When The Hunger Games first hit theaters in 2012, it catapulted lead actress Jennifer Lawrence to stardom and kicked off a franchise with four movies and a new prequel now in theaters. Based on ...

The Hunger Games franchise has cemented its place in film history and continues to do so. The story has evolved from Katniss’s (Jennifer Lawrence) struggle to survive the games into a larger-scale ...

A television show set in the world of The Hunger Games could receive a big boost thanks to another young adult adaptation of ...

Joshua Kristian McCoy is a freelance writer and film critic from the United States. He is a lifelong film buff, a voting member of the Georgia Film Critics Association, a tournament-winning Smash Bros ...

Elle Fanning has recalled receiving words of encouragement from Elizabeth Banks after being cast as Effie Trinket in The ...

The USA is history. Now, the nation Panem is ruled by the Capitol with an iron hand. Every year, the 12 districts draw lots for one boy and one girl from each district to send to the Hunger Games only ...

Young adult literary franchises have a rough track record on cinema screens. Sure, “Harry Potter” is a (now tarnished) cultural touchstone. But the “Twilight” books became famously bad (albeit iconic) ...

"She sent me these beautiful flowers and said, 'May the odds be ever in your favor,'" Fanning said of Banks, as she takes ...

Welcome back to Panem! “The Hunger Games” franchise is officially revived with the release of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” a prequel film set many years before the rise of Katniss Everdeen.

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