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April 12 2012

EW suggests Whedon as Catching Fire replacement. Since Gary Ross has dropped out, Catching Fire is going to need someone who can handle a strong female character.

Guess who's good at those?

MoonRose | Cast&Crew | 04:22 CET | 18 comments total | tags: entertainment weekly, directing, hunger games, joss whedon

I'm sure Joss would do a great job & make mega mega bucks, but I'd so much rather see him do his own stories. On any sized screen.

jcs | April 12, 04:27 CET

Catching Fire is on such a short schedule he'd have pretty much no time to do anything much, if anything, post-Avengers.

The One True b!X | April 12, 04:33 CET

Yes he just said in that Reddit AMA that he's been doing other people's characters for a couple years now... I can only hope that means we'll be getting Jossy goodness extraordinaire very soon. They expect to get a lot done on Horrible 2 this summer, f'rinstance! Yay!

Willowy | April 12, 04:35 CET

Please no. I love the books but after the so-so adaptation of the first film, I think that getting the 2nd book right is well-nigh impossible because it's an even trickier book than the first one.

also: Wastelanders!

dottikin | April 12, 04:38 CET

He also said on Reddit that he's fielding 5 movies. Since Gary Ross just dropped out, the chances any one of those 5 are Hunger Games is extremely slim.

Synphyl | April 12, 04:40 CET

I was kind of hoping he would since I'd trust him to do it right, but sadly he already nixed it. I definitely understand his reasons.

[ edited by hacksaway on 2012-04-12 04:43 ]

hacksaway | April 12, 04:41 CET

Those 5 likely are Comic-Con IV, Cabin, Avengers, Much Ado, and In Your Eyes.

The One True b!X | April 12, 04:42 CET

I've only just finished the first book and not seen the film yet, but I think Joss could do awesome things with this. If it gets him mega bucks that can enable him to do more of his own thing, so much the better.

rivqa | April 12, 04:43 CET

Yes, yes, Joss! Go to the Insane-o place!

jcs | April 12, 04:46 CET

I'm really surprised that Gary Ross would 'drop out' after such a successful first movie. I would think that the studio could well afford to make it worth his while to do the second film!

But like everyone else here, I don't think Joss needs to jump into such a big demanding project. He still has a lot of work to do on his current projects.

embers | April 12, 04:48 CET

I don't think it has anything to do with money. It has to do with the crazy insane shortened schedule because of Jennifer Lawrence's (first place) commitment to X-Men. If they would've pushed out the release date of Catching Fire all of this would have been avoided.

IrrationaliTV | April 12, 05:14 CET

Karyn Kusama could direct the sequel to Hunger Games.

will.bueche | April 12, 06:11 CET

@The One True b!X - Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't read it like that (was thinking he meant fielding as in deciding between). Your explanation and my subsequent reading the definition of the word makes it make more sense.

Synphyl | April 12, 07:17 CET

What made The Hunger Games for me was the minimalist, almost 70s style directing. It wasn't glossy or blockbuster-generic. Also me made extremely weepy.

Simon | April 12, 12:07 CET

"Besides, Whedon has his self-financed adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing to finish — he’s writing the film’s score himself — and he’s long stated that his next project will be the web."

What? Isn't Jed scoring Much Ado? I know they announced a new song by him and Maurissa (which... I can't tell you how excited I am for that song alone, let alone the film). Jed makes wonderful music and Maurissa has wonderful vocals.

Mitholas | April 12, 12:18 CET

I thought they did a very good job with the Hunger Games and I seldom say that about movies whose books I loved. I could really see Joss doing a great job with this - I'd like to see him do a less Actiony movie but I agree. His comments make it clear that he wants to work on his own creations now.

Lioness | April 12, 13:37 CET

As do I. Adapting a book to film must be a trying experience, but they did extremely well in this case, IMHO. As for, "Catching Fire", I'll say let the stones fall in place.

Madhatter | April 12, 14:05 CET

It's definitely the stupid shortened schedule. I'm pretty sick of studios trying to rush things. I feel like there have been many times where the standard wait for a sequel was three years. Hell, TDKR is 4 years after The Dark Knight. If this causes Catching Fire to lose quality like studio-rushing tends to do, I'm gonna be pretty ticked...

DreamRose311 | April 12, 15:48 CET

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