I was an executive before I was a producer, and I've seen franchise fever grow, over the course of my career. The one thing that people always forget is that it's only a franchise if audiences really want to see more of it. It's up to them. It's really not up to us.
Nina Jacobson[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots.
Nina JacobsonIt's an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it's good, it WILL get noticed.
Nina JacobsonIf the movie [The Hunger Games] were stylized violence that was pretty and fun and cool, which is great when you go see 300 or The Matrix, it would just be out of sync with the fact that they're kids.
Nina Jacobson