There were producers of The Hunger Games.
Color Force is an American studio founded in 2007 by producer Nina Jacobson . It is notable for producing films based on novels , particularly the Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Hunger Games series . The Hunger Games (film) . It is the first installment in The Hunger Games film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik , with a screenplay by Ross , Collins , and Billy Ray . Development of The Hunger Games began in March 2009 when Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement with Color Force , which had acquired the rights a few weeks earlier .