Lionsgate Eyes Academy Award Winning Writer Simon Beaufoy To Script Catching Fire

Deadline is reporting that Lionsgate is planning a second installment of The Hunger Games. The studio is eyeing Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy to write Catching Fire. Deadline also added that Gary Ross will be directing the sequel. Although, negotiations haven’t begun yet, Lionsgate is pushing hard for the  Award Winning-writer. Aside from Slumdog Millionaire, his works also include 127 Hours, The Full Monty and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

Catching Fire Movie Trailer

The movie will be released on November 22, 2013. The official trailer for the Catching Fire movie has not yet been released.

The following are fan-made trailers:

Catching Fire Trailer With Reviews

Catching Fire is the second book of The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins.

Catching Fire Movie Release Date: Official Press Release from Lionsgate

CATCHING FIRE – FILM BASED ON SECOND BOOK IN THE HUNGER GAMES SERIES TO UNSPOOL WORLDWIDE

Santa Monica, CA, August 08, 2011– LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, announced today that it will release CATCHING FIRE, the film adaptation of the second book in Suzanne Collins’ runaway bestselling HUNGER GAMES trilogy, on November 22, 2013. The announcement was made by Joe Drake, co-COO of Lionsgate and President of its Motion Picture Group. No further details about CATCHING FIRE have been confirmed at this stage.

Said Drake of the date, “The magical thing about the Hunger Games trilogy is that the books have such a vastly broad appeal. The stories truly offer something for everyone, and the period around the Thanksgiving weekend is such an opportunity for families and friends to make an event of going to the movies.”THE HUNGER GAMES is currently in production and will be released on March 23, 2012. THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik. Alli Shearmur, President of Development and Production at Lionsgate, is overseeing the production on behalf of the studio. Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, which has over 3 million copies in print in the United States alone, is the first in a trilogy of novels which have developed a global following.