Scholastic announced today that it is publishing Suzanne Collins’ new Hunger Games prequel novel, currently untitled, which will hit shelves on May 19, 2020. The novel will be set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of the original Hunger Games trilogy on the morning of the reaping of the 10th Hunger…

Last year, the Super Bowl drew 103.4 million total viewers, and while that was the lowest total for the NFL championship game/American cultural event in nine years, it also was the 10th-most-watched program in American TV history. You can expect that number to rise this year with CBS’ broadcast from Atlanta featuring…

Visitors to the Lionsgate Entertainment City at the Estación Príncipe Pío in Madrid will be invited to explore the world of The Hunger Games, become a member of The Divergent Series‘ Dauntless and make like Don Draper in a Mad Men-inspired restaurant and lounge. The experiences are to be part of the entertainment…

Katniss Everdeen is taking her bow and arrows to South Korea. Lionsgate is developing its first branded outdoor theme park there, with immersive movie zones based on its biggest franchises, the studio said today. In partnership with Landing Jeju Development Co, Lionsgate Movie World will be the centerpiece of Jeju…

Elizabeth Banks joined the growing list of Hollywood luminaries to mock Donald Trump’s rock-star, Queen-tune-pinching entrance at last week’s RNC in Cleveland. “You know, I don’t usually say this about Donald Trump, but that was over the top! The Trump campaign is so hard up for money I bought that fog machine on eBay…

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has just hit another box office target. After grossing $1.4 million domestically yesterday for a cume to date of $257.1M, it just crossed the $600M mark at the worldwide box office. Internationally, the fourth and last installment in the Hunger Games franchise grossed an estimated…

It has been widely speculated that Lionsgate is looking to extend its Hunger Games franchise after its fourth and final film based on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part II, opened and has dominated the box office for the past three weekends and currently stands at $524.2 million in global…

Jennifer Lawrence, out promoting the final installment of The Hunger Games, that disclosed she wants to make her directing debut on a picture called Project Delirium. What exactly is going on with this? It’s set up to be financed by 2929, with Lawrence and her partner Justine Ciarrocchi producing along with Todd…

Lionsgate is reporting a $61M overseas cume through Friday on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in 87 offshore markets. While we don’t yet have a full territory-by-territory breakdown, the final installment in the YA franchise is currently playing No. 1 in 82. The projected three-day worldwide cume is $251M. Of…

Early overseas figures for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 are rolling in and Germany is exploding, up 42% from last year’s Mockingjay – Part 1 for a $1.5M off 621 screens, making it the top preview for a Lionsgate title in the country. Note that Lionsgate sells off foreign and that StudioCanal is…

Katniss Everdeen will take her final bow this weekend as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the final film in the Suzanne Collins literary franchise, opens in more than 4,000 theaters in North America with another 86 offshore markets for a global opening of $285M-$305M. That’s bound to be a higher worldwide…

Lionsgate announced today in the New York Times that after stretching The Hunger Games book trilogy into four movies, it will broaden the franchise even further by building theme parks in the U.S. and China. Given the title is derived from competitions that involve teens and pre-teens pulled forcibly from their homes…