Hunger Games Stage Show Will Bring Teen Murder Contest to Life in 2016
Lionsgate announced today that it will join entertainment companies in the U.S. and the Netherlands to squeeze more money from red hot dystopian teen-on-teen murder nightmare franchise The Hunger Games.
Lionsgate, Dutch media company Imagine Nation and U.S.-based Triangular Entertainment said Friday that the stage spectacular featuring "innovative and immersive staging techniques" will open in 2016 at a new venue beside London's Wembley Stadium.
Variety reports the show will be produced by Robin de Levita, who recently created a 360-degree rotating auditorium for a production of the Dutch musical Soldier of Orange in Holland. Maybe for this production the audience will be part of the population of poverty-stricken District 12 and two members of the audience will be forced to fight to the death during each performance? Just thinking out loud, I am not a theatre producer!
Lionsgate Chief Marketing Officer Tim Palen spoke about de Levita's involvement:
"Robin de Levita and the entire production team are the perfect partners for extending 'The Hunger Games' franchise into a live theatrical experience. Their creative genius, combined with world-class production values and state-of-the-art technology will provide a uniquely immersive experience for fans around the world."
The show will open in the year following the November 2015 release of Mockingjay: Part 2.
What Hunger Games related treat awaits us in 2017, I wonder? (Probably this!)
[image via Lionsgate]