The director, the writer and the producer of the latest in the The Hunger Games franchise have been hired to bring the Greek epic to the screen
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The project has been fast-tracked, with Lionsgate hoping to continue the blockbuster success they’ve had with The Hunger Games by focusing on further large-scale films. The project reportedly began when Erik Feig, the co-president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, pitched the idea to Lawrence in Paris while they worked on Mockingjay.
As well as directing three Hunger Games films, Lawrence also directed I Am Legend and Constantine; Peter Craig also wrote the script for The Town and is working on upcoming sequels Top Gun 2 and Bad Boys 3; and Nina Jacobson also produced One Day and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
The Homeric epic, which follows Odysseus on his journey home after the fall of Troy, has influenced the plots of films including Big Fish and O Brother, Where Art Thou?