Hungry? The Latest on ‘The Hunger Games’
By John A. Sellers -- Publishers Weekly,03/12/2009
One of the most heavily buzzed-about titles of 2008 was Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novel The Hunger Games, and there’s already plenty of anticipation—and news—ahead of the second book, Catching Fire, due this fall from Scholastic Press. Here’s a roundup of the latest, including an earlier release date for Catching Fire, as well as a new contest, which is being announced for the first time here in Children’s Bookshelf.
• As Bookshelf previously reported, Catching Fire will have a 250,000-copy first printing. And fans (and booksellers) should take note: the book’s on-sale date has been bumped up a week. Originally scheduled for September 8, Catching Fire will now be released on September 1. Scholastic moved the pub date in response to retailers’ requests for the book to be out in time for the Labor Day weekend. “Hallelujah—that makes a huge difference,” says Carol Chittenden, owner of Eight Cousins in Falmouth, Mass., who says she had begged her sales reps “on bended knee” for an earlier pub date. “Before the school year kids have more time and inclination to have a go at it. Once school starts, pressures are elsewhere.”
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• Meanwhile, The Hunger Games continues to gain momentum across the globe—rights have been sold into 33 territories—and in the film world, according to Collins's agent, Rosemary Stimola. Last week, Nina Jacobson’s Color Force production company snagged film rights to The Hunger Games (Jacobson is also producing the film adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid).
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| Submitted by: | answer to Julia 11/7/2009 10:26:22 AM PT |
See this from another PW article:
Scholastic has not yet announced the title of book three, which is
scheduled for release in fall 2010. Collins is in fact currently writing that
final Hunger Games installment; when she’s finished, she will begin work
on the screenplay for the movie (Nina Jacobson’s Color Force production
company will be producing the movie for Lionsgate, which has optioned
the film rights).
www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6678775
| Submitted by: | Julia Burrows 11/7/2009 5:35:09 AM PT |
| Location: | Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK. |
| Occupation: | Sports Coach |
My daughter and I are hooked on The Hunger Games. She has read book 1 and 2 about 4 times each! We are desperate on info for the last book of the trilogy, can anyone help plaese? When is it going to be released and what is it called?
| Submitted by: | Katerina Cipriano 3/14/2009 7:37:53 PM PT |
| Location: | Camden, New York |
| Occupation: | Unemployed |
ahhhhhhhh! I absolutely love love LOVE the Hunger Games! I'm so excited for catching fire, i brought my barnes and noble card to school preordered it with one of my friends like two months ago! i bet she's done an amazing job with catching fire, i'm so anticipating the dazzling sequel.
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