Entertainment Weekly has posted online additional parts of their interview with Director Gary Ross and Producer Nina Jacobson. While much of it is from the
lengthy Q&A with Gary Ross from the January 14 issue of the magazine (on newsstands today!), there are some new quotes, including Nina's response to comparisons between
The Hunger Games and
The Twilight Saga:
One can’t help but wonder if the demand for an R-rating comes partly from adults who are somewhat mystified by the fact that they devoured a trilogy marketed to the YA audience. Not everyone appreciates being told that they’ve fallen hard for “the next Twilight,” as many in the press have already dubbed Collins’ anti-war trilogy.
Producer Nina Jacobson is no stranger to the comparison, even if it’s one she doesn’t buy. “I think anybody who’s read the two books knows that they are as different as night and day, with very little in common other than the youthfulness of their protagonists,” she says. “I mean, Holden Caulfield is young too! But as a producer you can’t help but be thrilled that people are comparing something that you’re working on to something that so many people love.”
Also, regarding questions about the film
not having an R-rating, Gary responded with this:
He promises though that his vision for the movie will be just as stirring as anything found in Collins’ prose. “I don’t need to have a huge prosthetic budget or make this movie incredibly bloody in order for it to be just as compelling, just as scary, and just as riveting.”
Check out the full post at
Entertainment Weekly and be sure to pick up a copy of the magazine!
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