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Writer-Director Gary Ross may no longer be interested in working on any sequels for the mega popular Hunger Games right now, but that doesn’t mean that he’s getting ready to throw in the towel on making new movies. Ross is however, partnering up with Hunger Games producer Summit Entertainment, for a new take on the greatest escape artist of all …
Last week we reported on the news that a couple of pretty high profile directors were possibly being courted to be Gary Ross’ replacement on the second Hunger Games story, Catching Fire. The highly unlikely choice of David Cronenberg joined Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and my personal pick, Alfonso Cuaron, on an apparent studio shortlist. Well it seems that that shortlist just …
Speculation had been rife for days that this would happen, and now it’s finally become a reality. Despite The Hunger Games currently devouring all competition, director and co-script writer Gary Ross has decided to call it quits on the franchise. But as it turns out, his motivation for quitting is not a financial one, as some had been reporting, but …
Well, here’s a shocker. Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games has been a rip-roaring success both critically and financially and with the hiring of Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) to adapt the second book in the trilogy, Catching Fire, everything seemed to be moving ahead swiftly. But now word has come out that there appears to …
Well, nobody’s going hungry tonight, that’s for damn sure. Riding off the buzz of some immensely positive reviews, director Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ popular young adult novel has had one hell of an opening weekend. The numbers are still rolling in, so you can expect some variations on the final figures but if you add the film’s takings …
I like Gary Ross. He is the guy that introduced the world to a child-like Tom Hanks in Big, and for that single accomplishment he’s earned himself a lifetime’s worth of free drinks at my (non-existent) bar. Now he’s been put in charge of The Hunger Games, a franchise which has tons of potential, and it appears he’s doing a …
Competitive gaming has always been about the small margins. A split-second reaction, a cleaner …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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