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Unlike the big six of film studios, Lionsgate is what can be referred to as a sub-major film and television, production and distribution company responsible for many films and television programming. With their highest grossing films being the Hunger games Franchise, The Twilight Saga, The Day After Tomorrow, La La Land, The Divergent Series and Fahrenheit 9/11, it’s a wonder to know, they’re just getting started.
An independent producer, director, and actor by the name of Tyler Perry has also been blessed with continued major success from Lionsgate distribution. With a series of Madea films in the can, no doubt Tyler Perry will finally allow his faithful audience a chance to see what more he has to offer as a talented artist, and Executive Producer with his 34th Street Films division, in Beverly Hills, California.
It would be very nice to see Tyler Perry‘s very OWN independent production company come up with a compelling story, or maybe even buy the rights to a compelling story, and or script and then maybe combine the efforts with a production company like Centropolis Entertainment for instance, teamed up with Lionsgate distribution in foreign and domestic markets, with a budget of, say $250 million.
Not to plagiarize, but to learn from a seasoned writers to create a different type of compelling story, then maybe create a protagonist like Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, as well as a guide character like Lenny Kravitz as Cinna. A love in interest for the protagonist gone rouge, like Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark. A defector character like Philip Seymour Hoffman, as Plutarch Heavensbee, who just maybe on the right side of right, undercover, and of course the project would not be complete without an antagonist like Donald Sutherland as Snow.
Within this new compelling story, there will be major plot twists and some minor sub-plot twists that are utilized as pillars, along the colorful story arc, to create and compelling three act structure of the blueprint masterpiece called a screenplay.
The orphan archetype is for the first act, and then comes the wanderer for the second act. The warrior archetype is for the second act part 2, which is a bit more complex mixed with conflict, and then martyr archetype for the third and final act to complete the ending. All equaling the Beginning, Middle and End.
With all these elements put together, such as a compelling original story arc within the script, a fine director utilizing these building blocks to complete the project, it can have mass appeal just like, The Hunger Games, and indeed quadruple at the box office, equaling a very lucrative ROI indeed for all involved.
—after just over two days in theaters, The Hunger Games has already passed Fahrenheit 9/11 ($119.2 million) to become Lionsgate’s highest-grossing movie ever. Read More.
The Film Series Includes: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2.
The Hunger Games is a very successful film series franchise produced by Color Force, an independent production company and distributed by Lionsgate, which is based on the book series by American television writer and author, Suzanne Collins. The film’s adaptation of the original novel has an all-star cast, such as Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz as well as Donald Sutherland, and stars none other than actress Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.
The Hunger Games film series is ranked the 16th highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
This critically acclaimed film is one of the most popular movie franchises of Jennifer Lawrence‘s illustrious career to date. Supporting actor Jeffrey Wright pictured in the #LGMovieBuff featured image didn’t do too bad either, adding to his extensive list of acting credits.
Mr. Wright is a long ways away from his role in John Singleton‘s Y2K version of Shaft, when he played Peoples Hernandez, alongside a young Christian Bale the former Batman. Both actors had an antagonistic character, but it’s all bad meaning good, when it comes down to career achievements.
Sadly, it was The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the final chapter within an amazing series of films that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman tragically dies in real life before the films debut, due to a mixed drug overdose.
However, the audience is a witnesses to his acting brilliance one last time with his final acting appearance in a motion picture as the character Plutarch Heavensbee, his final curtain call. Hoffman previously won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Actor for the role of Truman Capote, an accomplished author best known for writing a very popular novella called Breakfast At Tiffany’s, in the biopic film Capote.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 has an added emotional resonance beyond the end of a fan-beloved franchise. It also marks the final film in the illustrious career of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Read More.
With a budget of the entire Hunger Games (film series) costing upwards of $493 million dollars grand total, and with the film grossing over $2.968 billion dollars at the box office, it would be safe to say this film is defiantly a blockbuster of epic proportions in every way imaginable. Article by @shaunti-griffin