The Hunger Games' prequel book gets a film adaptation; Movie officially in the works

Another former star of My 600-lb Life has died. Season 7 alum Destinee LaShaee passed away at the age of 30. Her brother Wayne Compton confirmed Destinee’s death via Facebook on Feb. 8, the day after the anniversary of their sibling Destiny‘s death. “I’m sorry bro, I accept you for who you are, I accept every flaw that come with you, I’m sorry you felt alone, I’m sorry you felt you had nobody else to turn too, I’m sorry you felt you had no other option Destiny wouldn’t of wanted this, lord why keep taking my siblings away, how much can I take,” Wayne wrote. A cause of death hasn’t been confirmed.

Queen Elizabeth II met with Prince Charles before he tested positive for COVID-19 and is now being closely monitored, a royal source tells ET. On Thursday, Clarence House announced that Charles — who is vaccinated and boosted — tested positive for COVID-19 that morning and is now self-isolating. Our source tells ET that 95-year-old Elizabeth and 73-year-old Charles met on Tuesday after she returned from Sandringham.

Cate Blanchett is set to star in and produce a film called “The New Boy” that will be set in 1940s Australia and follow the journey of a 9-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy.Indigenous Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton (“Sweet Country”) will write and direct the drama, and filming is set to begin in October of this year in South Australia. Blanchett will star in “The New Boy” as a renegade nun running a remote monastery who takes in the child after he arrives in the dead of the night.

When it comes to low Academy Awards TV ratings, Seth Rogen doesn’t see the big deal.

nearly three hours long, it’s only the beginning of the story as far as star Robert Pattinson sees it.The actor makes his debut as Bruce Wayne in the new reboot co-written and directed by Matt Reeves, and he’s made clear that he’s ready to play Batman “as many times as people want to see it.” Speaking with Fandango, Pattinson teased the notion of making a new trio of Batman films with Reeves: “I’ve talked to Matt about the idea of doing a trilogy, and that would be wonderful. I really, really enjoyed the process and it’s such a fun character to play.”Paul Dano, who plays The Riddler in the new film, added during the same interview, “There’s so much room for this Batman to grow, too,” while co-star Colin Farrell (who plays The Penguin) echoed that sentiment by saying, “I want to see the evolution of Bruce Wayne.”Pattinson said in December he had already “mapped out” the psychology of where his character might go in future films, but these new comments affirm he’s eager to continue his partnership with Reeves on future installments.“The Batman” has been teased as a “Year Two” story for the Caped Crusader, in reference to the iconic comic book “Batman: Year One.” This story picks up in Bruce’s second year of being Batman, where it’s not quite an origin story but he’s not quite an expert yet either.

“The Sky Is Everywhere” opens Friday in U.S. theaters and on Apple TV+.

Kevin Hart’s family learned what happens when they push themselves too far on vacation. The comedian appears on the on Thursday and shares that his family recently took a swim with sharks and his wife, Eniko, got bit. The actor explains that they started off in the water with nerf sharks.

“Marry Me” opens in US theaters and on Peacock Feb. 11.

Former Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews has exclusively opened up to OK! about his relationship with his daughter Gigi.The soon to be father of three, who is expecting his third child in April with his wife Vogue Williams, chatted to us at the launch party for the star's No/Low spirits brand CleanCo and their collaboration with Swingers West End, where he told us that Gigi is "fantastic" and the "apple of his eye." When asked if little Gigi, 18 months, is a daddy's girl, Spencer, 33, said: "You say daddy’s girl, but I think they both prefer Vogue! But hopefully with time she’ll flip over to me. I’m sure Theodore won’t!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

The Queen's health is reportedly being "monitored" after she met with her eldest son Prince Charles recently, as he has been confirmed to test positive with COVID-19 on Thursday, February 10. While the 95 year old monarch has seen the first in line to the throne recently, Buckingham Palace have reportedly refused to confirm or deny whether she is currently testing positive for the virus.The palace source did confirm that the Queen is yet to display any symptoms, however.

Mrs Hinch has unveiled the gorgeous farm mural in her son Ronnie's bedroom at her new £1.1million five-bedroom farmhouse. The 31 year old, who recently unveiled her huge loft as renovations continue, took to her Instagram Story to share with her 4.3million followers the stunning mural for her two year old son Ronnie, who she shares with husband Jamie Hinchliffe. Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hincliffe, who is also mum to eight month old son Lennie, described how she was left speechless on day three of the process.

Kéllé Bryan has admitted to feeling "dumb" after once giving a former partner access to her credit card funds. The Loose Women panellist shared her story on the matter today, Thursday 10 February, as she and her co-hosts discussed Netflix’s new documentary The Tinder Swindler.

Sheridan Smith reportedly wants a reunion with her former fiancé, Jamie Horn. The actress is said to want another chance to make things work with the father of her child, after they ended their three year relationship last July. A source told Heat Magazine: "Sheridan would love to have more children and give Billy a brother or sister - but she wants the dad to be Jamie." The 40 year old star shares baby son Billy with her ex, whom she met on Tinder.

Brooke Shields is the face of Jordache’s Spring 2022 campaign which is inspired by their signature slogan ‘You’ve Got the Look’ and the images are stunning. The 56-year-old even went topless for the shoot and, she gave Khloe Kardashian some competition when it comes to pants only denim ads. A post shared by Brooke Shields (@brookeshields)Shields looks amazing in the photos shot by Cass Bird. The model talked to PEOPLE about the campaign and opened up about her desire to keep everything authentic.

Lynda Lopez resigns from WCBS 880 “to pursue ‘a once in your lifetime’ opportunity outside of the media and news field,” according to news director Tim Scheld. Jennifer Lopez’s news broadcaster sister, known for anchoring the midday news, might be changing career paths. Although her plans are unknown, people think there are possibilities of becoming a singer or actress.

A woman in New Jersey brought her car into the shop for service this week, and mechanics quickly discovered something extremely amiss with the automobile: there were HUMAN HAIR AND TEETH embedded in the front!

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has acquired North American rights to FAMM Films’ topical drama I’m Charlie Walker, starring Mike Colter (Evil, Marvel’s Luke Cage), following a competitive bidding situation. Shout! Factory’s multi-platform entertainment distribution and production arm plans to release the film across all major entertainment platforms, beginning with a theatrical day-and-date launch later this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s Undone and Netflix’s Apollo 10½ producer Submarine is developing a drama based on the Baader Meinhof Gang, the notorious German terrorist organization, with Oliver Stone collaborator Moritz Borman’s Krautpack.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired Mayim Bialik’s feature directorial debut As They Made Us, starring Diana Agron (Shiva Baby, Glee), Simon Helberg (Annette, The Big Bang Theory), Oscar nominee Candice Bergen (Let Them All Talk, Starting Over) and two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories, Rain Main), slating it for release in theaters and on VOD on April 8.

Travis Barker is sporting a totally new look in Machine Gun Kelly's latest music video. The Blink-182 rocker stars in MGK and Willow's video for their new song, «Emo Girl,» as a guide to a group of young students on a field trip.Barker wears a gray wig and old man-style glasses to step into the role, and fully embraces the teacher aesthetic with a turtleneck and vest.Once Barker and the students step inside the museum, the kids are left awestruck by MGK and Willow's electric energy as they perform inside a checkered room.After zapping the children with their rock star swagger, they morph into little emo-rockers by the end of the video, which was directed by Drew Kirsh.The track is off of MGK's forthcoming album,, which is due out March 25.

Jennifer Lopez knows a thing or three about media harassment and being in the public eye 24/7, but that only makes the far-fetched romantic comedy Marry Me seem even less tolerable or redeemable than it might have looked on paper. In its opening minutes, this slickly made, music-drenched concoction serves up a premise so massively implausible — that one of the hottest female singers on the planet would replace her cheating macho fiancé in front of a live TV audience with an ineffectual single dad math teacher in his 50s — that it can never recover. It is, in two words, perfectly preposterous.

Suzanne Collins is revisiting the world of Panem and The Hunger Games in her new prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Scholastic), released Tuesday.Only this time, no more is the telling of beloved characters such as Katniss Everdeen or Peeta Mellark, but instead the spotlight is placed on villain Coriolanus Snow. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games trilogy and follows an 18-year-old Snow as he becomes a mentor for the 10th annual Hunger Games, his final project before graduating from the Academy school.

Suzanne Collins’ long awaited prequel to the Hunger Games series will be published in the UK on Tuesday.

TWELVE years ago readers were introduced to the dystopian world of The Hunger Games, where children fight to the death in an annual televised contest. The three books in the series, The Hunger Games, 2009’s Catching Fire and 2010’s Mockingjay, were turned into four blockbuster movies starring Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss   Everdeen.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The odds are back in their favour.

Francis Lawrence will return as director for 'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes'

The reaping is about to commence once again. Lionsgate is now gearing up to adapt Suzanne Collins' forthcoming The Hunger Games prequel novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, for the silver screen, with none other than Francis Lawrence coming on board to direct the film, per The Hollywood Reporter.

The new Hunger Games book will be released next month – and a movie version is set to follow.

A “Hunger Games” prequel movie is in the works.

The newest Hunger Games book, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake,” is looking to become a new film in the franchise!

By Adam B. Vary

Shirley Douglas, an actress in films directed by Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg and the mother of actor Kiefer Sutherland, died Sunday. She was 86.

As bars, movie theatres, gyms and restaurants close due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, many people around the world are choosing to stay home and watch TV while practising social distancing.

How's this for timing? As the planet deals with the spread of the coronavirus, now infecting more than 105,000 people in over 80 countries with over 3,600 succumbing to the potentially deadly virus since the start of January (as of March 8), a film depicting the Hollywood big budget version of the lengths some might go to contain such a pandemic is celebrating 25 years since first scaring the pants off audiences. On March 10, 1995, Outbreak arrived in theaters, pitting heroes Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo against the spread of a fictional, Ebola-like virus known as Motaba, brought to America by an African monkey, and villainous military leaders played by Donald Sutherland and Morgan Freeman.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In another deal that demonstrated the vibrancy of the Virtual Cannes Market, Focus Features is in final talks to fund and distribute worldwide Armageddon Time, the James Gray-directed drama that has Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, Anne Hathaway and Cate Blanchett poised to star. Sources said that the Focus commitment will be in the $15 million range, meaning that’s what Gray will have to work with to make a movie that will begin production at the start of 2021 with the intention to shoot in New York.Wild Bunch International introduced the RT Features film to buyers at virtual Cannes market and repped international rights.