Hunger Games Cast Assembles In Rome As Suzanne Collins Confirms No More Books [Pictures]
As The Hunger Games: Catching Fire premieres across the world, the sequel to the 2012 adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games looks set to outperform its predecessor at the box office.
They spent how much on Catching Fire?!
With a massive budget and a returning cast of superstars, the movie delves once more into Collins' teen fiction post-apocalyptic universe to reunite with Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch and the others as the Districts of Panem rise up in rebellion after the 74th Hunger Games victory.
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See more photos from the Catching Fire Rome photocall in our gallery.
Actors Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth have been doing the rounds, promoting the new film at glamorous events across the globe as Catching Fire's release date edges nearer and fan anticipation becomes ever more fevered.
What About The Reviews?
Critics are heralding the new movie as stronger and more faithful than the first with a bravery to explore more deeply the themes and morals of the franchise, bolstered by the first's promising success.
Liam, Jennifer & Josh Pose With Director Francis Lawrence.
Will There Be Any New Additions To The Hunger Games Novels?
Although fans' hunger for more Hunger Games action is at its most voracious yet upon the imminent release of a new movie, author Suzanne Collins has ruled that there will be no more novels to extend the original trilogy. The cast have collectively enthused how much they loved working on the lucrative franchise but enough's enough for Collins.
Jennifer Lawrence Debuts A New 'Do.
Though it was more than likely assumed by most fans of the franchise that the story would be wrapped up with Mockingjay, The Wrap went ahead and asked Collins' rep to confirm that there would not be a fourth book. "Another one? No, the books are done," Collins' agent, Jason Dravis of The Monteiro Rose Agency stated.
The Cast Have All Agreed Working On 'The Hunger Games' Was A Blast.
Though she has no plans to revisit Panem and her character Katniss Everdeen, Collins is said to be planning on writing another teen series in the future but one that will likely not involve her most famous setting or roll call of characters.
We're At The Hunger Games Halfway Point
To keep fans' interest buoyed now that there'll definitely be no more books, the third instalment, Mockingjay, will be split into two movies which will allow time for the filmmakers to render the final chapter in more impressive and immersive detail than could have been squeezed into just one film.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will be released on the 21st November in the UK and the 22nd November in the USA.
Will Katniss Join The District Rebellion?