Chloe Moretz To Join Hunger Games?

USA Today reports that Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In) is in talks to star in Hunger Games.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world where a powerful government called the Capitol has risen up after several devastating disasters. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to a fight. The purpose of the Hunger Games is to show how no one, including children, is above the Capitol's power. The last person standing wins the game.


Deadline says that David Slade (Hard Candy), Sam Mendez (American Beauty, Road To Perdition) and Gary Ross (Pleasantville) are in the running to direct the film for Lionsgate.