The Hunger Games (2012)

'Hunger Games' Star Josh Hutcherson Returns to 'Low-Key' Life

'I haven't changed at all,' 19-year-old actor tells MTV News of his life post-'Hunger Games.' By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Josh Hutcherson Photo: FilmMagic Ever since "The Hunger Games" toppled the box office earlier this year, one would think that Josh Hutcherson would find it hard to go about the life he led before the film. As it turns out, not much has changed for the laid-back 19-year-old. While there has been a lot of pandemonium around the movie, the actor himself has been mostly left alone by fans of the franchise. And he's totally cool with it. "I've changed a lot. I wear nothing but high-end designer suits. I fly private everywhere," he joked to MTV News about his superstar status. "I haven't changed at all. "I was expecting it to be a huge difference and it hasn't been, and I can't tell you how relieved that I am," he a (Read More)

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Liam Hemsworth Rates New 'Hunger Games' Director Francis Lawrence

'Catching Fire' star calls new addition 'really cool.' By Jocelyn Vena Liam Hemsworth at the "Hunger Games" premiere Photo: Getty Images Francis Lawrence is officially on board to direct the second film in the "Hunger Games" franchise, "Catching Fire." After Gary Ross parted with the box-office blockbuster last month, one of the film's stars, Liam Hemsworth, is opening about the new director, sharing that he finds the prospect of a new set of eyes on the story an exciting prospect. "The last I heard, the new director Lawrence had just come on, so that's really cool," he told E! News over the weekend. "I'm excited about that. I think we shoot the last few months of this year. I'm really sad to see that Gary's not going to be part of the second one. He did such an amazing job on the first." Hemsworth's sentiments mirror those that co-star Josh (Read More)

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'Hunger Games' Star Liam Hemsworth Speaks Out on Gary Ross Exit

Sophie A. Schillaci The Aussie actor admitted that he is "excited" to work with Francis Lawrence, but is "really sad" to see Ross go. read more

The Hollywood Reporter

Michael Arndt to Polish Script for THE HUNGER GAMES Sequel, CATCHING FIRE

Michael Arndt is Catching Fire.  The Oscar-winning writer behind emotional roller coasters Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine is now in talks to do a re-write on Simon Beaufoy's (Slumdog Millionaire) treatment of Catching Fire, the second installment of The Hunger Games series.  Lionsgate has yet to land the writer, but if they do, he'll have to work fast.  Catching Fire is scheduled to shoot sometime this fall so that star Jennifer Lawrence can fulfill her commitments to Fox's sequel to X-Men: First Class. Director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) is now officially on board, taking over the franchise from Gary Ross, who steered the first movie to a box office north of $600 million. Catching Fire stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Toby Jones, and Woody Harrelson and begins filming this fall before (Read More)

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