Lionsgate has released a first look at The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a prequel story set in the bleak world of Panem.
The movie, which takes place long before the events of The Hunger Games franchise, centers on Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow (the eventual tyrannical ruler of the dystopian nation) and Rachel Zegler as tribute Lucy Gray Baird.
Viola Davis has joined the cast of Lionsgate’s upcoming Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Entertainment Weekly have reported that the The Hunger Games franchise is officially getting a prequel movie based on author Suzanne Collins‘ forthcoming novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (which will also be the films title), Lionsgate announced Tuesday.
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Mockingjay, Part 1 is the follow up to the 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and is based on the Suzanne Collins‘ novel, Mockingjay, the third and final instalment in The Hunger Games trilogy.
Directed by Francis Lawrence (who also directed Catching Fire) the film stars Jennifer Lawrence as the captivating Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. The film also sees the return of Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow – The tyrannical President of Panem who reigns with a ‘cold fist’ (insert laugh here), Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee and introduces Julianne Moore to the franchise as President Alma Coin.
This film follows on directly from the previous film with Katniss waking up to the realisation that District 12 no longer exists and that she is now at the heart of the new rebellions base located in the ruins
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