The famous book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is going to get its first live stage adaptation in the autumn of 2024

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The first book in Collins' trilogy and the first movie in Lionsgate's dystopian franchise have been adapted for the theatre by Award-winning writer Conor McPherson. 

The live adaption will be directed by Matthew Dunster, who also oversaw Hangmen and 2:22 – A Ghost Story.

Collins shared, “I’m very excited to be collaborating with the amazing team of Conor McPherson and Matthew Dunster as they bring their dynamic and innovative interpretation of The Hunger Games to the London stage,”.

McPherson expressed similar interest, saying that the author's endorsement was “humbling and inspiring”.

“She has created a classic story which continues to resonate now more than ever,” he wrote in his own statement. “In a world where the truth itself seems increasingly up for grabs, The Hunger Games beautifully expresses values of resilience, self-reliance and independent moral inquiry for younger people especially.

The Hunger Games, will bring the novel's plot to life by following 24 teenage honors as they compete in a lethal arena. Katniss Everdeen is played by Jennifer Lawrence, who serves as an honor for her 12-year-old sister in the movie series, becomes a symbol of mutiny as she battles for her life and the hope of a country being fraught by the Capitol.

The play is the most recent attempt to come out of the comprehensive novelization. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, written by Collins, has been adapted into a movie that will be released in theatres in November.

Based on the series of novels by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games has become one of the highest-grossing movie franchises of all time, having grossed nearly $3 billion in box office sales worldwide.