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While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

For the first time ever in his career he went the independent film route and quickly found Brian Unkeless (the «Hunger Games» franchise) as a producing partner.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

His fiancée Miley Cyrus is also a famous vegan and Liam Hemsworth was crowned PETA Australia's Sexiest Vegan Celebrity for 2017 on Thursday, one year Biography: Born January 13, 1990, Liam Hemsworth is best known for his role as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games franchise from 2012 to 2015.

As a result, even more than The Hunger Games, Catching Fire demands more of Jennifer Lawrence than most franchise movies require of their casts.

Based on Jason Matthews» novel, adapted by Justin Haythe («A Cure for Wellness»), and directed by Francis Lawrence (the «Hunger Games» franchise), «Red Sparrow» offers Jennifer Lawrence (no relation) as we've never seen her before: nude and Russian.

However, some will see it as another way to milk a franchise for all its worth as THE TWILIGHT SAGA did and THE HUNGER GAMES finale recently announced.

British actor Toby Jones has crafted a career that spans big franchises like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Captain America, plus serious arthouse hits and award - winning performances as Alfred Hitchcock (in 2012's The Girl)...

Actor Josh Hutcherson, who stars opposite Lawrence as Peeta in The Hunger Games franchise, explained why the cast loved playing jokes on her.

The Hunger Games ends its four - year run as Hollywood's dominant YA film franchise with its fourth and final installment, Mockingjay, Part 2.

In addition, this preview also provides us with a quick look at such franchise newcomers as Julianne Moore playing President Coin - shown here talking with Plutarch about whether Katniss is stable enough after her experiences in the Hunger Games arena (s) to serve as a leader for the revolution - and Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) as Cressida, a rebel who boasts a pretty snazzy «do to boot.

Occasionally, a filmmaker will still be given major leeway to reinvent a well - known character or franchise (as Christopher Nolan was for his Batman films), but more often — whether it's Twilight or The Hunger Games or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — the clear mandate is to cater to the base, and Les Mis is no exception.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

Lawrence's Dominika is up for every challenge, just as her Katniss Everdeen used to be in the Hunger Games franchise.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 2014, 123 minutes, PG - 13 / Director: Francis Lawrence / Writers: Suzanne Collins, Peter Craig, Danny Strong / Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video Though it almost certainly would have been better as a single movie, this relatively uneventful penultimate installment of the blockbuster franchise still sustains interest, this time with different elements than its predecessors.

Hunger Games to Get a New Director: It's official; Gary Ross is stepping down as director of The Hunger Games franchise.

«The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,» starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, another hit franchise's version of a rebel leader, finished 2014 as the highest grossing film.

The Hunger Games franchise is blessed with Jennifer Lawrence as its heroically defiant protagonist Katniss Everdeen.

Lionsgate has released a new TV spot from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the final installment in the young adult franchise featuring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.

Starring Oscar - winner Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine Katniss Everdeen, the much - anticipated film is the third instalment in the Hunger Games franchise.

The final chapter of the «Hunger Games» franchise follows Katniss and the District 13 rebels as they confront President Snow and embark on a mission to assassinate the man who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Co-Chairs Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger add «We're delighted to continue our successful collaboration with IMAX, with whom we have already partnered on the global blockbuster «The Hunger Games» and «Twilight Saga» franchises, and we're especially pleased that we can introduce our newest young adult franchise, «Divergent,» to the movie going public in the premium IMAX format that celebrates its status as a special and memorable event.»

As a movie franchise, Maze Runner is regarded as a weak sister to the hugely profitable Hunger Games, but in Scorch Trials, the franchise is finding its feeAs a movie franchise, Maze Runner is regarded as a weak sister to the hugely profitable Hunger Games, but in Scorch Trials, the franchise is finding its feeas a weak sister to the hugely profitable Hunger Games, but in Scorch Trials, the franchise is finding its feet.

The rest of the article focuses on other strong female characters in young adult franchises such as Divergent, The Mortal Instruments, and The Hunger Games.

Lawrence, who is currently wrapping up not one, BUT two, franchises (X-Men and The Hunger Games series), was asked this week how she would feel about staying in the MCU and joining the Disney / Marvel Cinematic Universe / «playing in the same sandbox» as past co-stars, Bradley Cooper and Chris Pratt.

PREVIOUSLY We're getting over our Hunger pains this week in more ways than one - the Hunger Games franchise is finito and as far as last week's Beauty vs Beast is concerned hand Effie the Victor Crown.

2015 also saw unprecedented franchise fatigue — as both Avengers and Hunger Games sequels failed to make as much moolah as their predecessors.

As we've seen with «The Hunger Games,» these Young Adult franchises can be lots of fun and be faithful to their source material.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Madea Christmas, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions» Mud and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever released in the U.S.

However, as The Death Cure effectively concludes the last film franchise that was born of the popularity of The Hunger Games, it doesn't provide any real incentive to revive the narrow genre of dystopian YA - based sci - fi that has a future as bleak as the apocalyptic landscapes they depict.

Most odiously, the movie gave rise to the prolific shit machine of co-screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, which for many years polluted movie theaters with its audience - insulting, pop - culture - reference - as - punchline brand of dispiritingly popular spoofery, as seen in such abominations as Date Movie, Epic Movie and The Starving Games, whose title, I would imagine, is some manner of humorous allusion to the popular book and movie franchise The Hunger Games.

This Week: Kevin breathes a death rattle of relief as the Hunger Games finally comes to an end after dragging out the end of its once - promising franchise.

With roles in huge hits such as The Hunger Games franchise and American Hustle, it's no wonder she's one of the hottest stars around.

Woody Harrelson is best known for the classic TV comedy «Cheers», films «White Men Can't Jump», «Natural Born Killers», «The People vs. Larry Flynt» (for which he received his first of two Oscar nominations) and, more recently, for his role as Haymitch in the blockbuster «Hunger Games» franchise.

That brief description as it happens could also easily apply to Hunger Games, the franchise that made Lawrence a star.

She suddenly finds herself shooting to the top when she is slated as the voice to be used for the upcoming trailers of a franchise quadrilogy based on a wildly popular series of books for girls (think The Hunger Games).

«The Divergent Series» is fully - ingrained into the young adult movie culture, having set itself as the heir apparent to the «Hunger Games franchise,» and it's guaranteed to make quite a bit of money in its opening weekend, justifying to the Hollywood market machine a four - movies - from - three - books plan.

Jennifer is best known for starring as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games franchise and for her Oscar - winning role in Silver Linings Playbook, as well as American Hustle, Passengers and Joy among many others.

Director David O.Russell has apologised for controversially comparing Hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence's Hunger Games franchise work as true slavery.

Perlmutter's email, once leaked, was widely interpreted as his argument against female - led movies, despite myriad other factors at play here — even as the email neglected to mention smash action franchises such as the Hunger Games trilogy or the Alien saga, which were led by female heroes.

The vast majority of content are from indie authors, mixed in with a few big franchises such as Hunger Games and Harry Potter.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first installment of the Divergent franchise, and John Wick.

The studio best known for the Hunger Games franchise and acclaimed TV dramas such as Mad Men and Orange Is The New Black, set up its own game development studio last April.