The Hollywood Reporter reveal that
The Hunger Games director Gary Ross (who unlike stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, is not signed up for a sequel) may not return to helm the planned follow up. After taking $3 million to write and direct the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel, as well as a 5% backend, sources now indicate that Ross wants a significant raise for
Catching Fire. Negotiations are said to have been rocky so far, with the director yet to revise
Slumdog Millionaire's Simon Beaufoy's script.
The studio are in a rush to start production this Fall, although Fox may still ruin their plans if they decide to exercise their option to bring back Jennifer Lawrence for an
X-Men: First Class sequel first (as previously reported here on CBM, their option beats Lionsgate's). However, other sources indicate that Ross will indeed return for the film which is currently set for release on November 22nd, 2013.
""Ultimately, it will be difficult, and yet everybody will do the sane thing, which is to work it out. Everybody will end up unhappy in their own way. It's just the nature of the beast."
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