The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Catching Fire
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Francis Lawrence, 2013

Sometime after Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return to District 12 following their victory in the 74th Hunger Games, President Snow visits Katniss and explains that her actions in the Games have inspired uprisings. He orders her to use the upcoming Victory Tour to convince him that her actions were out of love and not defiance against the Capitol, warning her that her friends, family, and District 12 will otherwise suffer.


I Am Legend. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1954 book
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I Am Legend
Richard Matheson, 1954
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Francis Lawrence, 2007

In 2009, a genetically re-engineered measles virus, originally created as a cure for cancer, turns lethal. Neville’s daily routine includes experimenting on infected rats to find a cure for the virus, searching for food and supplies, and waiting each day for any immune humans who might respond to his continuous recorded radio broadcasts, which instruct them to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1988 comic book, Hellblazer
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John Constantine: Hellblazer
Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcalá, 1988
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


Constantine. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the comic book novelization
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Constantine
John Shirley, 2005
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Francis Lawrence, 2005

In the Mexican countryside, a scavenger named Manuel finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church. In Los Angeles, occult detective John Constantine exorcises a girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth, which should not be possible under the rules of a standing wager between God and Lucifer for mankind’s souls.


Water for Elephants. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen, 2006
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Francis Lawrence, 2011

Charlie O’Brien, Circus Vargas’ owner, encounters an elderly man named Jacob Jankowski, who is separated from his nursing home group. The two strike up a conversation and Jacob reveals he had a career in the circus business and was present during one of the most infamous circus disasters of all time, equal in seriousness to the 1944 Hartford circus fire and the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus wreck.


Slumberland. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 1905 comic book, Little Nemo in Slumberland
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Little Nemo in Slumberland
Winsor McCay, 1905
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Francis Lawrence, 2022

A young girl finds a hidden map to the dreamland of Slumberland, and with the aid of an eccentric outlaw, she travels through dreams and escapes from nightmares in the hope of finding her deceased father.


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Mockingjay
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Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins, 2010
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Francis Lawrence, 2014

After being rescued from the destroyed arena in the 75th Hunger Games, tributes Katniss Everdeen, Beetee, and Finnick Odair are taken to District 13, a below-ground district isolated from Panem that has been spearheading the rebellion. Katniss is told that her arrow destroying the forcefield led to riots in over half the districts, joining District 13 in the rebellion, which caused Snow to bomb District 12 in retaliation.


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Catching Fire
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Francis Lawrence, 2015

Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.


Red Sparrow. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews, 2013
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Francis Lawrence, 2018

In modern-day Russia, Dominika Egorova is a famous ballerina who supports her ill mother. She is tasked with seducing Dimitry Ustinov, a Russian gangster, in exchange for her mother’s continued medical care. become an SVR operative, or be executed for witnessing Ustinov’s assassination.