“The Tribute of Panem – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” will be in cinemas from 16 November 2023. In the new trailer, viewers* learn more about the beginnings of the Hunger Games and meet old acquaintances…
We have already been able to watch four “The Tributes of Panem” films on cinema screens, and now the series based on the bestselling novels by Suzanne Collins is finally being continued – but in a different way than you might expect.
In the new film “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”, the prequel to the series is told, which we already know. So it’s no longer about Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence), but about completely different characters, who are not unknown to us either, and who again have to fight for their own lives in a brutal game of life and death.
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“Songbird & Snakes” features the tenth Hunger Games, set 64 years before the events surrounding Katniss. The system is not that advanced yet and is just in development. Nevertheless, there is a connection between the stories: Coriolanus Snow!
Snow is the president of Panem in Katniss’ time (and was played by Donald Sutherland in the films), but during the tenth Hunger Games he is still almost a boy (Tom Blyth). He lives with his cousin Tigris (Hunter Schafer) in poor circumstances with his grandmother. When he becomes a mentor to District 12’s female tribute and thereby meets Lucy Gracy (Rachel Zegler), he has hopes of moving up in society. But then he gets much closer to Lucy than he had planned…
Just like the “Panem” films released so far, Francis Lawrence directs “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”. In addition to Blyth, Schafer and Zegler, other stars on board include Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”), Jason Schwartzman (“Darjeeling Limited”) and Viola Davis (“The Suicide Squad”).
