Hunger Games Prequel Movie Synopsis: Young Snow's Political Rise
The prequel to The Hunger Games franchise, titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, will focus on young Coriolanus Snow's political rise to power. The first film adaptation of the young adult novels by Suzanne Collins premiered in 2012 with three others to follow afterward. The books and films follow Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence), a young woman in a dystopian future where 2 youths from each of 12 districts in the new America, named Panem, are chosen every year to compete in a battle to the death until there is a sole survivor. Katniss volunteers to compete in the Hunger Games in order to take the place of her sister.
The film adaptations of the Hunger Games franchise pulled in over $2.97 billion worldwide, so it's no surprise that Lionsgate has sought to keep things going with a movie version of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Collins' prequel novel was released in 2020 and centers on a younger Coriolanus Snow, the man who will one day go on to be Panem's villainous president. Development on the movie has been underway for a couple years now, and Lionsgate recently announced The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will arrive in theaters in November 2023.
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Today, along with the news that Tom Blyth has been cast as young Snow, Lionsgate has unveiled the official synopsis for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The new plot details, which follow along closely with Collins' novel, preview Snow's political rise and his relationship with Lucy Gray Baird. The synopsis reads as follows:
Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope
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