Posted on 06/17/2019 8:16:33 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Scholastic announced today that it is publishing Suzanne Collins’ new Hunger Games prequel novel, currently untitled, which will hit shelves on May 19, 2020.
The novel will be set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of the original Hunger Games trilogy on the morning of the reaping of the 10th Hunger Games — well before the lifetime of the story’s protagonists Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence on-screen.
“As the proud home of the Hunger Games movies, we can hardly wait for Suzanne’s next book to be published. We’ve been communicating with her during the writing process and we look forward to continuing to work closely with her on the movie,” said Joe Drake, Chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group about the potential plans for a movie.
Lionsgate adapted four movies from Collins trilogy, splitting the final Hunger Games: Mockingjay into two parts. All in, the movies made close to $3 billion at the worldwide box office and next to Twilight is one of Lionsgate’s platinum franchises at the studio. The Hunger Games books appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 260 consecutive weeks (more than five consecutive years), and there are more than 100 million copies of all three books in the trilogy.
On returning to the world of The Hunger Games, Collins said, “With this book, I wanted to explore the state of nature, who we are, and what we perceive is required for our survival. The reconstruction period ten years after the war, commonly referred to as the Dark Days—as the country of Panem struggles back to its feet—provides fertile ground for characters to grapple with these questions and thereby define their views of humanity.”
Collins has been involved in the movies serving as an EP and a co-screenwriter on the first 2012 movie. Though she seemed finished with Hunger Games after the publication of Mockingjay in 2010, she teased a new series of books at the 2013 BookExpo publishing convention. Collins most recent novel was in 2013, Year of the Jungle, based on the time in Vietnam served by Collins’ father, a career Air Force officer.
Scholastic acquired world English rights to the prequel novel and it will publish in print, digital and audio formats in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand next year. The deal was negotiated by Rosemary Stimola of the Stimola Literary Studio for Suzanne Collins and David Levithan, VP, Publisher and Editorial Director, for Scholastic.
“Suzanne Collins is a master at combining brilliant storytelling, superb world building, breathtaking suspense, and social commentary,” said Ellie Berger, President, Scholastic Trade. “We are absolutely thrilled—as both readers and publishers—to introduce the devoted fans of the series and a new audience to an entirely new perspective on this modern classic.”
This will be an SJW fantasy novel.
Cool! I hope they do the filming here in Georgia. :-D
Maybe maybe not. I’ve only seen the movies and the elites don’t come off too well. Of course the Panem elite is what I think of every year when I see our elites dress up for the Met Gala in New York
Who will play the young Donald Sutherland?
Prequel, yawn... who cares.
Didnt see the films, but I actually enjoyed the books.
Kind of sick of the dystopian nihilism genre at this point. I’ll wait for the reviews before I read this one.
Follywood continues its secret motto, “Nothing is new, just repackaged!”.
I would describe Collins as a “Dorothy Day” Catholic. I think it is reflected in her writing in the Hunger Games Series.
Another yawner.
Things started to go wrong after the Bad Orange Man took power. Then, Baron Trump changed his last name to Snow.
Collins is a giant lefty, but can’t see that her side of politics leads to the dystopia of her novels.
Precisely!
A Hunger Games prequel would be TODAY’S news events here in the USA.
Just run 2 hrs of CNN. MSNBC and the rest... there, you’ll have the prequel!
Haven’t read the novel but on my reading list for some point.
I don’t know, I love the prequels written for Dune by Herbert’s son. Would love those to make it to the big screen.
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