work on turning that book into another new “Hunger Games” movie. The film adaptation already has a theatrical-release date.
The big-screen version of “Sunrise on the Reaping” will be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026, after Collins’ book publishes from Scholastic on March 18, 2025.
And the whole crew is back to shepherd this new “Hunger Games” movie, including franchise producer Nina Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson for their Color Force banner. Francis Lawrence, who has directed each film since “Catching Fire,” is in talks to return to this one as well. No cast has been announced.
“Sunrise on the Reaping” visits Panem during the 50th Hunger Games — that’s 24 years before the events of the original trilogy...
The big-screen version of “Sunrise on the Reaping” will be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026, after Collins’ book publishes from Scholastic on March 18, 2025.
And the whole crew is back to shepherd this new “Hunger Games” movie, including franchise producer Nina Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson for their Color Force banner. Francis Lawrence, who has directed each film since “Catching Fire,” is in talks to return to this one as well. No cast has been announced.
“Sunrise on the Reaping” visits Panem during the 50th Hunger Games — that’s 24 years before the events of the original trilogy...
- 6/6/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
The Hunger Games novel series by Suzanne Collins is a pillar of modern young adult fiction and one of the most important franchises of our time. It started off as a trilogy of novels – The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010) – which was later adapted into a well-received and lucrative film series. In 2020, Collins wrote The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a prequel novel that was also recently adapted into a movie, and we have just received confirmation that Sunrise on the Reaping, another prequel novel, will officially be published on March 18, 2025, expanding the fictional universe of The Hunger Games.
The novel has been kept under wraps for some time, but this piece of news is certainly exciting as we now know that Collins has not given up on the franchise, which means that more works might appear in the future, which would be great!
As we have said, not...
The novel has been kept under wraps for some time, but this piece of news is certainly exciting as we now know that Collins has not given up on the franchise, which means that more works might appear in the future, which would be great!
As we have said, not...
- 6/6/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
A new Hunger Games novel by author Suzanne Collins will be published on March 18, 2025, publisher Scholastic announced today. Sunrise on the Reaping will be the fifth in the dystopian book series.
The new book will be set 24 years before the original Hunger Games novel and 40 years after the most recent installment The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
While Collins pointed to such influences as Greek mythology and Roman gladiators for her earlier entries in the series, she said the new one owes a nod to Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.
“With Sunrise on the Reaping, I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.’ The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems...
The new book will be set 24 years before the original Hunger Games novel and 40 years after the most recent installment The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
While Collins pointed to such influences as Greek mythology and Roman gladiators for her earlier entries in the series, she said the new one owes a nod to Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.
“With Sunrise on the Reaping, I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.’ The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems...
- 6/6/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
La lucha contra Ctos llega a la pantalla grande.
De acuerdo con Deadline, Sophia Wilde (“Talk to Me”) y Tom Blyth (“Los Juegos del Hambre: Balada de Pájaros Cantores y Serpientes”) protagonizarán la adaptación cinematográfica live-action del videojuego “Watch Dogs”, que comenzará su rodaje a finales de este verano.
La franquicia “Watch Dogs” incluye tres juegos hasta la fecha. Cada juego presenta historias diferentes en un mundo en el que hackers rebeldes intentan luchar contra las injusticias que permite Ctos, un sistema de información digital que conecta ciudades enteras en una única red. Desde Aiden Pearce en Chicago a Marcus Holloway en San Francisco, pasando por los ciudadanos de un Londres distópico, los miembros de la organización de hackers DedSec utilizan sus avanzadas aplicaciones y artilugios para socavar el opresivo reinado de Ctos y descubrir la corrupción que se esconde tras el sistema.
La adaptación cinematográfica estará dirigida por el director francés Mathieu Turi,...
De acuerdo con Deadline, Sophia Wilde (“Talk to Me”) y Tom Blyth (“Los Juegos del Hambre: Balada de Pájaros Cantores y Serpientes”) protagonizarán la adaptación cinematográfica live-action del videojuego “Watch Dogs”, que comenzará su rodaje a finales de este verano.
La franquicia “Watch Dogs” incluye tres juegos hasta la fecha. Cada juego presenta historias diferentes en un mundo en el que hackers rebeldes intentan luchar contra las injusticias que permite Ctos, un sistema de información digital que conecta ciudades enteras en una única red. Desde Aiden Pearce en Chicago a Marcus Holloway en San Francisco, pasando por los ciudadanos de un Londres distópico, los miembros de la organización de hackers DedSec utilizan sus avanzadas aplicaciones y artilugios para socavar el opresivo reinado de Ctos y descubrir la corrupción que se esconde tras el sistema.
La adaptación cinematográfica estará dirigida por el director francés Mathieu Turi,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Suzanne Collins’s bank account volunteers as tribute!
The creator of the wildly popular “Hunger Games” series has put pen to paper and will release a fifth volume in her dystopian book franchise for young adult readers, as per a report by the Associated Press. “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” is expected to hit shelves on March 18, 2025, and will further develop the mythos of the post-apocalyptic fascist government whose society is somehow dependent on teen gladiatorial events.
The 61-year-old writer, whose career began working on Nickelodeon shows like “Clarissa Explains it All,” “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo,” and “Wow! Wow! Wubzy!” has sold an estimated 100 million copies of her “Hunger Games” novels thus far.
The initial book trilogy was of course adapted into a wildly popular four-part film series starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth, and featured a slew of festively dressed side characters played by Stanley Tucci,...
The creator of the wildly popular “Hunger Games” series has put pen to paper and will release a fifth volume in her dystopian book franchise for young adult readers, as per a report by the Associated Press. “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” is expected to hit shelves on March 18, 2025, and will further develop the mythos of the post-apocalyptic fascist government whose society is somehow dependent on teen gladiatorial events.
The 61-year-old writer, whose career began working on Nickelodeon shows like “Clarissa Explains it All,” “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo,” and “Wow! Wow! Wubzy!” has sold an estimated 100 million copies of her “Hunger Games” novels thus far.
The initial book trilogy was of course adapted into a wildly popular four-part film series starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth, and featured a slew of festively dressed side characters played by Stanley Tucci,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
The world of Panem is continuing to expand. Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has announced a new novel in the series, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, which will be released next year. It will mark the fifth book in the series, following The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Sunrise on the Reaping will serve as a prequel to the original trilogy, taking place 40 years after the events of the most recent novel, according to the Associated Press. The new book, out March 18, 2025, begins...
Sunrise on the Reaping will serve as a prequel to the original trilogy, taking place 40 years after the events of the most recent novel, according to the Associated Press. The new book, out March 18, 2025, begins...
- 6/6/2024
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- Rollingstone.com
Author Suzanne Collins is returning to the world of Panem.
Collins and her publisher Scholastic on Thursday announced that a new installment in the Hunger Games series will be released next year.
The new book — the fifth in the series — will be called Sunrise on the Reaping, and is set for release March 18, 2025.
Later on Thursday, Lionsgate announced that a new film is in the works based on the novel; The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be the sixth movie in the franchise.
Sunrise will take place 24 years before the events of the first novel The Hunger Games, “starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell,” per Scholastic. Those Games are noteworthy given that the victor was Haymitch Abernathy, the only winner from District 12 prior to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s dual win 24 years later. Haymitch,...
Collins and her publisher Scholastic on Thursday announced that a new installment in the Hunger Games series will be released next year.
The new book — the fifth in the series — will be called Sunrise on the Reaping, and is set for release March 18, 2025.
Later on Thursday, Lionsgate announced that a new film is in the works based on the novel; The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be the sixth movie in the franchise.
Sunrise will take place 24 years before the events of the first novel The Hunger Games, “starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell,” per Scholastic. Those Games are noteworthy given that the victor was Haymitch Abernathy, the only winner from District 12 prior to Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark’s dual win 24 years later. Haymitch,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Suzanne Collins has announced that a new “Hunger Games” novel, titled “Sunrise on the Reaping,” will be released next year.
According to the Associated Press, the fifth novel in Collins’ bestselling series — which has been turned into a successful movie franchise — is also a prequel to the original trilogy, taking place 40 years after the events of the most recent tale, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the film adaptation of which released last year. “Sunrise on the Reaping” is set to release on March 18, 2025.
“With ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few,’” Collins told the AP. “The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems more pressing to me every day.
According to the Associated Press, the fifth novel in Collins’ bestselling series — which has been turned into a successful movie franchise — is also a prequel to the original trilogy, taking place 40 years after the events of the most recent tale, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” the film adaptation of which released last year. “Sunrise on the Reaping” is set to release on March 18, 2025.
“With ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few,’” Collins told the AP. “The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems more pressing to me every day.
- 6/6/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Blyth, the breakout star of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is all set to lead another popular IP. He is confirmed to be the lead in the film adaptation of Watch Dogs, the hit video game from Ubisoft. New Regency will produce the film helmed by French director Mathieu Turi. Blyth will star opposite Talk to Me fame Sophie Wilde.
A still from Watch Dogs (2014) | Ubisoft
The film adaptation comes after years of being in development hell. Rumors of a film adaptation began in 2013, and it went into development in 2014. Interestingly, the positive update on the film comes at a time when fans largely believe that Ubisoft is done with the franchise.
Watch Dogs Live-Action Movie Casts Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde In The Lead
Tom Blyth in a still from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Lionsgate Films
Tom Blyth and...
A still from Watch Dogs (2014) | Ubisoft
The film adaptation comes after years of being in development hell. Rumors of a film adaptation began in 2013, and it went into development in 2014. Interestingly, the positive update on the film comes at a time when fans largely believe that Ubisoft is done with the franchise.
Watch Dogs Live-Action Movie Casts Tom Blyth and Sophie Wilde In The Lead
Tom Blyth in a still from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Lionsgate Films
Tom Blyth and...
- 6/6/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Following his breakout role in Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds And Snakes, Tom Blyth is now ready for his next big potential franchise as he is set to co-star opposite Sophie Wilde in New Regency’s Watch Dogs, an adaptation of the popular UbiSoft hit video game. Deadline first reported earlier this year that Wilde was in talks and now both are confirmed to star in the pic that will be directed by French genre director Mathieu Turi.
Christie LeBlanc penned the original draft with new revisions by Victoria Bata. Yariv Milchan, Chairman and CEO of New Regency, and Natalie Lehmann, President of Motion Pictures and Television at New Regency, will produce with Margaret Boykin, Head of Content at Ubisoft Film & Television.
The Watch Dogs series video game series from Ubisoft, immerses players in the world of skilled hackers who use technology to combat oppressive forces controlling major cities across the world.
Christie LeBlanc penned the original draft with new revisions by Victoria Bata. Yariv Milchan, Chairman and CEO of New Regency, and Natalie Lehmann, President of Motion Pictures and Television at New Regency, will produce with Margaret Boykin, Head of Content at Ubisoft Film & Television.
The Watch Dogs series video game series from Ubisoft, immerses players in the world of skilled hackers who use technology to combat oppressive forces controlling major cities across the world.
- 6/5/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Up until now, Jordan Peele has only worked on his own original projects, largely avoiding major franchises. However, he was attached to helm Warner Bros.' live-action Akira movie at one point, and while things didn't work out, the fact that he was in contention does suggest that he would be willing to board a big studio blockbuster under the right circumstances.
Could a particular Marvel Studios property have caught Peele's interest?
According to Jeff Sneider in the latest edition of his newsletter, Peele has met with the studio about potentially taking the helm of an upcoming MCU movie. Sneider doesn't name the project, but did indicate that he knew what it was with the following X post.
If I get 100 news subs by morning I’ll tell all of you what Marvel movie Peele met on tmrw night. I work for You, don’t you get that? I try...
Could a particular Marvel Studios property have caught Peele's interest?
According to Jeff Sneider in the latest edition of his newsletter, Peele has met with the studio about potentially taking the helm of an upcoming MCU movie. Sneider doesn't name the project, but did indicate that he knew what it was with the following X post.
If I get 100 news subs by morning I’ll tell all of you what Marvel movie Peele met on tmrw night. I work for You, don’t you get that? I try...
- 6/4/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
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We can’t help it: We’re so “Obsessed” with all things Olivia Rodrigo. Aside from being ultra-talented and breaking numerous chart records, the “Vampire” singer also has excellent taste. There’s a whole breadth of options to choose from when it comes to picking out gifts for her fans.
Rodrigo stays busy. In the past year alone, she dropped Guts (Spilled), the deluxe edition of her sophomore...
We can’t help it: We’re so “Obsessed” with all things Olivia Rodrigo. Aside from being ultra-talented and breaking numerous chart records, the “Vampire” singer also has excellent taste. There’s a whole breadth of options to choose from when it comes to picking out gifts for her fans.
Rodrigo stays busy. In the past year alone, she dropped Guts (Spilled), the deluxe edition of her sophomore...
- 6/3/2024
- by Abby Jones
- Rollingstone.com
Seems like Prime Video is in its The Hunger Games era, as the streaming has recently added all the flicks that the franchise has so far.
Several days ago four of The Hunger Games movies arrived on Prime Video, becoming some kind of a gift to longtime fans that now have another reason to binge-watch it all again, but the collection got even bigger after The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes also made its way to the streaming.
What Is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes About?
Released back in 2023, the movie comes as a prequel to the original trilogy, following the earlier years of future President of Panem Coriolanus Snow when he involuntarily becomes an essential part of the relentless game of survival. A student of Panem’s prestigious Academy, Coriolanus is assigned as a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from...
Several days ago four of The Hunger Games movies arrived on Prime Video, becoming some kind of a gift to longtime fans that now have another reason to binge-watch it all again, but the collection got even bigger after The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes also made its way to the streaming.
What Is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes About?
Released back in 2023, the movie comes as a prequel to the original trilogy, following the earlier years of future President of Panem Coriolanus Snow when he involuntarily becomes an essential part of the relentless game of survival. A student of Panem’s prestigious Academy, Coriolanus is assigned as a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from...
- 6/3/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Despite being fired as X-Men '97 showrunner (the details are still sketchy) shortly before the series premiered on Disney+, Beau DeMayo has remained active on social media, sharing intriguing insights into the development of the animated revival show and revealing some of his key influences.
DeMayo has previously explained how the iconic "Superman takes flight" sequence from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel inspired a similar moment from episode 6 featuring Storm regaining her powers, and has now revealed that a different scene may have "subconsciously influenced" Rogue attacking the villainous Bastion in the recent season finale.
This was yet another standout moment for Rogue, who unleashed the full extent of her power while channelling the pain and rage she felt after losing Gambit in the Genosha massacre
I was likely subconsciously influenced by this when writing the #xmen97 finale beat of Rogue punching Bastion. That’s not Superman hammering Zod.
DeMayo has previously explained how the iconic "Superman takes flight" sequence from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel inspired a similar moment from episode 6 featuring Storm regaining her powers, and has now revealed that a different scene may have "subconsciously influenced" Rogue attacking the villainous Bastion in the recent season finale.
This was yet another standout moment for Rogue, who unleashed the full extent of her power while channelling the pain and rage she felt after losing Gambit in the Genosha massacre
I was likely subconsciously influenced by this when writing the #xmen97 finale beat of Rogue punching Bastion. That’s not Superman hammering Zod.
- 5/29/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
The trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos’ new film has arrived. The filmmaker has already followed up his Poor Things run with Kinds of Kindness, which reunites him with the Academy Award-winning star of his last film, Emma Stone, as well as her Poor Things co-star, Willem Dafoe. The new trailer from Searchlight Pictures displays the chaotic nature of the film, with all the clips feeling non-sequitur. And with Sweet Dreams providing the soundtrack for the trailer, it certainly hammers home the dream-like feeling of this abstract movie.
When director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone make a feature film together, Academy Award nominations follow. Their 2018 collaboration The Favourite was nominated in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design, Cinematography, and Editing categories, with supporting actresses Stone and Rachel Weisz also earning nominations and lead actress Olivia Colman taking home an Oscar for her performance. Their 2023 collaboration...
When director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone make a feature film together, Academy Award nominations follow. Their 2018 collaboration The Favourite was nominated in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design, Cinematography, and Editing categories, with supporting actresses Stone and Rachel Weisz also earning nominations and lead actress Olivia Colman taking home an Oscar for her performance. Their 2023 collaboration...
- 5/29/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
As George Miller’s oil and blood-fuelled Furiosa hits the screens, we ponder what makes a great prequel.
Mild spoilers for The First Omen.
There are a lot of bad prequels. There are some good prequels, but a great prequel is a rare thing to come across. They’re like a rare animal, the unicorns of cinema. Some wonder if such a thing even exists, but when you do watch one, it’s really rather something.
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga might just be one, a prequel which somehow manages to justify its existence and repeat the exhilarating sense of time and place as Mad Max: Fury Road. I’d be surprised if we saw another action film as handsomely made as Furiosa in 2024. Or 2025. Or 2026.
Prequels are an easy sell for studios, but a hard sell for audiences. For studios, they’re an easy way...
Mild spoilers for The First Omen.
There are a lot of bad prequels. There are some good prequels, but a great prequel is a rare thing to come across. They’re like a rare animal, the unicorns of cinema. Some wonder if such a thing even exists, but when you do watch one, it’s really rather something.
George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga might just be one, a prequel which somehow manages to justify its existence and repeat the exhilarating sense of time and place as Mad Max: Fury Road. I’d be surprised if we saw another action film as handsomely made as Furiosa in 2024. Or 2025. Or 2026.
Prequels are an easy sell for studios, but a hard sell for audiences. For studios, they’re an easy way...
- 5/29/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
This weekend, the box office looked more like a Wasteland than the fruitful Green Place of Many Mothers.
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” underperformed in its box office debut with $25.6 million between Friday and Sunday and an estimated $31 million through Memorial Day on Monday. Instead of ruling the box office as expected, it’s in a shockingly close race for first place with Sony’s animated “The Garfield Movie,” which collected $24.8 million over the weekend and an estimated $31 million through the four days. Neither could salvage the holiday weekend, which is the worst it’s been in nearly three decades.
It wasn’t just domestic audiences that failed to show up for “Furiosa.” The fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, is stalling at the international box office with $33.3 million from 75 territories, bringing its worldwide tally to $58.9 million. It’s a tough...
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” underperformed in its box office debut with $25.6 million between Friday and Sunday and an estimated $31 million through Memorial Day on Monday. Instead of ruling the box office as expected, it’s in a shockingly close race for first place with Sony’s animated “The Garfield Movie,” which collected $24.8 million over the weekend and an estimated $31 million through the four days. Neither could salvage the holiday weekend, which is the worst it’s been in nearly three decades.
It wasn’t just domestic audiences that failed to show up for “Furiosa.” The fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, is stalling at the international box office with $33.3 million from 75 territories, bringing its worldwide tally to $58.9 million. It’s a tough...
- 5/26/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the next Games of Thrones spinoff, is coming together, and George R.R. Martin took to his blog to tease that it will have a “much different tone” from the previous shows.
“The Hedge Knight will be a lot shorter than Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, with a much different tone… but it’s still Westeros, so no one is truly safe,” Martin wrote. “I hope to visit the shoot come July, when I swing by Belfast on my way to the worldcon in Glasgow. The show will make its debut next year… and if it does well, The Sworn Sword and The Mystery Knight will follow. By which time I hope to have finished some more Dunk & Egg stories.“
Related Game of Thrones spin-off The Hedge Knight has cast Dunk and Egg
The official logline for A Knight of the Seven...
“The Hedge Knight will be a lot shorter than Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, with a much different tone… but it’s still Westeros, so no one is truly safe,” Martin wrote. “I hope to visit the shoot come July, when I swing by Belfast on my way to the worldcon in Glasgow. The show will make its debut next year… and if it does well, The Sworn Sword and The Mystery Knight will follow. By which time I hope to have finished some more Dunk & Egg stories.“
Related Game of Thrones spin-off The Hedge Knight has cast Dunk and Egg
The official logline for A Knight of the Seven...
- 5/24/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Amazon MGM Studios has rounded out the cast of Oh. What. Fun., its all-star holiday comedy being directed by Michael Showalter, who is coming off the record-breaking success of the streamer’s romantic drama The Idea of You.
Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Joan Chen, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu and Maude Apatow have been added to the call sheet while Danielle Brooks has signed on for a cameo in the feature, which is currently shooting in Atlanta.
Michelle Pfeiffer is leading the ensemble that already include Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa.
Described as both a love letter to moms and tonally a cross between Home for the Holidays and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the story centers on a woman named Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) who organizes a special Christmas outing, but her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake,...
Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Joan Chen, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu and Maude Apatow have been added to the call sheet while Danielle Brooks has signed on for a cameo in the feature, which is currently shooting in Atlanta.
Michelle Pfeiffer is leading the ensemble that already include Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa.
Described as both a love letter to moms and tonally a cross between Home for the Holidays and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the story centers on a woman named Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) who organizes a special Christmas outing, but her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The first trailer for Sony Pictures and Wayfarer Studios’ It Ends With Us, exec produced by and starring Blake Lively, has made quite an impact since its launch last Thursday.
Garnering 128.1M views in its first 24 hours, according to WaveMetrix, the trailer has hit 222M as of today. For the sake of comparison, the trailer for Uni’s Wicked — the first of two new films based on the musical — landed 112.9M views in its first day of release, with pop culture phenomenon Barbie bringing in just 101.6M in the same period. Other recent films that have seen their trailers bested in this metric include Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (96.2M), The Marvels (90.6M), Mean Girls (79.3M), Challengers (75.M) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (61.6M), to name just a few.
Directed by and co-starring Justin Baldoni, It Ends With Us adapts the highest-selling novel of...
Garnering 128.1M views in its first 24 hours, according to WaveMetrix, the trailer has hit 222M as of today. For the sake of comparison, the trailer for Uni’s Wicked — the first of two new films based on the musical — landed 112.9M views in its first day of release, with pop culture phenomenon Barbie bringing in just 101.6M in the same period. Other recent films that have seen their trailers bested in this metric include Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (96.2M), The Marvels (90.6M), Mean Girls (79.3M), Challengers (75.M) and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (61.6M), to name just a few.
Directed by and co-starring Justin Baldoni, It Ends With Us adapts the highest-selling novel of...
- 5/22/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Viewers who sign up to Starz through Prime Video Channels can snag the streamer for just $1.99 per month for 3 months.
The final season of “Power Book II: Ghost” is heading to Starz soon! Viewers will be able to see how Tariq St. Patrick’s story ends, or whether it ends at all starting on Friday, June 7. Fans who want to watch “Power Book II“‘s fourth and final season on-demand will need a subscription to the Starz streaming service, which also carries all the other “Power” spin-offs, the sweeping historical epic “Outlander” and much more. The service normally costs $9.99 per month but for a limited time new customers who sign up through Amazon's Prime Video Channels can get the streamer for just $1.99 per month for three months (80% off). You have to be a Prime Video subscriber to get this deal, but if you are you can start streaming Starz now for an incredible price!
The final season of “Power Book II: Ghost” is heading to Starz soon! Viewers will be able to see how Tariq St. Patrick’s story ends, or whether it ends at all starting on Friday, June 7. Fans who want to watch “Power Book II“‘s fourth and final season on-demand will need a subscription to the Starz streaming service, which also carries all the other “Power” spin-offs, the sweeping historical epic “Outlander” and much more. The service normally costs $9.99 per month but for a limited time new customers who sign up through Amazon's Prime Video Channels can get the streamer for just $1.99 per month for three months (80% off). You have to be a Prime Video subscriber to get this deal, but if you are you can start streaming Starz now for an incredible price!
- 5/22/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
At long last, it seems the MCU is getting closer to its mutation. We’re only two months away from Deadpool & Wolverine, which in its own way will bring something of an evolutionary leap to Marvel’s cinematic DNA. The world is still raving about the stellar first season of animated show X-Men ’97. And now, there are signs that we’re getting closer to the thing fans have been really waiting for: a proper MCU X-Men movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a writer has been hired to write such a thing – and the person tasked with that almighty responsibility is Michael Lesslie.
Given the amount of secrecy around Marvel’s X-Men plans, it’s unknown what brief Lesslie has been given – but he’s currently putting pen to paper on bringing Xavier’s team to the big screen. Lesslie previously served as lead writer on Park Chan-wook...
Given the amount of secrecy around Marvel’s X-Men plans, it’s unknown what brief Lesslie has been given – but he’s currently putting pen to paper on bringing Xavier’s team to the big screen. Lesslie previously served as lead writer on Park Chan-wook...
- 5/22/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
X-Men '97 was a big hit with critics right from the start, but the Disney+ revival series has now become the highest-rated Marvel Studios project - live-action or animated, big or small screen - in the 16-year history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
With more reviews now counted for last Wednesday's season finale, X-Men '97 has reached a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. This takes it past Marvel's previous top-rated Disney+ show, Ms. Marvel (98%), and movie, Black Panther (96%), to become the most positively-reviewed MCU project of all time on the popular aggregator site.
The series wasn't only a critical favourite, as Deadline reports that May 15th's cameo-filled finale, "Tolerance is Extinction, Part 3," amassed a whopping 3.5 million views globally in its first five days on the streaming platform, making it the most-viewed full-length animated series finale since Season 1 of What If…?.
Marvel Studios has clearly taken note of the show's popularity, and...
With more reviews now counted for last Wednesday's season finale, X-Men '97 has reached a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. This takes it past Marvel's previous top-rated Disney+ show, Ms. Marvel (98%), and movie, Black Panther (96%), to become the most positively-reviewed MCU project of all time on the popular aggregator site.
The series wasn't only a critical favourite, as Deadline reports that May 15th's cameo-filled finale, "Tolerance is Extinction, Part 3," amassed a whopping 3.5 million views globally in its first five days on the streaming platform, making it the most-viewed full-length animated series finale since Season 1 of What If…?.
Marvel Studios has clearly taken note of the show's popularity, and...
- 5/22/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Amid the extensive hype for Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s Deadpool & Wolverine, a new MCU report has extended further excitement. As Deadpool and Wolverine belong to the same saga, the new report of the X-Men reboot locking a writer shows that Marvel Studios is quite serious about the former Fox mutant superhero franchise.
Beau DeMayo. Credit: beau_demayo/Ig
Beau DeMayo, the creative mind behind X-Men ’97, celebrated the prowess of the show. X-Men ’97 has been one fine addition to the Marvel Animations, and fans and critics have embraced the show with open hearts. The animated series is a nostalgic treat carrying almost a similar essence to the comic book on the screen.
Beau DeMayo Celebrates The Best Marvel Series Of Recent Times
Official art for X-Men ’97. Credit: Marvel Animation
There would not be an extensive debate after claiming that X-Men ’97 is the best Marvel show of recent times.
Beau DeMayo. Credit: beau_demayo/Ig
Beau DeMayo, the creative mind behind X-Men ’97, celebrated the prowess of the show. X-Men ’97 has been one fine addition to the Marvel Animations, and fans and critics have embraced the show with open hearts. The animated series is a nostalgic treat carrying almost a similar essence to the comic book on the screen.
Beau DeMayo Celebrates The Best Marvel Series Of Recent Times
Official art for X-Men ’97. Credit: Marvel Animation
There would not be an extensive debate after claiming that X-Men ’97 is the best Marvel show of recent times.
- 5/22/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
X-Men: Marvel Taps Hunger Games Writer for MCU Reboot - Main Image
Marvel Studios has found a writer to pen the screenplay for the highly-anticipated X-Men MCU reboot.
For the past few months, Kevin Feige and his team at Marvel Studios have been searching for a writer who will oversee the project that will mark the official MCU debut of the iconic mutant team.
A recent report revealed the two finalists that Marvel was considering for the job and, now, they have made their decision.
Also Read: X-Men '97 Producer Shares Exciting Update on Season 2
Marvel's X-Men Reboot Taps Hunger Games Writer Michael Lesslie
A recent report confirmed that Marvel Studios had tapped The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes writer Michael Lesslie to pen the screenplay for the X-Men MCU reboot.
Lesslie's other credits include Assassin's Creed, Park Chan-wook's The Little Drummer Girl miniseries,...
Marvel Studios has found a writer to pen the screenplay for the highly-anticipated X-Men MCU reboot.
For the past few months, Kevin Feige and his team at Marvel Studios have been searching for a writer who will oversee the project that will mark the official MCU debut of the iconic mutant team.
A recent report revealed the two finalists that Marvel was considering for the job and, now, they have made their decision.
Also Read: X-Men '97 Producer Shares Exciting Update on Season 2
Marvel's X-Men Reboot Taps Hunger Games Writer Michael Lesslie
A recent report confirmed that Marvel Studios had tapped The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes writer Michael Lesslie to pen the screenplay for the X-Men MCU reboot.
Lesslie's other credits include Assassin's Creed, Park Chan-wook's The Little Drummer Girl miniseries,...
- 5/22/2024
- EpicStream
We might finally be getting a new X-Men film as Michael Lesslie has been tapped to write a new film for Marvel.
It looks like the X-Men have come to stay in the MCU. After the disappointing Dark Phoenix, the X-Men have been laying low until we got quick teases in Ms. Marvel and The Marvels before Deadpool & Wolverine re-introduces everyone’s favourite grumpy mutant proper.
Deadline now reports that Marvel is planning a proper X-Men movie and Michael Lesslie is in negotiations to pen the script. Lesslie wrote last year’s Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, proving he can adapt someone else’s material. Lesslie has also penned the script for the new Now You See Me sequel which will be filming later this year.
The film is officially in development, but it’s still early days and there is no news...
It looks like the X-Men have come to stay in the MCU. After the disappointing Dark Phoenix, the X-Men have been laying low until we got quick teases in Ms. Marvel and The Marvels before Deadpool & Wolverine re-introduces everyone’s favourite grumpy mutant proper.
Deadline now reports that Marvel is planning a proper X-Men movie and Michael Lesslie is in negotiations to pen the script. Lesslie wrote last year’s Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, proving he can adapt someone else’s material. Lesslie has also penned the script for the new Now You See Me sequel which will be filming later this year.
The film is officially in development, but it’s still early days and there is no news...
- 5/22/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The Marvel Universe is a treasure trove of characters, and the X-Men are among its most beloved properties. Ever since Disney acquired Fox and its repository, Marvel fans have been asking for the live-action debut of the mutants after decades of hits and misses within the Fox Universe. While the animated X-Men ’97 was definitely a step in the right direction, it seems Marvel has reverted back to its old ways.
X-Men ’97| Disney+
According to the latest update, the screenwriter for an X-Men movie has just been hired. And fans are not happy that Kevin Feige ignored Beau DeMayo and instead recruited Assassin’s Creed writer, Michael Lesslie.
Kevin Feige Ignores Beau DeMayo for the Live-Action X-Men Movie
Beau DeMayo at San Diego Convention Center | image: Instagram | @beau_demayo
Beau DeMayo was apparently fired due to unknown reasons by Marvel Studios just ahead of the release of his series,...
X-Men ’97| Disney+
According to the latest update, the screenwriter for an X-Men movie has just been hired. And fans are not happy that Kevin Feige ignored Beau DeMayo and instead recruited Assassin’s Creed writer, Michael Lesslie.
Kevin Feige Ignores Beau DeMayo for the Live-Action X-Men Movie
Beau DeMayo at San Diego Convention Center | image: Instagram | @beau_demayo
Beau DeMayo was apparently fired due to unknown reasons by Marvel Studios just ahead of the release of his series,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
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