“The Hunger Games” Stage Production Is Coming to London in 2024: Reports

The first-ever 'Hunger Games' stage adaptation will be directed by Matthew Dunster and adapted by playwright Conor McPherson

The Hunger Games is coming to the stage!

The first-ever play adaption is set to arrive in London next year during the fall season, directed by Matthew Dunster and adapted by playwright Conor McPherson, according to multiple reports including from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on the novel series of the same name by Suzanne Collins — as well as the movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — the production will focus on the first book, where young contestants are selected to fight in a televised battle royale.

The play will follow Lawrence’s character Katniss Everdeen taking her sister’s place to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games, as chronicled in the 2008 book and 2012 movie, per reports.

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“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,” author Collins, 61, wrote in a press release, per Variety and THR.

McPherson, 52, also revealed his excitement over Collins’ support. “She has created a classic story which continues to resonate now more than ever,” he said.

The playwright added that he’s “hugely excited to bring it to a new generation of theatergoers and to Suzanne Collins’ longstanding and devoted fans.”

McPherson has worked on numerous plays such as 1997's The Weir, 2006’s The Seafarer and The Night Alive, which was released in 2013.

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Dunster, 53, also stated in the press release, per Variety, that he said, "Stop! I’m in," immediately after the producers mentioned the production’s title.

“I loved the Lionsgate film and the brutal and emotional power of this dystopian classic," the director added in his statement.

In September, Lionsgate released a trailer for their film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which will hit theaters Nov. 17 and is based on Collins' 2020 book of the same name.

The new movie of the series, which stars Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, is set 64 years before Katniss' Hunger Games events.

The movie follows a teenage version of Donald Sutherland's character Coriolanus Snow (played by Blyth, 28, in the new movie) as he aims to restore his family's name while mentoring singer Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler, 22) in the 10th annual Hunger Games.

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