'Catching Fire' Feature in Sci Fi Magazine
Molly Sun, October 13, 2013 
The Catching Fire interviews we've been waiting for are starting to trickle out. Thanks to our friends at QuarterQuell.org, we've got a look at scans and some of the article from the Catching Fire feature in the December issue of Sci Fi Magazine. Tara Bennett spoke with Francis Lawrence and Jena Malone, and gave a few extra snippets from the article on her blog.
Francis Lawrence on Catching Fire:
“I had never planned on doing a sequel to anything where there is an established world, but part of what I saw in Catching Fire was a large opportunity to create and not just have to go back,” he admits. “This story for me is where everything starts to take off. The characters are very different because they are changed by the games. The world is very different. It’s winter in District 12 and we see different parts of it like the Victor’s Village. We also go to districts we haven’t been to before. The Arena is completely different. I thought there was an opportunity to humanize Effie (Elizabeth Banks) and Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), as well as the opportunity to add new cast.”
“So there was plenty of opportunity for world building, which is something I like to do, but I loved where the story went. I love that the stakes were ratcheted up for the world and I liked where the love triangle started to go”
