Fans of the "The Hunger Games" franchise have been left wondering what would be next for Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2." Venture Capital Post says that producers of the young adult blockbuster have been planning to squeeze more juice out of their love story, than what was offered in the novels.
The report also says that Jon Feltheimer, the CEO of Lionsgate, wanted to focus on the other districts of Panem, apart from stretching the Peeta-Katniss romance angle.
According to Christian Today, however, the film will be having a particularly different ending. Things will reportedly take an extremely dark and intense turn, as was revealed by Josh Hutcherson during the last scenes of "Mockingjay - Part 1." Jennifer Lawrence also made it clear that she will no longer be the "old" Katniss, which could only mean that major changes will occur.
Plutarch Heavensbee, who was played by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, will still be featured in some of the scenes. However, Lawrence revealed that Hoffman did not have any dialogue during those scenes. Plus, she confirmed that no digital edits were done in those scenes as well.
Moreover, according to Tech Times, it looks like "The Hunger Games" franchise will be going out with a big bang, especially after Lionsgate confirmed that the last film will be released in 2D, IMAX and IMAX 3D, making "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" the first in the franchise to be released in 3D within the US.
The first couple of films were also released in IMAX, but the same did not happen for the third installment. Tech Times says that IMAX opted to show "Interstellar" instead of "Mockingjay - Part 1."
Since the blockbuster franchise is based on the trilogy written by Suzanne Collins, everyone immediately assumed that "Mockingjay" will be the last film. However, it would appear that that would not be the case, according to Deadline. The report says that Feltheimer admits the studio is "actively looking at some development and thinking about prequel and sequel possibilities" to keep the franchise going.
Additionally, Feltheimer also mentioned that the studio is currently "in significant conversations with at least one theme park" in order to come up with an attraction based on the franchise. Lionsgate's moves to continue the franchise is only understandable especially since it garnered $2.2 billion worldwide, as reported by Screen Rant.