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As many of you know
I'm a huge Hunger Games fan, and have made
countless videos on characters
and places from the series.
and to be honest, I never thought there
would be another Hunger Games book or movie.
In this video, I'm going to give you the facts
and tell you everything that we know about
this new novel, and then I'll break some
things down and give my personal opinions
and perditions on this news.
After the final film was finished back in
2015. Susan Collins, the writer of the trilogy said
Now, four years later, the publisher for her
series, Scholastic, just announced they have
a release date of May 19th 2020 for a
prequel novel to the original series. It's
going to be set 64 years before the start
of the original Hunger Games novels and timed
for the reaping of the 10th Hunger Games.
Collins stated that with this book she wanted
to explore the state of nature, who are are
and what we perceive
and for the actual time period she chose
for this novel it will be focused on the
reconstruction period ten years
after the war, commonly known as
the dark days
as the county Panem struggles back on it's
feet. She said its going provide fertile
ground for characters to grapple with these
questions, and there by define their views
of humanity.
Dark days are an interesting topic to
focus on becasue it's ten years
after the districts attempt to rise up the
first time around and failed
forcing them to participate in the
Hunger Games as punishment for their
betrayal.
[audio from movie: President Snow] Terrible war, this was the uprising that brought out land
[audio from movie: President Snow] 13 districts rebelled against the county that
[audio from movie: President Snow] fed them, loved them, protected them.
[audio from movie: President Snow] brother turned on brother until nothing remained
so far we haven't gotten much on the book
all we have is the cover but no title
and no characters have been revealed.
but I'll talk about the characters in a minute.
The thing on everybody's mind is, is there
going to be a movie? and right now the
answer is yes.
Lionsgate is the movie company that
has the rights to the franchise.
Making the four films and much of the
merchandise, including clothing
and action figures and so on
since the announcement of this book they said
that they were the proud home of the
Hunger Games movies and said that they could
hardly wait for Susan's next book to be
published. They went on to say
that they have been talking with her
during the writing process and said that
they looked forward to continuing to work
closely with her for the new movie
so it looks like from the start they
had planed to this book on the big screen
soon after the books release.
Now the big question is
will it be sucessful and will it be good
Just looking at the numbers of the previous
installments. The trilliogy of novels sold over
one hundred million copies and remained on
New York's Times best sellers list for five
consecutive years and the films made three
billion dollars. So even if just a fraction
of those fans come back to read this and see
the movie it will be successful with out
a doubt, but will it be good?
This time around they wont have the characters
and actors that we've come to love like
Katniss played by Jennifer Lawrence
Peeta played by Josh Hutcherson
Haymitch played by Woody Harrelson
and so on, there are so many on the list.
However, there are a few characters from
the original series that were alive during
this time period. Coriolanus Snow,
the President during the original series.
Was one years old during the first Hunger Games
so here he would be ten years old. He lived
in the Capital so it's unlikely that we'll
see him, and if we do it will probably be
a small cameo and an easter egg to the
original series, but having him is a great
possibility. Another character that could
make an appearance is Mags Flanagan
We meet her in Catching Fire when she went
into the area taking the place of Annie.
She first participated in the eleventh
Hunger Games so that would be one year after
this book takes place. We know that she died
at the age of 80 in the 75th Hunger Games
making her 15 during the events of this book.
It's much more likely that we'll see her in
District 4 than we'll see Snow in the Capital
but I'm excited to see if they expand on her
character more and one other character that
could possibly make an appearance is
Greasy Sae, though this one is the least
unlikely.She means a lot more in the films
than in the books as in the films she was
the one who gave Katniss the mockingjay pin
However, in the books it was given to her
by Madge. We might see these characters but
maybe we wont. It could be possible that
none of them will make an appearance at all
and we'll get a new line of all original
characters. Now lets break some stuff down
as I give my personal opinion and predictions
on the book and movie
The cover is very reminiscent of the first
book. With the black background
very unlike the red and blue cover that
we got for the books that followed.
What we dont have is the title. The prequel
cover has a single feather, which most likely
represents a bird. Something that was present
on every cover of the original series so it
makes sense that it would be here too
Birds have always meant a lot to the series
and have always had deeper meanings.
Becasue we just have a single feather here
my thinking is that we know that the
mockingjays is the logo of the rebellion
[audio from movie: Plutarch] This is revolution, and you are the
[audio from movie: Plutarch] mockingjay.
and it took 74 years to make that happen
it makes sense that single feather will
come to be the mockingjay.
As I said Lionsgate is already working with
Collins during the writing process
which kinda worries me.
Lionsgate is a big company and big
companies care about money more than anyting
They just recently licensed the film property
to theme parks and live concert tours being
built around the movie franchise. So they're
already tring to make a quick buck on the
series which is totally fine that business
as expected. But what worries me is that fact
that Collins is already working with them
before she even finsihed the book,
I don't wanna see the movie company have
too much input into her writing.
and I don't want her to write the book
so its easier to adapt to a film
I want her to write a novel not a screenplay
and the reason why I bring this up.
is becasue she was activly involved in the making
of the four films,
so she knows what it takes to make a movie
and the struggles that come with it
especially when adapting a book to the big
screen. I just hope she writes it more like
book, and less like a movie.
At this point she needs to focus on the
novel and only the novel
Also, while we're speaking of money
it's clear that Scholastic, the publishing company
for the novels is also very excited this book
and again they're a big company so are they
excited because the franchise is moving
forward or are they excited because they
know they're about to make a lot of money?
To be honest, I think it's a bit of both
the Scholastic President said:
Since the end of the movie franchise Lionsgate
has been pressured to expand the series past
the books to draw in younger audiences
but they respected Collins work too much to
move the story forward without her.
and for that I have great respect for them
because lets be honest, in the past that
did not work well for other franchises.
The most notable being the ending of
Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead going
past the comics, the very split fanbase for
the Fantastic Beasts films to extend the
Harry Potter universe and the very split
audience for the sequel Start Wars series
without George Lucus
Another big question is
will it be relevant by 2020?
The first book came out in 2008. So it will be
12 years since then.
While the simple answer to that question
is yes it will.
If you just look at my channel alone
I uploaded Hunger Games 3 or 4 years after
the series ended and many of them got millions
of views and I constantly have people asking for
more Hunger Games vidoes
so clearly there are still very loyal fans
with a thirst for more and lets not forget
theres a whole new generation to be
introduced to this series.
those that might have been too young to
read or watch the violent storytelling
that can now read and see it
All in all, I'm very excited for the new book
and film and I'd really hope that they arent
plagued by the things that I mentioned earlier
I honestly hope that I fall in love with
this book, movie and time period in Panem
The way I did with the original series.
Let me know your thoughts
Are you excited?
underwhelmed?
worried?
comment below and let me know,
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