The first official images from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire were released on Thursday, showing characters such as Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss and Plutarch Heavensbee, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In addition to revealing the new pics, producer Nina Jacobson revealed why fan-favorite characters Bonnie, Twill, and Darius will not appear in the sequel.

“I want every single thing in there,” Jacobson said. “But… If you have to give up something in order to give more time to Katniss and Gale or to Effie as she starts to feel a conscience, you make the sacrifices in order to serve the characters and themes that are more essential.” Catching Fire arrives in theaters November 22. [EW]

Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla recently drafted Frank Darabontfor a rewrite, and now the film is searching for a star.

Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson has reportedly been offered the leading role in the film, and that the actor will most likely sign-on once Darabont completes his rewrite. Johnson can currently be seen in the Oscar-nominated drama Anna Karenina. [Variety]

Bridesmaids’ director Paul Feig recently decided to stay rooted in the business of making more R-rated comedies. In light of the recent successes of Ted and The Hangover series, 20^th Century Fox has signed the director to a first-look deal, allowing Feig to write and direct adult-themed comedies under his Feigco banner. Feig recently made buddy cop comedy The Heat for Fox, which is set for release April 5. [Deadline]

The Norwegian helmers behind Oscar-nominated Best Foreign Film Kon-Tiki have signed on to direct their first-ever major studio project. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg will helm Spectral for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. The story details are (per usual) being kept underwraps, but word ‘round the campfire is that the film is in the vein of Black Hawk Down but with a supernatural twist. [Deadline]

Reports of Steven Spielberg’s next project being dead are slightly exaggerated. In a recent interview following his Oscar nomination for Best Director, The Beard himself said that his new sci-fi entry, Robopocalypse, is still going to happen – just latter than planned. And with a new story. “We found that the film was costing a lot of money and I found a better way to tell the story more economically but also much more personally.” Spielberg told Entertainment Weekly. “I’m starting on a new script and we’ll have this movie back on its feet soon.” Spielberg hopes to have the new story completed in six to eight months. [EW]

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Steven Spielberg has pulled the plug on his next project.

Robopocalypse, a big-screen adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s bestselling sci-fi novel, has been postponed indefinitely, DreamWorks announced Wednesday.

According to Spielberg’s spokesperson Marvin Levy, the film was “too important and the script is not ready, and it’s too expensive to produce. It’s back to the drawing board to see what is possible.” [via The Hollywood Reporter]

Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth were reportedly in talks to star in the film.

Robopocalypse, which tells the story about life in a world dominated by robots, was slated to be Spielberg’s project following 2011’s War Horse, but the veteran director eventually chose to work on Lincoln instead.

On Thursday morning, the historical drama about the country’s 16th president received a whopping 12 Academy Award nominations, including Spielberg for best director, Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor, Sally Field for best supporting actress and Tommy Lee Jones for best supporting actor.

No new release date has been announced for Robopocalypse.

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