Suzanne Collins "Hunger Games" books were printed in North America alone. "The Hunger Games" was on "The New York Times" Best Seller list for more than 60 weeks in a row. Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of "The Hunger Games", produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force production company. Collins adapted the novel for film herself. Directed by Gary Ross, filming began in late spring 2011, with Jennifer Lawrence portraying main character Katniss Everdeen. Josh Hutcherson played Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth played Gale Hawthorne. The subsequent two novels were adapted into films as well, with the
Katniss Everdeen York Times", Katie Roiphe said that Katniss in "Mockingjay" was "a great character without being exactly likeable. [She] is bossy, moody, bratty, demanding, prickly", and commented that this is what makes many recent literature heroines likeable. "Entertainment Weekly" compared Katniss to Bella Swan from the "Twilight Saga" and said that "unlike "Twilight's" passive, angsty Bella, Katniss is a self-possessed young woman who demonstrates equal parts compassion and fearlessness." Laura Miller of Salon.com finds Katniss too virtuous and without motivation, negatively contrasting Katniss to Bella of "Twilight", saying, "In some ways, Katniss is more passive than Bella, allowed to have all