Mockingjay Part 2

February 5, 2016

Lionsgate Blames Star Wars For Mockingjay Performance

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Despite being one of the most popular recent movie franchises, the conclusion of the Hunger Gamers, Mockingjay Part 2, did the worst when compared to the other films. The biggest of which was Catching Fire, which made $173 million upon opening weekend, where as Mockingjay Part 2 did considerably less. When asked by Deadline as to what the reasons were for the massive drop, they cited both Star Wars and real life terrorists attacks: “I think the combination of circumstances was unique between the terrorist attack in Europe and Star Wars,” said Rob Friedman, Lionsgate’s co-chairman of the Motion Picture Group. He said the box office overperformance of Star Wars “hit our numbers by somewhere between $50M and $100M.” He goes on to note that 2017 for Lionsgate should be a lot more successful, as 2016 has very few films from the studio releasing, and they’re very excited for what is coming: “Clearly we feel very,very excited about Power Rangers, Hood (which stars Jamie Foxx), The Odyssey among others —

November 21, 2015

Hunger Games Director Believes Prequel Story Could Be Next For the Franchise

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When you have a movie franchise, it’s hard to let it go, especially when it’s successful, and it’s based off a popular property. The Hunger Games saga has begun it’s final bow with The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 now out in theaters. But according to it’s director, Francis Lawerence, he believes the world of Panem could live on through a prequel story, one that was already seeded into the main story. He tells Entertainment Weekly: ““The interesting part of the story for me is to go back 75 years earlier and see how everything became the way it is,” Lawrence said, “I’m sure if [author] Suzanne [Collins] were to get inspired and decide there’s another story that’s important for her to tell that exists within the world of Panem and whether about the Dark Days, another character, or another set of Games, whatever that could be, I’m sure it would be great. And I’d love to be involved, absolutely.” He does note that this prequel story would not feature

July 10, 2015

Mockingjay Part 2 Cast Takes Stage to Talk About Final Hunger Games Film

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At SDCC, the cast of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 took to the stage one last time to talk about the final movie, and after a new teaser (see below), the cast relayed that this will be much more intense. Jennifer Lawerence herself was there and stated: “This is where Katniss gets back into action. She was a bit sidelined in the last movie, but now she is going after President Snow.” Of course, Gale and Peeta will be featured heavily as well once again, including having a true scene together for the first time. “We’ve been friends for so long, but we haven’t gotten a chance to work together that much,” Liam Hemsworth said. “We have a really emotional scene in this… and we may share a kiss,” he added jokingly, to which Hutcherson chimed in, “No spoilers, man!” Finally, Lawrence talked about what Katniss meant to her, and how she was going to “say goodbye”: “I don’t really feel like it’s happened yet. It’s still a huge part