Francis Lawrence speaks openly about the audience dwindling after the tonal shift in Mockingjay, how looking back the studio may have wished it to be lighter and how proud he is that he stuck to the bleak and dark ending of the story from the novels.
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Francis Lawrence Reflects on The Hunger Games Series Ahead of Final Blu-ray
Francis Lawrence tells Filmmaker of how he loved the books and the first film, how he convinced the cast to trust him for the sequels, how he directed the ensemble cast's different techniques, his thoughts on the series now that his job is complete and much more.
Read More »Mockingjay Part 2 Featurette: The Role of Suzanne Collins
Francis Lawrence on the heavy involvement of Suzanne Collins in the writing of the film and Josh Hutcherson on the truer and darker conclusion to the story from the special features of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
Read More »Francis Lawrence on the Split, Jennifer Lawrence and Themes vs Contradictory Marketing
Francis Lawrence gives a lengthy and in depth interview to Forbes about the decisions and importance of splitting Mockingjay in to two parts, the genius of Jennifer Lawrence, how her life changed in 2013 and he discusses whether or not young fans understand the bread-and-circuses satire and subtext of the films when so many buyin to the Capitol-style marketing.
Read More »Francis Lawrence Details How Scenes Were Filmed in Last 3 Hunger Games Films
Francis describes in detail how they made the tonal shift of Caesar and Effie in Catching Fire, how the dam scene came to be, how he designed the shot of Katniss and Prim hugging at Finnick's wedding, the logistics of the lizard mutt scene and many more.
Read More »Francis Lawrence on Working with Jennifer Lawrence’s Nephews
Francis Lawrence details what Bear and Theodore Lawrence were like to direct on set and whether or not they may follow in their auntie's Oscar-winning footsteps.
Read More »VIDEO: Francis Lawrence on the Legacy of The Hunger Games
TIME asks Francis Lawrence about the impact the film series has had on popular culture and real world protests and the legacy of these stories 20 years down the line.
Read More »Francis Lawrence, Nina Jacobson and Peter Craig Discuss Adaptation of Mockingjay Part 2
Francis, Nina, and Peter discuss how they adapted Mockingjay Part 2 from page to screen.
Read More »VIDEO: Francis Lawrence on Showing the Brutality of War Without Gore
Francis Lawrence on setting the benchmark for political blockbusters, showing war without alienating the younger audience, working with Philip Seymour Hoffman and the change in Jennifer Lawrence.
Read More »Spoilers! Francis Lawrence on Adapting the Book, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Gale
Best to bookmark this and read it after you've seen the film. Francis Lawrence speaks to Uproxx and pratically writes a Through the Pages segment. Many spoilers are spilled as scenes that did and did not make it from the book are discussed.
Read More »Francis Lawrence on Suzanne Collins’ Involvement and Real-Life Revolutions
Empire asks Francis Lawrence about how life imatates The Hunger Games, how Suzanne Collins guided the process, why Jennifer Lawrence hates rehearsing and his opinion on the Divergent series.
Read More »Francis Lawrence: Mockingjay Part 2 “More Similar Tonally to the First Two Movies”
SFX Magazine's interview with director Francis Lawrence hit the web, and it touches on the tonal shift from Part 1 to Part 2, the visuals of war, and toeing the line between the PG-13 and R ratings.
Read More »Francis Lawrence: “It’s Official… Mockingjay Part 2 is Now Complete”
Francis Lawrence took to Twitter to announce that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is completely finished and ready to print for cinemas.
Read More »VIDEO: Francis Lawrence Talks Katniss Taking Charge and Final Closure
MTV's Josh Horowitz sat down with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 director Francis Lawrence at CinemaCon last week.
Read More »Francis Lawrence on Mockingjay Part 2 Editing, Trailer, Comic Con and More!
Francis Lawrence is in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, where he sat down with Frosty Weintraub from Collider to talk about the movie and what we can expect to see from it in the future.
Read More »Lionsgate Partnering with F. Lawrence, Jacobson, Craig for ‘The Odyssey’
Deadline reports that Lionsgate will develop a grand-scale retelling of The Odyssey, with Francis Lawrence directing, Nina Jacobson producing, and Peter Craig writing the script.
Read More »RUMOR: Francis Lawrence Being Sought After to Direct Star Wars Episode IX
According to StarWarsTime.com, a "very reputable source" has confirmed that Francis is in Disney/LucasFilm's sights to direct Star Wars Episode IX.
Read More »VIDEO: Francis Lawrence Discusses Set Designs and Peeta and Katniss Scenes
Director Francis Lawrence discusses bringing the sets of the film to life and shooting scenes with Jen and Josh!
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