Billy Ray is back in business on The Hunger Games. The Oscar-nominated scribe, who put pen to paper on the blockbuster that started it all back in 2012, has been tapped to write the screenplay for the next installment of franchise by adapting Suzanne Collins' newest bestseller The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Billy Ray, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Hunger Games" and AMC's iconic Nicole Kidman ad, has been tapped to write "Sunrise on the Reaping."

The next entry in the Hunger Games film franchise has a lot of confidence behind the scenes at Lionsgate, and now it's one step closer to completion.