After narrowing down the field to two possible contenders earlier this week, Lionsgate has finally settled on a new director to replace
Gary Ross for its
Hunger Games sequel
Catching Fire.
Francis Lawrence has just received the offer to helm the sequel, beating out fellow finalist
Bennett Miller (
Moneyball). Though Lawrence and Lionsgate have yet to finalize the deal, considering how quickly the studio is moving on this project, we can ...