On August 8, 2011, while still shooting the film, Lionsgate announced that a film adaptation of the second novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is scheduled to be released on November 22, 2013.[185] In November 2011, Lionsgate entered negotiations with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy to adapt the novel for screen, since the post-production schedule for The Hunger Games was too crowded for Ross and Collins to adapt the next film as originally planned.[186] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will begin production in the summer of 2012.[187] Gary Ross will not return for Catching Fire, and instead Francis Lawrence will direct.[188][189][190][191] On May 6, 2012, it was reported thatMichael Arndt was in talks to re-write the script for Catching Fire.[192]
In July 2012, release dates were confirmed for two films based on the last book Mockingjay. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 will be released November 21, 2014 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 will be released November 20, 2015.[193] Lawrence, Hutcherson, Hemsworth, and Harrelson have all signed on to the whole franchise.[3][194] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire began filming September, 10 2012.[195]
