Similar Topic: The Hunger Games prequel has a new lead character
Here is the author's quote (yahoo) about her prequel being made into a feature film:
“Lionsgate has always been the cinematic home of ‘The Hunger Games,’ and I’m delighted to be returning to them with this new book,” Collins said in a statement Tuesday. “From the beginning, they have treated the source material with great respect, honoring the thematic and narrative elements of the story, and assembling an incredible team both in front of and behind the camera. It’s such a pleasure to be reuniting with Nina, Francis, and Michael to adapt the novel to the screen, and having them share their remarkable talents, once again, with the world of Panem.”
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman, Joe Drake, has been in contact with Suzanne Collins about a movie deal while she was still in the writing process of the prequel. In his statement, Drake said that Collins' latest novel is “creatively thrilling and takes this world to complex new dimensions that open up amazing cinematic possibilities....We’re thrilled to reunite this filmmaking team with this very unique franchise, and we can’t wait to begin production,”
Source material: independent.co.uk