The difficulty in translating the book to film is apparent; both Jacobson and Lionsgate say the movie will be made for the book’s 12- to 18-year-old core audience, and as such they want a PG-13 rating. Scholastic Press editorial director David Levithan recalled his hesitation to the premise. "Oooh, that sounds brutal," he remembered thinking. "I ( Read more... )

Exciting news!

This week at Book Expo America, Scholastic hosted a cocktail party in honor of The Hunger Games trilogy, and the upcoming final installment, Mockingjay. The writer of the article also got the chance to speak with two producers from Lionsgate who are making The Hunger Games movie.

"They said Suzanne had given them her draft of the ( Read more... )

I was looking through the 2010 Time 100 list and was surprised when I saw Suzanne Collins on the list. Check it out below. :)

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The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are ranked #1 and #2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list under Children's Books → Chapter Books. They have been on the list for 83 and 32 weeks respectively. Both have been on the list since their original publications.

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Despite your feelings on the Twilight saga, you can't deny how amazing it would be if THG was as big as Twilight. As for me, I'm just hoping the movie will come out in 2011 as everyone keeps saying!

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I was surfing the web and came across this article. Not much new info here about the 3rd book, but there were some tidbits at the end I found exciting!

The paperback version of The Hunger Games will be released July 6th!

And regarding the movie, "Suzanne Collins is currently in the midst of writing the screenplay." So hopefully that means we'll be ( Read more... )

The title and cover art for the 3rd book in The Hunger Games trilogy has been released!


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Thanks to a heads up over at quietmoments_hg there are rumors of a possible title for the 3rd book: The Victors. Not sure how legit this is (the tidbit was found on Answers.com) so I'm currently trying to find more info. If anyone finds anything in the mean time, feel free to post! But interesting possible title, yes?

I was reading last weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly and Catching Fire is number #1 on the hardcover fiction best-sellers. Here's the little snippet that was next to the book:

Collins, a favorite among teens, has hit it big with older readers, too. In his EW review of her last book, Stephen King wrote, "The Hunger Games is as addictive (and as ( Read more... )