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Why The Hunger Games is way better than Twilight

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:40:21 PDT

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Next year, the Hunger Games movie series begins and the Twilight movies end. It's sort of a passing of the tween torch, from vampire angst to post-apocalyptic deathmatches. And no doubt, Hunger Games will be hoping to capitalize on the Twilight audience. More »

First image from the Hunger Games movie shows us reality TV deathmatch gear of the future

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:30:00 PDT

Behold the first ever image of Suzanne Collins' 16-year-old Hunger Games hero Katniss Everdeen. But can the Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) pull it off? More »

How Gary Ross beat out Sam Mendes and David Slade to direct Hunger Games

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:30:00 PST

Scoring the director's chair in the live-action movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' wildly popular Hunger Games series was no easy task. But Gary Ross knew exactly what to show the studio to beat out all the other Hollywood contenders. More »

Fan-made Hunger Games clip gets us excited for dystopian kid-on-kid murder

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:30:00 PST

Let's hope director Gary Ross is open to taking some hints on the Hunger Games movie, because this fan-made recreation of one scene is right on the money. Watch Katniss and Rue together in this (SPOILERY) homemade Hunger Games clip. More »

The Hunger Games movie has 3 possible directors, and Hit-Girl may play Katniss.

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:00 PDT

Can the internal monologue-heavy first Hunger Games book become a decent movie? We're still not sure, but at least A-list people are getting involved — including Kick-Ass' Chloe Moretz — and everybody's calling it the possible next Twlight. More »

Spider-Man 4 Recruits Seabiscuit Writer To Retool The Script

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:30:00 PDT

Seabiscuit writer/director Gary Ross, who also penned Big and Pleasantville, has been hired to rewrite Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4, replacing edgy playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. So it may be months until we discover who the big bad will be. [Variety] More »

Creature From The Black Lagoon Will Be Based On Pure Science

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:16:22 PST

Gary Ross has been talking about remaking the Creature From The Black Lagoon, which his father co-wrote, since 2001. But now Ross says he hopes to be making the film next year — and it's going to be science-focused and scary, not campy. More »