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1:53 pm, November 1st, 2012
Francis Lawrence will direct the rest of The Hunger Games franchise.
The director, currently filming the second movie in the series, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, has just been announced as the director for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.
The hugely successful saga features Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen in a dystopian future where children battle to the death for a malevolent government.
Lawrence’s other directing credits include I Am Legend and Water for Elephants.
RELATED – ‘Hunger Games’ Finale ‘Mockingjay’ to Be Split Into Two Movies
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 will be released in theaters on November 21, 2014.
Then the final movie, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 will arrive on November 20, 2015.
Meanwhile, Catching Fire will be released in theaters in just over a year, on November 22, 2013.
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