Gary Ross will not direct Catching Fire

Gary Ross has officially stepped out of the director's chair for Catching Fire, the upcoming sequel to The Hunger Games.
This is kind of sad. The way it sounds is that he feels they are rushing the movie a bit with the 2013 release date. Maybe he was hoping for 2014.

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/04/10/gary-ross-will-not-direct-second-hunger-games-installment-catching-fire/