The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | November 17, 2023 | Prequel about President Snow | Francis Lawrence to direct | Given a SAG interim agreement

[dudalb]

On 9/8/2023 at 6:32 PM, SpiderByte said:

There's a low chance they'd do it this far into the series, but I wonder if the series would ever pivot to an R rated entry. The books, as written, are much more gory and horrifying in the violence than the movies are.

One problem is the idea of  a dictaroship in the US is now something to be taken damn seriously, and the comic book level distopia  of in the original novels might not play well today.

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by dudalb

[Mojoguy]

Just picked up this book from the library since i wanted to read it before seeing the film. Holy crap it is long. 517 pages!

[SpiderByte]

2 hours ago, dudalb said:

One problem is the idea of  a dictaroship in the US is now something to be taken damn seriously, and the comic book level distopia  of in the original novels might not play well today.

 

That...doesn't seem to have stopped any movie with a dystopia. Including this one?

[Litio]

 

[Litio]

 

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Litio

[Speedorito]

Not a huge fan of the new poster. The movie looks a bit too glossy for the early Hunger Games, but other than that this trailer was a lot better than the first one and looks so amazing. Can’t wait.

[toutvabien]

Nearly every shot in this film is a wide lens shot I see...

Well, this confirms my theory that Viola Davis makes everything seem more worth watching. Rachel Zegler is very attractive, I can see why incels are scared of her. Excited for Hunter Schafer using the Euphoria fame to get into big Hollywood movies era.

[Morieris]

I just realized this will be my first THG movie in the theater, and I read the original series.

 

Maybe.

 

All of the stuff outside the Capitol is not convincing me so far.

[Bob Train]

This movie is not making enough of an imprint on social media metrics for it to be a hit. Lionsgate proving they are the worst studio once again.

[YM!]

1 hour ago, Bob Train said:

This movie is not making enough of an imprint on social media metrics for it to be a hit. Lionsgate proving they are the worst studio once again.

@CJohn

[DAJK]

Whatever happens with this film, the one thing I’ll say is that the trailers have been consistently very good.

[Eric S'ennui]

2 hours ago, Bob Train said:

This movie is not making enough of an imprint on social media metrics for it to be a hit. Lionsgate proving they are the worst studio once again.

Baffling that this hasn't seemed to be trending at ALL on Twitter. That is unheard of for a big franchise movie, especially one that should be YA-driven like this. Lionsgate is cursed outside of John Wick at this point.

[Liiviig 1998]

Don't know about it's box office prospects but the trailers have been terrific.

[ThomasNicole]

This is a great trailer, didn’t like the first one but this is a banger 

 

Every insiders keeps saying the movie had through the roof test screenings 

 

Still i feel the marketing is lacking somehow, i hope they manage to fix it before it opens.

[ZeroHour]

It's too early to write this movie's obituary but it may be that audiences have just had their fill of this franchise already. Not every successful film can sustain endless sequels. It's also possible that mainstream interest in these begin and end with JLaw. I agree that the trailers have been good though.

[SpiderByte]

49 minutes ago, Eric Poirot said:

Baffling that this hasn't seemed to be trending at ALL on Twitter. That is unheard of for a big franchise movie, especially one that should be YA-driven like this. Lionsgate is cursed outside of John Wick at this point.

Not really. The original series ended a while ago, and Hunger Games never hit the same kind of highs as Twilight or Harry Potter movie wise

Edited September 20, 2023 by SpiderByte

[Aplandg]

2 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

Not really. The original series ended a while ago, and Hunger Games never hit the same kind of highs as Twilight or Harry Potter movie wise

Domestically it beat both of them 

[SpiderByte]

Just now, Aplandg said:

Domestically it beat both of them 

Unadjusted, yes.

[Liiviig 1998]

19 hours ago, Mojoguy said:

Just picked up this book from the library since i wanted to read it before seeing the film. Holy crap it is long. 517 pages!

517 pages is light work for us  avid fantasy readers.

[ChipDerby]

1 hour ago, Eric Poirot said:

Baffling that this hasn't seemed to be trending at ALL on Twitter. That is unheard of for a big franchise movie, especially one that should be YA-driven like this. Lionsgate is cursed outside of John Wick at this point.

 

This could partially be because twitter is just full of you know whats and the entire site is unusable now.