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Lionsgate is wasting no time, snatching up the rights to the book and hiring director Francis Lawrence to direct Deadline reported the news Lawrence previously helmed the final three films in the Hunger Games "trilogy", Catching Fire and Mockingjay Part 1, and 2 No word on if any of the cast of those first films[...]

Sounds like Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games) is still on board as director. Last we heard back in February, things were still moving right along at Universal with Lawrence's direction and Joy's script, but obviously that's changed now, at least on the writing front. This announcement comes on the heels of the 15th anniversary of Ronald D[...]

Spearheaded by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and director Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2), the project stems from Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content; with Knight, Lawrence; and Chernin Entertainment's Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Kristen Campo serving as executive producers. Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Apple's ten-episode See is described as an[...]

The project has gained and lost producers, writers, and directors, but the most recent addition of director Francis Lawrence (Constantine) and screenwriter Lisa Joy (HBO's Westworld) seems to have stuck. Lawrence's film Red Sparrow is a brutal-but-not-terrible piece of cinema that shows what an actress and director who've known each other so long are capable of[...]

But they're not doing it, so Fox and Lawrence are instead, and here we are. Red Sparrow, directed by Francis Lawrence and based on the book by Jason Matthews, hits theaters on March 2nd Check out the poster and TV spot below; a new trailer is set to hit on Monday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQArlSA3azEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript[...]

Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust. Will Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter rip all the Black Widow posters off the walls[...]

It's kind of incredible they manage to develop a romantic triangle (with Josh Hutcherson's totally ineffectual Peeta) under such dire straits, but that's YA for you. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uYtz4WPGIs[/youtube] The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, directed by Francis Lawrence, who's already down in Atlanta directing Lawrence, Hemsworth, Hutcherson and gang in two-parter Mockingjay, will have its world premiere in London[...]

The studio has already set its release date for November 22nd 2013, and lead actress Jennifer Lawrence will only be available until December 20th, after which she begins shooting the sequel to X-Men: First Class. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate have decided to extend the offer to Francis Lawrence, best known for directing I Am[...]