After being introduced by the game’s creators in a video released this summer, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird, a prequel to the Jennifer Lawrence-led saga, is revealed with a new trailer.
Directed by Francis Lawrence, to whom we owe the last three installments of the Hunger Games franchise, the film is adapted from the novel by Suzanne Collins, which was published in May 2020. This prequel takes place 64 years before Katniss’ story. It focuses on the youth of Coriolanus Snow, the future president of Panem, played by Donald Sutherland in the film saga.
The trailer above introduces a young Coriolanus Snow worried about his protégé: a tribute to Lucy Grey. Did Snow once have a heart or was she already acting? The film promises to answer this question.
A tree is seen several times in the video, the most diligent will recognize that it is the famous Hangman’s Tree, the subject of a song covered by Katniss in the Hunger Games films and written by Lucy Gray, the prequel to “Songbird”. A nod to the previous films that fans of the iconic saga will not miss.
In The Ballad of the Serpent and the Minstrels, young Coriolanus is the last hope of his lineage. The Snow family, once rich and proud, has now fallen from grace in the post-war Capitol. As the 10th Hunger Games approaches, he is reluctantly tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from District 12, the poorest and most hated of Panem. With Lucy Gray’s charms captivating the public, Snow sees an opportunity to change their fate and join forces with her to turn fate in their favor.
Who is included in the Hunger Games prequel?
British actor Tom Blyth slips into the shoes of young Coriolanus Snow, Rachel Zeigler in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, and from the upcoming Snow White Disney film, which features Lucy, Hunter Shaffer (Julie in Euphoria) is Tigress Snow. , cousin of Coriolanus. The character is already appearing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Eugene Bondurant in cover.
Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth
Award-winning actress Viola Davis plays the cruel Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the creator of the 10th edition of The Hunger Games. A role that suits him wonderfully and reminds us of his character from Serial Murder.
Peter Dinklage, Tyrion Lannister of Game of Thrones fame, plays the dean of the academy, Casca Highbottom. Finally, Jason Schwartzman is Lucretius Flickerman, the game show host and ancestor of Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci). And while Jennifer Lawrence says she’s ready to return to the saga, she shouldn’t appear in the casting for this film.
If you want to discover the actors in the photos, it is here.
How long is the ballad of the snake and the singer?
According to cryptic hd quality, The final length of the next part of the Hunger Games franchise will be 2 hours and 36 minutes. A shorter runtime than announced earlier in the year, which suggested the film would be 2 hours and 45 minutes long.
The final running time of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes is 2 hours 36 minutes and 59 seconds.
Mainly 2:37, with credits 2:27#Hunger games https://t.co/8vQ5reEV20 pic.twitter.com/bFCJxlOTfi
– Cryptic HD Quality (@Cryptic4KQual) September 18, 2023
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Snake and the Bird Therefore, it will be the longest film in the franchise, since the previous operations did not exceed 2h26 (Catch Fire), including the credits.
Eight years after the release of the last part of the dystopian saga, which collected almost $ 3 billion at the international box office, the phenomenon will return to the big screen on November 15.
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