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Jennifer Lawrence and Lionsgate's Michael Burns
Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns spoke at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York this morning and compared The Hunger Games franchise to Harry Potter saying it will "live on and on and on."
Mockingjay Part 2 continues to lead the box office with roughly $525 million earned worldwide. The film opened just over $100 million its opening weekend, behind earlier franchise installments. Burns said he was disappointed, but that it was a "high-class problem" to have.
Not sure what "kids" Burns talked to but he said, "The one thing that kids say they missed (from the early Hunger Games films) was there was no arenas. If we went backwards there obviously would be arenas." We disagree and have a whole lot to say about this argument, but that's for another post!
Burns also said the studio aims to get more from its other big franchises — including Twilight, The Expendables and Saw, looking towards reboots, prequels or sequels for each of them.
Burns told Variety, “Whatever extensions of ‘The Hunger Games’ brand we pursue, the intent is not to glorify violence by arbitrarily telling arena stories, but to continue Suzanne Collins’s exploration of the concepts of just war theory.”
What do you think, tributes? Do you want to see Hunger Games prequels? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!