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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 Hunger Games: Catching Fire earned $424.7 million in North America and $440.3 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $865 million. [2] Worldwide, it is the highest-grossing film of The Hunger Games series , [ 74 ] the highest-grossing film distributed by Lionsgate and the fifth-highest-grossing 2013 film .
Book reviewers gave Catching Fire generally positive reviews. The New York Times called it "a rare thing: a slim book—the text itself is a mere 207 pages—that contains serious science, yet is related in direct, no-nonsense prose", [3] and the Daily Telegraph called it "that rare thing, an exhilarating science book". [4]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, based on the second novel in the series, was released the following year on November 22, 2013. [76] The third novel of the series, Mockingjay , would later be adapted to film as two parts, with Part 1 being released on November 21, 2014, and Part 2 being released on November 20, 2015.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The documentary, which was produced by SK ...
“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
There’s no mistaking “Catching Fire” for image-burnishing hagiography, however. ... Read more:Anita Pallenberg, Keith Richards' former girlfriend and muse to the Rolling Stones, dies.
The 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 told in Catching Fire, for the Second Quarter Quell, the Capitol reaped double the amount of tributes to compete in the Hunger Games. [5]