Hunger Games Coming to ABC Family

According to Broadcasting & Mobile, ABC Family bought the rights to the first film of the hugely popular Hunger Games franchise in advance of its theatrical release on March 23. The Hunger Games would be available as a fall 2014 debut. Based on the 2008 young adult novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is set in a post-apocalyptic world and chronicles an annual event where one boy and one girl from each of 12 districts are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death. Collins wrote the film adaptation herself, which stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth in the project from Lionsgate Entertainment. THE HUNGER GAMES is the first in a trilogy that also includes CATCHING FIRE and MOCKINGJAY. Theatrical release is Friday, March 23rd with many Barnes & Noble holding Hunger Games pre-release parties on March 22nd.

The Hunger Games Hunger Games #1 October 2008

Catching Fire Hunger Games #2 September 2009

Mockingjay Hunger Games #3 September 2010