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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013 American dystopian action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn, based on the 2009 novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The sequel to The Hunger Games (2012), it is the second installment in The Hunger Games film series.
Catching Fire is a 2009 dystopian young adult fiction novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games , it continues the story of a now 17 year old Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem .
The second prequel begins on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, which was won by character Haymitch Abernathy. As shown in Catching Fire by the Capitol's tapes, for the Second Quarter Quell, the Capitol reaped twice the amount of tributes to compete in the Hunger Games. [4]
Catching Fire is the second installment in the series, released on September 1, 2009. In Catching Fire , which begins six months after the conclusion of The Hunger Games , Katniss learns that her defiance in the previous novel has started a chain reaction that has inspired rebellion in the districts.
Sunrise on the Reaping will be based on Collins' novel of the same name. The movie will be set 24 years before 2008's The Hunger Games and will follow a young Haymitch Abernathy as he competes in ...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began filming September 10, 2012, and concluded December 21, 2012; [179] it premiered in London on November 11, 2013, [180] before premiering on November 22, 2013, in the US as was originally scheduled. In July 2012, release dates were confirmed for two films based on the last book Mockingjay.
Suzanne Collins will tell the story of Haymitch Abernathy in a new book, 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.' The prequel will be made into a movie too.
“Catching Fire” is a vital portrait, but it’s the current of devastation that makes it essential. Note : This review has been updated with the new title “Catching Fire.” Best of Variety