Director: Francis Lawrence

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Francis, Nina, and Peter discuss how they adapted Mockingjay Part 2 from page to screen.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Francis Lawrence took to Twitter to announce that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is completely finished and ready to print for cinemas.

MTV's Josh Horowitz sat down with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 director Francis Lawrence at CinemaCon last week.

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.

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.

According to StarWarsTime.com, a "very reputable source" has confirmed that Francis is in Disney/LucasFilm's sights to direct Star Wars Episode IX.

Director Francis Lawrence discusses bringing the sets of the film to life and shooting scenes with Jen and Josh!