The Hollywood trades are reporting that Francis Lawrence, who directed Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in Water for Elephants, will helm Catching Fire, the sequel to this year’s most successful film, The Hunger Games. Gary Ross who directed the first Hunger Games film bowed out of the second largely because of the extremely tight schedule necessary to meet Lionsgate’s announced debut date for Catching Fire, which is November 22nd, 2013. Lionsgate announced that all the principal cast members including Jennifer Lawrence will return for the sequel with shooting expected to commence late this summer. The initial Hunger Games film has now earned over $600 million worldwide. Michael Arndt, who earned an Oscar for his screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine and wrote the story for Toy Story 3, is in talks to adapt Catching Fire.
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