Angelique Jackson “The Hunger Games” and “American Crime Story” producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson have inked an overall film deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment under their Color Force banner. “Nina and Brad have an amazing track record finding incredibly compelling stories, A+ (plus) relationships in town, the best taste and are just all-around terrific humans who know how to make film franchises,” said Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group Presidents Josh Greenstein and Sanford Panitch making the announcement.
Led by producer and film executive Jacobson, who founded the company in 2007, and Simpson, who joined in 2012, some of Color Force’s most successful film projects include “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” franchise and “The Hunger Games” franchise — which has grossed $2.9 billion worldwide and continued last fall with the prequel film, “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” earning an impressive $337.4 million at the global box office.
Color Force will also produce the feature adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ next “Hunger Games” book, “Sunrise on the Reaping,” set for 2026. “We love making movies.
That is why we are excited to make Sony Pictures our home base for feature films,” Jacobson and Simpson said. “Sanford, Josh, Tom, and the whole team have shown their commitment to filmmakers and the theatrical experience time and time again.
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