The film company Lionsgate, which produced the blockbuster movie based on books about a post-apocalyptic, oppressive and divided America where the poor are starving, abused and also enlisted for gladiator-like sport, threatened to sue Oxfam for riffing off the popular movie to launch its campaign “Hunger is Not a Game.”
'Hunger Games' threatened legal action against humanitarians
![A fan of the 'Hungar Games' makes a play off of a character's names - a play off the title of the movie got Oxfam threatened with a lawsuit.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b04799/2147483647/strip/true/crop/800x549+0+0/resize/880x604!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkplu%2Ffiles%2Fhungar%20games_0.jpg)
The Associated Press