‘Hunger Games’ Spoof ‘The Starving Games’ Sets November Release Ahead Of ‘Catching Fire’
By JEN YAMATO | Friday July 26, 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Spoofmeisters
Jason Friedberg and
Aaron Seltzer (
Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Date Movie) will be back with more pop culture parodying this fall, thanks to
Ketchup Entertainment. The financing firm and newbie distributors have acquired
Hunger Games satire
The Starving Games for a November 8 theatrical release. Timing puts the Friedberg/Seltzer comedy in theaters just ahead of
Lionsgate‘s
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire which debuts November 22. Maiara Walsh (
Desperate Housewives, Switched at Birth), Cody Christian (
Pretty Little Liars), Lauren Bowles (
True Blood), Brant Daugherty (
Pretty Little Liars), and Diedrich Bader (
Napoleon Dynamite) star in the pic which is written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The Safran Company financed and produced
The Starving Games, which follows a young girl named Kantmiss as she participates in a barbaric annual competition against fellow youngsters.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/hun...-games-november-releas/ketchup-entertainment/As with all Friedberg & Seltzer parodies, the pic will also take aim at other pop culture phenomenons including
The Avengers,
Sherlock Holmes,
Harry Potter, Psy, and Taylor Swift. Ketchup Entertainment’s Gareth West and Head of Acquisitions Stephen Stanley negotiated the deal with UTA’s Rena Ronson. K5 reps international rights. Meanwhile, Friedberg and Seltzer are
also working on a
Fast & Furious spoof entitled
Superfast!