In March 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement for The Hunger Games with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force, which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier.
Pada bulan Maret 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment menandatangani kesepakatan untuk memproduksi The Hunger Games bersama perusahaan produksi milik Nina Jacobson, Color Force, yang telah memperoleh hak untuk mendistribusikan novel di seluruh dunia beberapa minggu sebelumnya.