Hunger Games Prequel: Casting Every Main Songbirds & Snakes Character
Now that the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is being made into a movie, longtime viewers of the franchise are wondering who might be cast as the main characters. The prequel novel, published in 2020, follows Coriolanus Snow (future president of Panem) through the tumultuous events of his teen years. Even before the novel was published, Lionsgate had announced that director Francis Lawrence, who helmed the three of the first four films based on The Hunger Games, would return to direct the prequel for the studio, with author Suzanne Collins serving as producer. While no casting announcements have yet been made, readers of the series likely have many thoughts on who they believe should play the pivotal roles in the story that takes place 64 years before a mockingjay named Katniss was named tribute.
The Hunger Games became a worldwide phenomenon thanks to Suzanne Collins's unique take on a dystopian future for America, spanning three books that were translated into four feature films, along with the prequel novel. However, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, unlike the original trilogy, centers on the residents of the Capitol, rather than the Districts, making the prequel much more difficult to engage empathetic readers (and likely viewers as well). Collins does a good job of balancing her tale — making the future villain of Katniss Everdeen an interesting, if not likable, character — without undoing the masterful character creation of the wholly detestable President Snow of The Hunger Games. As Snow gets to know more about the Districts of Panem, the future of his character becomes clearer.
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