The next Hunger Games invites us to look over the shoulder of members of the Capitol Academy to learn how to properly shed sci-fi blood.
The theatrical release of Hunger Games prequel The Tributes of Panem – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes on November 16, 2023 is just three months away. And so, after the first trailer, the sci-fi prequel now offers further glimpses into the cinematic machinations of Jennifer Lawrence’s successor:inside.
Welcome to evil Hogwarts: the creepy sci-fi institute of The Tribute to Panem introduces itself
We’ve already summarized everything important about the Hunger Games prequel for you in more detail elsewhere. What you should know especially about the big science fiction return 8 years after Mockingjay 2 is that this time the 10th Hunger Games are in the center. Set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen’s first arena visit, the punishment event is still in its infancy at this point, and Capitol student Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) is tasked with mentoring District 12 tribute Lucy Gray (Rachel Zegler) through the deadly games.
New Tribute to Panem video introduces you to the opposition:
While the Hunger Games films with Jennifer Lawrence clearly sided with the tributes sent to their deaths and gave few behind-the-scenes glimpses of the Games organizers in the four parts, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes also looks at the opposite side in its narrative: at the so-called Academy, the Hunger Games are planned and suitable mentor:s are selected from the student body. What seems in the Panem video like the idea of an evil Hogwarts. Only that the students of this school do not learn how to cast spells, but how to kill.
You should know this new Hunger Games cast for the sci-fi prequel
This short Panem propaganda film introduces the main 4 characters from the Capitol. They are the ones to keep an eye on in the Hunger Game prequel:
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Mental strength, moral rectitude, consistency, reliability, and noble birth are cited as the Academy’s selection criteria for becoming a Hunger Games Mentor:in and influencing subsequent generations along the way. With our background knowledge of the oppressive state of Panem, however, we naturally understand these “values” as a threat to the tributes reliably sent to their deaths.
Like the previous four Hunger Games films, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is again based on a book * by Suzanne Collins.
