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Hollywood, Hunger Games, and How Small Screens Survive

Hollywood is dominated at the moment by the upcoming release of The Hunger Games, the first film adaptation of a phenomenally successful series of young adult novels set in a dystopian, divided America, where teenagers from different regions are pitted against each other for survival.

The film's opening is shaping up to be the biggest movie event of the year, which got us wondering how smaller theaters figure in an industry that relies on big sales and bigger hype.  Garen Daly, WoM's go-to film consultant, fills us in. 

Virginia Prescott is the Gracie Award-winning host of Word of Mouth, Civics 101, The 10-Minute Writers Workshop podcasts, and the Writers on A New England Stage series on New Hampshire Public Radio. Prior to joining NHPR, she was editor, producer, and director for NPR programs On Point and Here & Now, and directed interactive media for New York Public Radio.
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