Hunger Games coming on stage!
The first adaptation of the play is set to arrive in London next year during the fall season, directed by Matthew Dunster and adapted by playwright Conor McPherson, according to multiple reports including from Diversity and The Hollywood Reporter.
Based on the novel series of the same name by Suzanne Collins — as well as the film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — the production will focus on the first book, where young contestants are chosen to fight in a televised battle royale.
The show will follow Lawrence’s character Katniss Everdeen as she takes her sister’s place to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games, as described in the 2008 book and 2012 film, according to reports.
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“I am very excited to be working with the incredible team of Conor McPherson and Matthew Dunster who bring their dynamic and innovative interpretation Hunger Games to the stage in London,” author Collins, 61, wrote in a press release, per Diversity and THR.
McPherson, 52, also revealed his excitement at Collins’ endorsement. “She created a classic story that continues to resonate now more than ever,” he said.
The playwright added that he is “very excited to introduce it to a new generation of theatergoers and longtime and devoted fans of Suzanne Collins.”
McPherson worked on numerous plays such as 1997 Weir, in 2006 Seaman and live night, which was published in 2013.
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Dunster, 53, was also cited in the press release, per Diversity, that he said, “Stop! I’m in,” right after the producers mentioned the title of the production.
“I loved the Lionsgate film and the brutal and emotional power of this dystopian classic,” the director added in his statement.
Lionsgate released a trailer for their film in September The Hunger Games: A ballad about songbirds and snakeswhich will appear in theaters on November 17, and is based on Collins’ 2020 book of the same name.
The new film series, starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, is set 64 years before Katnissin Hunger Games events.
The film follows a teenage version of Donald Sutherland’s character Coriolanus Snow (played by Blyth, 28, in the new film) as he sets out to reclaim his family’s name while mentoring singer Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler, 22) in the 10th annual Hunger Games.
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