Francis Lawrence Reviews, Interviews & More

As we noted last week, you can pretty much expect some kind of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire news update at least once a week from now until the film’s November 22, 2013 release date.  Last week we saw a handful of official stills from the film, this week we’ve got the official teaser poster for the film.

Well, gang, seeing as how The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is set for a November 22, 2013 release date, you can pretty much expect a bevy of leaked images, news, and interviews from now until then as The Hunger Games frenzy begins to cook in the blood of the Young Adult market.  And so, following on the heels of yesterday’s first official pictures, comes even more images...

Now that the Twilight film series is over, it’s time for another series of Young Adult novels to be adapted into a series of franchise films to keep tween audiences busy on Friday nights.  Thus, The Hunger Games series.  And today, we’ve got our first official look at the second film in the series, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

It's a hard life out there for a franchise movie director, especially because, if you're directing a movie in a franchise, chances are that's all you're going to be doing. Take the new Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence. He's at the helm of Catching Fire, but because Lionsgate wants to give us more Hunger Games...

Though it seemed as if Zoe Aggeliki would portray the character of Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, it appears that reports of her casting were a little premature.  Rather, it turns out that Jena Malone is now set to play the role.  Details below.

Francis Lawrence has been confirmed as the director of Catching Fire. We told you this was rumored to be happening last month, but now it's official. Such is the way the industry works now, and how information like this is parsed. We guess that means that everyone had about two weeks to change their minds.

A story of left-turn plot twists just as interesting as anything in the film in question, the ongoing saga of who will and who won’t be directing Catching Fire (the sequel to the mega-successful The Hunger Games) looks to have finally reached its conclusion.  And, like many endings to epic tales, it can’t quite live up to what came before it, and is something of a...

Water for Elephants hits theaters this weekend with a whimper... Though the film stars the almost always successful box office champ Reese Witherspoon, the most powerful heartthrob of the moment Robert Pattinson, and one the most lovable baddies of the last decade Christoph Waltz, the film falls short because it never really focuses on it's true star, Rosie the...

Next year, we'll see a couple of new comic based films, and one of them will be Warner Bros' Jonah Hex. The movie is scheduled for release on June 18th, but has recently hit a snag. Over at SpoilerTV they've discovered a new casting call that suggests the crew will be going back into production for reshoots.

The career of 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb has been given a major boost since the release of the indie hit this past summer, and now there's an even bigger film on the horizon. According to a report from THR, Webb may be in line to replace Steven Soderbergh on the developing drama, Moneyball.

Here's an update on the long awaited comic adaptation, entitled Sgt Rock. Sure it sounds like an eighties musical revival but give it a chance. According to Reuters, the DC Comics property may finally hit the big screen after years of sitting in development hell. Some of you might not be familiar with the character, so lucky for you we're here to give you lowdown....

Director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) and Will Smith might be teaming up for another film. According to Variety, Lawrence is to develop and direct, The City That Sailed, a story about a father and daughter that live on opposite sides of the Atlantic; their bond is strong enough to break off Manhattan from...

With the release of the new Friday the 13th set to hit  theaters this weekend, New Line Cinema has fast tracked the production process for their revamp of Nightmare on Elm Street. According to THR, the studio has found a director for the project, and could start principal photography as early as this spring. Samuel Bayer has been attached to...