‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II’ News: The Series Will Extend Further According to Lionsgate CEO

The Hunger Games franchise is one of the most profitable franchises in the movie industry.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that according to Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer, the fourth film, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II is not the last project.

When asked what's next for Lionsgate and the Young Adults series, Feltheimer share, "We're always looking for ways to extend all of our intellectual property. We've seen that's what happened with Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. So we're always looking for worlds within the IP that we haven't explored yet."

While there is no official word on the series extending past the fourth film, Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence has previously said he's open to exploring if there's more left to tell.

"It's a tricky thing, but I'm definitely open to talking about it, and I think everybody's thinking about it. Everybody loves the world and the ideas. I just think that one has to go into that world carefully. Because I think a huge part of what makes the stories great is that it was really built on this idea of the consequence of war, and you have an amazing character like Katniss at the center of it," quoted Movie Pilot of the director.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II, based on the books of Suzanne Collins, is due out in theaters Nov. 20, 2015. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), and Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne)