- Director: Francis Lawrence
- Writer: Michael Arndt, Suzanne Collins, Michael Lesslie
- Stars: Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Release Date: 2023-11-17
Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. The book was published in 2020, and the movie adaptation is set to be released on November 17th, 202312. The movie is directed by Francis Lawrence, who directed three of the four original Hunger Games movies3. According to Lawrence, this story will be even “grittier” than the Hunger Games tales we’re used to3.
The book and movie follow Coriolanus Snow as a teenager during the 10th Hunger Games. The genetically modified snakes are dropped into the arena and they attack several tributes except Lucy Gray. After several days, Lucy Gray wins the Games thanks to the snakes and a compact full of rat poison Coriolanus had given her earlier that belonged to his late mother1.
THE NOVEL: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a novel by Suzanne Collins that was published in 2020. It is a prequel to the original Hunger Games trilogy and tells the story of Coriolanus Snow, who would later become the president of Panem, and his relationship with Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from District 12 in the 10th Hunger Games.
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2. imdb.com
3. thehungergames.fandom.com
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5. huffpost.com
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