Ahead of the release of the latest film from The Hunger Games franchise, MOCKINGJAY Part 1, Lionsgate have revealed that the popular films will be made into a stage show in summer 2016.
THE HUNGER GAMES stage version will use innovative and immersive staging techniques stage and the adaptation will launch in a purpose-built theatre next to Wembley Stadium in London.
The theatrical experience will be produced by award-winning Broadway producer Robin de Levita, who was behind a Dutch stage show about World War Two diarist Anne Frank.
The first two installments of the global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise have already grossed more than $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was the highest-grossing domestic box office release of 2013 and the 10th highest-grossing domestic release of all time.  Suzanne Collins’ best-selling trilogy of books has already sold more than 80 million copies around the world and has spent six years on the New York Times list.
The next installment of the franchise, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, will be released worldwide on November 21, directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson.
No further details of the production, or the plans to build a new theatre to accommodate it, have been disclosed just yet.
Tim Phelan, chief marketing officer for Lionsgate – the company behind The Hunger Games film franchise – said the team behind the stage adaptation would “provide a uniquely immersive experience for fans around the world”.
Broadway producer Mr de Levita added: “The theatre is a fantastic medium to bring the many meaningful layers of Suzanne Collins’ writing to life.”
This news will surely please many fans of the film franchise and we can imagine the furore already when the tickets are eventually released. We will definitely be in the queue for them!
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