When movie-makers rolled into the area in May to film the much-anticipated “The Hunger Games” movie, people were buzzing.
Whether that buzz will be recreated when Lionsgate films additional movies based on a trilogy of books from author Suzanne Collins remains to be seen. The series revolves around North America rebuilding itself after collapse. Other books in the trilogy are “Catching Fire,” and “Mockingjay.”
Lionsgate has been filming “The Hunger Games” this summer across the western and piedmont areas of North Carolina. One of the first places used for filming was in Hildebran at Henry River Mill Village. The old village, according to those who have read the book, will likely serve as the home district for Katniss Everdeen, one of the main characters in the trilogy.
Filming for “The Hunger Games,” which is directed by Gary Ross, is wrapping up, said William Casey, unit publicist for the production, and will finish early this month. The production was in Concord on Wednesday, he said. The movie is expected to be released in March but Casey said no information on where Lionsgate will hold the movie’s premiere screening has been released.
As for any additional movies, Casey said only one additional movie in the series has been confirmed so far. He said the company confirmed they have a deal that encompasses four movies but that doesn’t mean that four will be made. The only confirmed production beyond “The Hunger Games” is “Catching Fire,” Casey said. The release date for “Catching Fire” is Nov. 22, 2013.
No filming locations or start dates for “Catching Fire” have been determined yet, Casey said. If any other films in the trilogy will be shot in North Carolina, no one is saying. Casey did, however, say that part of the second book takes place in a more tropical setting.
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