Paramount taps Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence for Red Rising film
The gist
Paramount Pictures has acquired film rights to Pierce Brown's Red Rising series, with Francis Lawrence attached to direct.
The Hunger Games director's next dystopian adaptation will be compared to his own franchise.
How it unfolded
- 2008The first book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series is published.
- Oct 21, 2026AMC lists early-access details for Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, set 24 years before the original story.
- Oct 22, 2026Paramount Pictures acquires film rights to Pierce Brown's Red Rising, with Francis Lawrence attached to direct the first novel.