Hunger Games prequel book and possible movie on the way

[brooklynite]

The Guardian

Suzanne Collins is writing a prequel to her best-selling Hunger Games trilogy with a potential movie adaptation also on the way.

The currently untitled book will be released in May 2020 and will be set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of the dystopian franchise. It will focus on the time after the so-called “Dark Days,”, a failed rebellion.

“With this book, I wanted to explore the state of nature, who we are, and what we perceive is required for our survival,” Collins said in a statement. “The reconstruction period 10 years after the war, commonly referred to as the Dark Days – as the country of Panem struggles back to its feet – provides fertile ground for characters to grapple with these questions and thereby define their views of humanity.”

The Hunger Games books, which focus on a world where teenagers must fight to the death as a form of entertainment, were adapted into a globally successful big-screen franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen. The four films have made almost $3bn at the box office and Lionsgate has expressed interest in extending the franchise as well.

[lark]

1. Whoohoo!

She has created a rich world which she can continue mining for hopefully a long time to come. I'm definitely a fan.

[brooklynite]

2. Don't tell me how it ends; I want to be surprised.

[MuseRider]

3. I listen to most of my books these days

while I clean the barn and do farm chores. I had never read much YA lit but kinda liked the first Hunger Games movie so I thought what the hell and downloaded it from the library. I read them all, loved them. They are rich and engaging. I read others after that and was very happy to find that the YA books these days are quite good. I do not recall many targeted to my age group after I was around 12 or so, it seems we moved on to adult books and thankfully I liked a lot of them but had there been books (or books I knew about) like the books today I would have been in heaven.