Overall, digital kids books are down because there has not been a runaway
hit like The Hunger Games for quite sometime.
Still, it was nice to see the Los Angeles Times run an article this morning recognizing crossover
hits like The Hunger Games trilogy or Markus Zusak's The Book Thief.
Not exact matches
Worse, the success of these dark futuristic depictions,
hit - series
like Black Mirror,
Hunger Games, West World, Altered Carbon and the
likes, are nothing more than evidence of a collective consciousness with a pessimistic outlook.
Can't you see this being a
hunger - busting
hit a a pool party or picnic — as people get hungry, they can just swing over to the pita bar and prepare their own meal with a selection of hummus flavors, array of veggies and assortment of toppings
like feta cheese, olive slices or tatziki sauce.
With
hit shows
like The Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen
Hunger Force, and more, the channel has cemented itself as a cult favorite amongst late night viewers who might be under the influence of certain substances.
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)...
Adapted from the book trilogy by James Dashner, The Maze Runner is the seventh YA film to
hit screens in the past twelve months and while it hasn't
hit the success level of
Hunger Games or even Divergent, it seems to have effectively avoided the gallows of recent DOA flops
like Vampire Academy and The Mortal Instruments.
And that makes the «
Hunger Games» film vulnerable to a newcomer
like «Creed,» which reteams writer - director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan — who first worked together on the critically acclaimed low - budget 2013 indie
hit «Fruitvale Station» — and brings them together with Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone.
Ever since the first film
hit it big in 2008, studio executives have been snapping up young adult novels in the hope of
hitting the same vein, but, aside from «The
Hunger Games» the handful of attempts that have
hit theaters so far,
like «Beastly» and «I Am Number Four,» mostly disappeared without a trace, and not just because they starred Alex Pettyfer.
Unless something
like Hunger Games or the third Hobbit movie becomes an insane
hit, which is doubtful, it looks
like the Guardians will reign supreme as 2014's biggest movie.
It shows that Big Hollywood has placed all its chips on the young white male audience, and somehow still sees female - driven
hits like Maleficent and Lucy and even The
Hunger Games as outliers.
Think of massive
hits like Twilight, Harry Potter, The
Hunger Games.
Within hours of the Harry Potter series going on sale as e-books for the first time, the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle Store
hit a wall: titles of all kinds showed up as unavailable on Kindle Fire and iPad Kindle storefronts while the browser version told would - be customers that titles
like the top - selling
Hunger Games aren't available in the U.S.
Starting October 1, Hulu will provide a wide range of
hit movies for streaming, including things
like World War Z, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Anchorman 2, and more.