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.
