Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is beginning to feel the pressure after signing on to adapt the second "Hunger Games" book into a screenplay.

The Brit, who won gold at the Academy Awards for his "Slumdog Millionaire" script, took on the project because he thought author Suzanne Collins' novel was "interesting" - but now he realizes he has the book's avid fans to satisfy.

He tells WENN, "I'm working on Catching Fire, which is the second in the Hunger Games trilogy. I took this on in a rather naive way thinking, 'This is a really interesting book,' not realizing that the entire tee...