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Looks like Lionsgate is doing some wishful thinking about the future of its Hunger Games franchise. In fact, not only has the studio set dates for the final films, but it has split Suzanne Collins' third book into two films, giving them releases just a year apart. In fact, it appears Lionsgate is ...

When Gary Ross decided that he could not take on the sequel to 2012's blockbuster hit "The Hunger Games," Hollywood's floodgates were opened as Lionsgate looked to fill one of the most coveted jobs in that town. Who would direct "Catching Fire," the proposed 2013 followup that pits teenager again ...

Already $300 million richer, Lionsgate is wasting no time getting the sequel to its spring hit "The Hunger Games" in front of the cameras. But the studio is going too fast for director Gary Ross, who announced Tuesday night that he is not returning for "Catching Fire." "Despite recent speculat ...

Lionsgate has not had a lot of luck competing with the big studios in terms of box office dollars in recent years. But with "The Hunger Games" already pulling in $300 million domestically, the studio is looking for this to be the start of something good. So good, in fact, that it not only wants t ...

There was a lot of talk on whether or not "The Hunger Games" and the Hunger Games franchise could be the next Harry Potter. It looks like Lionsgate bet on a winner. "The Hunger Games" pulled in $152.5 million on its opening weekend, not only creating the largest non-holiday weekend opening ev ...

It was announced through several science-fiction conventions (likely reaching more people there than who actually participated in the nominations), but the Hugo Award nominations are out. And at the top of the list once again? "Doctor Who." The British series, now in its 50th year, received three ...

Toby Jones is excited. Soon to return as games announcer Claudius Templesmith in the much-anticipated Lionsgate sequel "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," Jones had nothing but glowing things to say about new director Francis Lawrence. The director of "I Am Legend" has "a very different rhythm ...

Danny Strong has gone from science-fiction to politics and back to science-fiction again. And he's picked up a writing Emmy along the way. But don't look at Strong as the geeky Jonathan Levinson in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," or even the awkward Danny Siegel in "Mad Men." Instead, see him as the ...

The movie categories have always been interesting ones for the Airlock Alpha Portal Awards, especially at times when readers have questioned how much of a "genre" film certain productions are, and if the biggest box office winners are usually the winners here as well. The fact is, the movie categ ...

China doesn't allow a lot of foreign-made films to grace its theaters, but Lionsgate is convinced that its highly anticipated "Hunger Games" will be among them. That's good news, especially since you won't even be able to read about "Hunger Games" on Airlock Alpha if you live in China. Lionsg ...