Francis Lawrence Lands Offer to Direct ‘Catching Fire’

And the roller coaster of making a movie starts again! A little advice to our new diector….Don’t mess it up or you will probably be killed by all of the angry mobs of fans knocking down your door!…….Don’t worry I won’t be doing that…..I live to far away for that!….haha jk I’ve had a loooonnnngg day!

I would just like to say. Books-Movies cannot be perfectly and exactly to every last detail or we would be looking at a 5 hour movie. Please, lets congratulate Francis Lawrence for getting this job, with this amazing franchise, his chance to work with the best actors, and everything like that. I would say we’ve got the best fans too, but right now I’m not sure, there is too much hate for someone who has yet to do anything to the franchise itself, and hey, I doubt lionsgate would choose a director if Susanne Collins didn’t think they could make the book come to life the way she sees it.

Also, its not just the director that can ruin a movie, its the screen writer or the producer or the visual effects artist or any number of people. Please, be the best fans of any franchise and give every new face to this project we hold so dear a chance to show you what they’re capable of. I bet they like to see people rooting for them and having faith in them than all the hate they’re getting now.

lionsgate hasn´t released an official confirmation of this news. i wonder when they will do it. Now what really worries me is the integrity of all parts involved. Nina Jacobson, the producer, has always struck me as trustworthy, stating in interviews her commitment to suzanne collins and the story, intending to keep the team together (director, producers, set designer, etc). how much power she has over the decision made regarding the new director, i have no idea, i am trying to educate myself in what goes into making a film out of interest for this franchise, and from what i have read, the producer hires the director. if this is the case and nina jacobson does really have a say in who will direct the movie, i´ll be more confident about this issue. but i´m afraid it might not be that simple anymore, now that thg is making hundreds of millions. i get a sense the studio has more control over it than the producer who owns the rights to make the movie. someone in the comments said that suzanne collins is part of the machine now, and whether or not she likes the director and/or the script, she won´t say what she really thinks. i suspect she´s not as loyal to the integrity of the story as the fans are, maybe because she´s just excited her books are being made and doesn´t care, or because she´s open to hear suggestions and likes to play around with alternative endings, plot changes. either or, one thing is true… i´m becoming too paranoid for my own good. now i see plots, betrayals, takeovers, resentment, greed, all surrounding this beautiful story. i think i am going to take a break because all this worrying for something that should be enjoyable can´t be good for my sanity lol.

I pray that all of them will deliver.

“In Lawrence, the studio apparently believes it has found a director capable of balancing the high-octane action, personal relationships and social commentary that many critics praised Ross for capturing in “The Hunger Games.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/04/francis-lawrence-to-direct-hunger-games-sequel-catching-fire.html

I have to thank Merr for the Lady Gaga/Capital comment. I was feeling down about the FL news, but that comparison was spot on and gave me a good laugh.

I haven’t seen any of FL’s movies, but I do remember the conflict over the ending of “I Am Legend” and that gives me a little hope that FL will understand the story of CF and fight to keep it close to the book. I don’t know if it’s my favorite book of the trilogy (I don’t think I could pick) but it has some of the most memorable and powerful moments for me, and I really hope that they stick close to the story.

hes pretty good,im just worried about other things .the arena the casting and the scripttt!!because in the hunger games alot of important scenes were cut and i heard these were both collinses and rosses decisions like the true mutts,catos torturing, madge andersy,and the true cave scene wich really sucked.another huge issue was the wrong arena,think about it.instead of a torturing summer-spring like enviroment we had a cold forest that had the WRONG kind of trees.katniss said she was tortured by the intense sun.the cornucopia was REVERSED and there wasnt even a lake.i mean mockingjay stuff WHICH cool arena did you see cause this wasnt what collins makes us build through reading process.i mean the cornucopia wasnt curvy it oly had lines and ankles and the tail was up while katniss in the book climbes from the tail to the mouth,not the oposite for gods shake.so the tail was much lower than the mouths highest peack.its weird how in the making of videos an the photos the scenery lookes nice an sunny and in the movie its so dark like its either 5 oclock in the morning when it isnt night.like they somehow changed it.most importantly this movie should be more faithfull to the book.i just hope that collins wont cut tough scenes to make it more pg 13,please,like i heard.either way how could she let the SO important muts stay out???apparently imnot really worried for the casting cause they did an AMAZING job for the hg. i just adore and believe in this books that idont think they need any single cahnge even for apg 13 cause well they are far beyond perfection.apart from this i loved the movie and trust them .we should be opimistic and give everyone a chance!

oh i just recalled that there was alake but was very far from the cornucopia and that the in some scenes its the right kind of trees but when katniss climbes to hide from the careers and then throws the tracker jackers its a much different,thicker tree with very few leafs.i dont get how they made a sunny place like that we saw in the makin of videos look so dark and grey like if they put it to cgi process, in this shooting videos with the diferrent point of view the arena seemed completely sunny aand hot and faithfull .i mean the one when katniss and peeta hug and when katniss jumps out of some buches / trees

it just doesnt seem like the sunny very first days in the arena were katniss complains about the hyperhydration combined with the torturing heat and sun

damn…he???

we’ll just have to wait and see…i hope they forego the shakey camera thing…anyway, as long as suzanne collins is still writing the screenplay then i have no problem with FL

I haven’t watched Water For Elephants but I loved Constantine and I Am Legend is pretty good in my opinion.

I believe he can do a great job as long as the script writing is also done well.

I am watching I am Legend now. Just read an article about how they changed the ending of the movie from the book….spoiler alert…don’t read any further if you don’t want to know re: I am Legend…but in the book, Smith’s character lives…and there is meaning as to why…but in the movie, they had him blow everyone up, killing himself in the process. They released the “alternate ending” on the dvd…which was actually the book and fan fave ending….it makes me a little nervous…hopefully they will realize that a major deviation like that would be hard to fathom for Catching Fire.