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Jennifer Lawrence attends the 'Joy' New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on Dec. 13, 2015 in New York City.Gilbert Carrasquillo--Getty Images by [Nina Terrero / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Nina Terrero / Entertainment Weekly Dec 14, 2015 4:41 PM UTC Jennifer Lawrence isn’t on board with the idea of a series of _Hunger Games_ prequels, revealing that she believes it’s “too soon” to revisit the world that produced Katniss Everdeen. “I wouldn’t be involved,” Lawrence [told _Variety_ ](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jennifer-lawrence-hunger-games-prequels-1201660189/)at the premiere of her new movie, _Joy_. “I think it’s too soon. They’ve got to let the body get cold, in my opinion. The news comes just one week after Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns implied that the studio is [considering the possibility](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/08/hunger-games-potential-prequel-films) of _Hunger Games_ prequels. “The one thing that kids say they missed \[from the _Mockingjay_ films\] was there were no arenas,” said Burns, speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York last week. “If we went backwards, there obviously would be arenas.” The last film in the [franchise](http://www.ew.com/hunger-games) based on Suzanne Collins’ best selling novels opened at $103 million and has earned $244 million in the three weeks since its release — impressive totals but the lowest financial figures of the series. And though Lawrence may need a break from Katniss’ bow and arrow, director Francis Lawrence seems ready to resume work on the franchise. “The interesting part of the story for me is to go back 75 years earlier and see how everything became the way it is,” Lawrence [recently told](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/20/mockingjay-director-hunger-games-prequel) EW. “I’m sure if \[author\] Suzanne \[Collins\] were to get inspired and decide there’s another story that’s important for her to tell that exists within the world of Panem and whether about the Dark Days, another character, or another set of Games, whatever that could be, I’m sure it would be great. And I’d loved to be involved, absolutely.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/14/jennifer-lawrence-hunger-games-prequels) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4147706/jennifer-lawrence-too-soon-hunger-games-prequels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4147706/jennifer-lawrence-too-soon-hunger-games-prequels/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence: It's 'Too Soon' for Hunger Games Prequels","datePublished":"2015-12-14T16:41:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:21:02.135Z","description":"The actress says she 'wouldn’t be involved' if the prequels are greenlit by the studio","url":"https://time.com/4147706/jennifer-lawrence-too-soon-hunger-games-prequels/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Jennifer Lawrence"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42bf4b26e1dafe70/69887536cd1bba25686fe834/jennifer-lawrence-hungergames-prequels.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nina Terrero / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42bf4b26e1dafe70/69887536cd1bba25686fe834/jennifer-lawrence-hungergames-prequels.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jennifer lawrence, hunger games, hunger games prequels","caption":"jennifer lawrence, hunger games, hunger games prequels","creditText":"Gilbert Carrasquillo--Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4147706/jennifer-lawrence-too-soon-hunger-games-prequels/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence: It's 'Too Soon' for Hunger Games Prequels"}}]}] ```