Lionsgate and Summit Merge? What about The Hunger Games?

As we all know, Summit Entertainment has made a reputation for themselves as a successful independent studio, having franchised the Twilight films. Lionsgate is also incredibly successful for an independent studio, even releasing The Hunger Games (which too will be a trilogy). There are rumors, however, that these two independent studios will be merging in order to compete against major studios in this fast-paced entertainment industry. With the last installment of Breaking Dawn already filmed, this merger would not affect any of the Twilight films, but if Summit and Lionsgate were to merge, it could in fact impact The Hunger Game installments.

Both studios are doing incredibly well right now, so I doubt they would go through with a merger at this point in time; however, rumors surrounding the topic state differently. With their reoccuring success these days, the studios might be thinking that a merger would make them even stronger. What are your opinions on this article? And do you think it would in any way impact The Hunger Games' trilogy? If so, do you think Summit would help make the trilogy stronger or do you think Lionsgate is better off doing those films on their own?


Here is the article that discusses the possible "merger"
http://www.bsckids.com/2012/01/rumor-lionsgate-to-buy-summit-entertainment-will-it-affect-the-hunger-games/