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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood, with Ryan Seacrest.

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Speaker 2: As Hunger Game. Fans wait for the arrival the upcoming prequel,

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Speaker 2: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Rumors persist that other

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Speaker 2: prequel stories are being considered for other films, and director

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Speaker 2: Francis Lawrence, who's behind all its movies to date, has responded.

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Speaker 2: He tells ew I like being a part of this

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Speaker 2: series originally because the stories are great, But was always

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Speaker 2: gratifying was that they were always saying something. Author Suzanne

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Speaker 2: Collins always writes from a thematic foundation. The original ones

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Speaker 2: were all about the consequences of war. This one is

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Speaker 2: about the state of nature. That's what makes them feel

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Speaker 2: rich and not superficial, and why they stood the test

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Speaker 2: of time. So if Suzanne has another thematic idea, I'd

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Speaker 2: be interested being a part of it. Words of Francis Lawrence.

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Speaker 2: The Hunger Games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes arrives

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Speaker 2: November seventeen.

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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.