The Hunger Games movie franchise is expanding with a prequel film titled The Song of the Songbird and the Snake, based on the 2020 book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. While the Lionsgate film has yet to hit theaters, a flurry of casting announcements in May and June, as well as a compelling Frozen trailer, have fueled excitement for the race to begin.
On August 15, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that award-winning actress Viola Davis will join previously announced stars Peter Dinklage, Rachel Ziegler, Tom Bryce, Josh Andres Rivera and Hunter Shaffer appear together.
The film adaptation is scheduled for release in November 2023, about eight years after Mockingjay Part 2, and follows a young Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) directing District 12 in tribute to Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler). Update: We know from past movies that Snow is the ruthless president portrayed by Donald Sutherland. According to Lionsgate, original films have brought in more than $3 billion worldwide. Here’s more info on the cast, plot, and when we’ll officially return to Panem.
What is the song of the bird and the snake about?
Collins’ novel Song of the Songbird and the Snake is set 64 years before the events of the original trilogy. According to Lionsgate, the film will focus in part on the prelude to the 10th Hunger Games. (For reference, Katniss volunteered to pay tribute to the 74th Movement.) Junior Snow, not yet the dictatorship he would eventually become, sensed some opportunity in Baird, a tribute to his mentor.
Here’s the full Lionsgate synopsis: “A few years before he became the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow was the son of his declining bloodline. Last hope, the once-proud family fell out of favor at the Capitol after the war. As the 10th annual Hunger Games looms, young Snow is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a girl from impoverished District 12. (Lucy Gray Baird) was shocked. At the ceremony, Snow thought he might be able to turn things around to their advantage.”
It continued: “Combining their passion for showmanship and newfound politics The instincts of the mind, Snow and Lucy Gray’s race against time to survive will finally reveal who is the songbird and who is the snake.”
Th The fifth film in the Hunger Games series will be directed by “On Fire” and two Mockingjay films directed by Francis Lawrence. Michael Leslie (writer of 2015’s “Macbeth” and 2016’s “Assassin’s Creed”) wrote the latest version of the script, which was drafted by Collins and “On Fire” writer Michael Arndt.
First trailer for Songbirds and Snakes
I have to give it to the people behind this clip – it doesn’t reveal a little real , but it still takes me back to the world of The Hunger Games. We saw an animated version of the book’s cover design. A songbird and a snake were covered in frost, but the ice cracked to reveal the golden coats beneath. “You are invited back into the game,” the text on the screen said. “In 2023, the world will find out who is a songbird and who is a snake.”
Who is in the cast?
The Hunger Games prequels star Tom Bryce as young Snow and Rachel Zeigler as Baird. Blyth has a titular role in Epix’s 2022 Western series Billy the Kid and appeared in an episode of HBO’s Gilded Age. Ziegler is best known for his starring role in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of West Side Story. She will also play Snow White in the Disney’s live-action animated classic, and in the Shazam sequel, Wrath of the Gods.
Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will play Volumnia Gaul, the evil lead game producer for the 10th Hunger Games. “Dr. Gower is cruel and creative, terrifying and terrifying,” says director Francis Lawrence. Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage will play Academy President Cass Kah Barton. According to Lawrence, Dean was “the serious and vengeful face of the game” and “one of the most powerful men in Snow’s life.”
They will be joined by another West Side Story star, Josh Andrés Rivera, who is playing Snow’s close friend and tribute mentor Sejanu Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer, best known for his role on the HBO show, euphoric. Shaffer is playing Snow’s cousin Tigris. Jason Schwartzman, who has starred in several Wes Anderson films, will play Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, ancestor of Cesar-Flickerman and host of the 10th Hunger Games.
When will it premiere?
The movie will be released on November 17, 2023. That means there’s time to pick up and pre-order if you’re interested – or you can skip training and go straight to Game 10. May opportunities always be in your favor.
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