Quentin Tarantino Blasts The Hunger Games for Being a PG ‘Rip-Off’ of Cult Classic

Quentin Tarantino blasts The Hunger Games for being a PG ‘rip-off’ of cult classic

‘The Hunger Games’ author Suzanne Collins has previously denied the claim

Quentin Tarentino Slams 'The Hunger Games' as a Rip-off of 'Battle Royale'

©Courtesy of Weinstein Company  Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has vehemently expressed his displeasure with The Hunger Games franchise, calling the lucrative series a rip-off of the Japanese cult classic, Battle Royale. This is not the first time The Hunger Games has been accused of taking inappropriate liberties with Battle Royale. The novel on which The Hunger Games is based was written by Suzanne Collins while the Battle Royale film is an adapt…

Total Copycat: Tarantino Blasts Hunger Games for Stealing the Brutal Legacy of Battle Royale

Quentin Tarantino has reignited a long‑running debate about the origins of modern dystopian fiction, accusing Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games of being a 'total copycat' of Japan's Battle Royale. Speaking on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, the director claimed Collins's bestselling series borrowed heavily from Koushun Takami's 1999 novel and its 2000 film adaptation directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Tarantino's remarks have stirred fresh controversy …

Quentin Tarantino says The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale and fans clap back: "He would know – his entire career is built on ripping off other IPs"

Fans quickly took to social media to clap back at Tarantino, arguing that they are ultimately "completely different stories".

Quentin Tarantino Calls Out THE HUNGER GAMES for Ripping Off BATTLE ROYALE as He Shares His Top 20 Films of the 21st Century

Quentin Tarantino just dropped some fire on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, and while unveiling part of his list of the best movies of the 21st century, he didn’t hold back on a long-standing cinematic controversy. As the legendary filmmaker began counting down his picks from #20 to #11, he took a detour to blast The Hunger Games for what he sees as a blatant rip-off of Kinji Fukasaku’s cult classic Battle Royale, which a lot of people have alrea…