'Hunger Games' Author <br />Suzanne Collins to <br />Release Prequel Novel According to <br />The Associated Press, <br />it will drop in May 2020. The book, which currently has no title, will be <br />set 64 years before the events of the original series. Collins says the prequel will focus on what happened <br />after the aforementioned "Dark Days" in Panem. Suzanne Collins, via statement So far, there is no news on who the main characters <br />in the book will be. Lionsgate, which produced the 'Hunger Games' films <br />is already looking to make a movie on the prequel. Lionsgate's Joe Drake, <br />via statement Lionsgate's Joe Drake, via statement