After turning a popular series of books into a successful series of blockbusters, The Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson, director Francis Lawrence, and Mockingjay scriptwriter Peter Craig are now tackling one of the great literary classics: Homer’s The Odyssey. Via Deadline: Lionsgate has put this on a fast track. The plan is to begin production early next year, right after the filmmakers complete promotion of Mockingjay – Part 2, which will be released November 20. Motion Picture Group co-president Erik Feig is overseeing this with exec production veep Jim Miller and development director James Myers. The project took root when Feig pitched it to Lawrence in Paris while they worked on the Hunger Games finale. Studios are all about turning existing properties into movies and turning movies… Read entire story.
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