Lionsgate wants to continue Twilight and Hunger Games not difficult

Nowadays, dystopian youth films in Hollywood are rampant and even somewhat outdated, and it is unlikely that the original cast members of "The Hunger Games" and "The Twilight" will return. It will be difficult for Lionsgate to restart.

Original title: "Twilight" and "Hunger" are not over yet? Film owner wants author to continue story

Lionsgate CEO Jon Ferlemet said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the studio does not intend to completely end "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games." He said he would continue to communicate with Stephanie Meyer, the original author of "Twilight", and Susan Collins, the original author of "The Hunger Games", to ask them to create a new series of novels that will be adapted into a new movie.

"There are still many stories to tell, and we are ready to tell them to conceive and create new stories," Ferlemet told analysts on Tuesday during his last quarterly financial company report. However, he said that it is not certain whether the new film will be a direct sequel, prequel, or biography.

The rise of streaming media has had a certain impact on traditional movie theaters, triggering controversy over the premature entry of movies into video portals. Studios believe that this will help win a wider audience, while theaters believe that it will reduce the box office of theaters. In this regard, Ferlemet said he believed that the film studio and the theater would reach an agreement and form a reasonable situation.

The "Hunger Games" quartet has accumulated a total of US$2.960 billion in box office worldwide, and the five parts of "Twilight" have accumulated a total of US$3.345 billion worldwide. They have become one of the most profitable film series in the 21st century, making Lionsgate proud of other studios outside the Big Six. After the end of these two series, Lionsgate Pictures has never cultivated IP of the same level of box office. The last film of "Divergent" has even been changed from a theater movie to online distribution. This has undoubtedly promoted Lionsgate's idea of continuing to squeeze the value of "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games."

But now Hollywood dystopian youth films are rampant and even somewhat outdated, and the possibility of the original cast members of "The Hunger Games" and "Twilight" returning is relatively small. It will be difficult for Lionsgate to restart.

Editor: Xiongwei