Comments on: Toldyou: Gary Ross Is Not Directing ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire’

By: kitcon

kitcon — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

It should be EXCLUSIVE all caps. But you can do better than Toldyou.

By: Travis Hopson

Travis Hopson — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

Truly, you guys should've hit 'em with a much larger "TOLDJA"!!!!!

By: Brendon Connelly

Brendon Connelly — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

Where did half of this story suddenly go? You know, the bit about The Playlist messing up Lionsgate's plans and all that?

By: Ummm

Ummm — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

The version of this Playlist story that ended up in my RSS feed is so much more entertaining, as it has many more paragraphs of gratuitous swipes at Deadline and Dave Poland (described as "the self-appointed dad of the internet"), as well as the now-customary WTF-inducing Playlist typos (such as the wannabe self-congratulatory sentence "We messed up their plans and as we first originally reported, Ross won't be coming along for 'Catching the Fire'"). Amusing that all that has been cut and replaced by "There's no ill-will here or anything."

By: RegShow

RegShow — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

The franchise will continue. I stand by my previous comment that Gavin O'Connor would be the perfect guy to take over Catching Fire.

By: Kindred Spirit

Kindred Spirit — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:45 +0000

Must you lump Told and You together… it's not a word and it's really ruining the smugness of this post. It's either Told You! Or Told! You! Or you could be uber creative and spell it out T-O-L-D Y-O-U!!! (three exclamation points for emphasis).

By: Huffy

Huffy — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

LOL, who knew trade journalism could be so bitchy.

By: camus80

camus80 — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Rian Johnson, Duncan Jones, Rupert Sanders, J Blakeson, and Joe Cornish would all be good candidates to direct catching Fire.

By: Rah-al

Rah-al — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Ha ha. Toldja Deadline Hollywood! Burn baby burn. Those guys are becoming mouth pieces for the studio's PR people.

By: Reader

Reader — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

My first time reading an article on "The Playlist" as well.

WOW.

An immature, badly written – just plain annoying, article. This entire thing could have been one sentence really, but they drag it on with about twenty different ways of saying the same point: "WE are right, YOU are wrong" If there ever was a spot-on example of self gratification – This is it.

Do the PLAYLIST writers realize that by acting like such babies in their article, that it takes away all of their credibility? This article actually makes me WANT to read Deadline. Based on this article it seems like this is the first time ever that "The Playlist" was right about something. Why else would they spend so much time emphasizing it, over and over and over again?

This is schoolyard material. I will not be reading anything from this unprofessional website ever again and thought it necessary to voice my opinion clearly here. This is not good reporting. This article sums up exactly the demise of what proper reporting should be, and why no one fifty years from now will even know what a newspaper is, or what a journalist actually does.

Hey PLAYLIST: "Thanks, but no thanks, this was not fun at all, but I'd like to read other things now."

By: Mony

Mony — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

As someone who reads both this site and deadline. I'm loving this. I do read The Playlist more and you guys are cool, so when you had the exclusive, I didn't think you were lying, but had my doubts after seeing the deadline article.

However, you were correct all along. Good Job!

By: hank

hank — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

that's right. JUST LIKE WE SAID HE WOULD.

By: Gabon

Gabon — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Kudos to the Playlist. Love this site.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Apparently the man is a fool – He's giving up working on what is arguably going to be the biggest movie of 2013 and one that would provide a chance to make him filthy rich so he can pursue 'other projects' – Like what? what could possibly enhance his career more than this?

By: Daryl Hannah

Daryl Hannah — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Congratulations on this, guys. I look forward to your "Top five prospective directors of Catching Fire" post, as well as your "Top Five moments in the 'Will Gary Ross direct Catching Fire kerfuffle" post.

I for one would like to suggest Lena Dunham.

Come Armageddon

By: David

David — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Oh no, whatever will we do without Ross running through the woods shaking his camera like he's having a seizure?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

Pretty cunty reporting.

By: K

Sun, 22 May 2016 04:10:44 +0000

This is my first visit to The Playlist. I'm so excited to find that there is an Entertainment Industry Website for 9-year-olds written by 9-year-olds. You kids are AWESOME!!