The director, writer and producer of The Hunger Games franchise have been hired to tackle the Greek epicLionsgate has enlisted the creative team behind The Hunger Games franchise to adapt Homer’s The Odyssey for the big screen.According to Deadline, director Francis Lawrence, writer Peter Craig and producer Nina Jacobson have been assembled for an epic retelling of the classic poem. The plan is for production to begin after promotion has ended for the final dystopian sequel The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. Related: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay's bombed-out dystopia is all too familiar | Suzanne Moore Continue reading...