Lionsgate unveiled on Tuesday a first image of The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird, franchise prequel The Hunger Games inspired by the homonymous novel written by Suzanne Collins.
This film, directed by Francis Lawrence, already the director of Switched on (2013) and both parts of the revolt (2014-2015), takes place during the 10th Hunger Games, 64 years before Katniss Everdeen’s story.
If little information about the casting had been revealed until then, the snapshot shared by Lionsgate offers a first look at the main characters of this prequel: Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, the tyrannical future leader of the dystopian nation, and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray. Baird.
Viola Davis joins the lineup
In addition to this first photo, other casting revelations were released on Tuesday. as reported the hollywood reporterOscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Viola Davis will play Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the evil game boss of the Tenth Hunger Games.
Josh Andrés Rivera, Peter Dinklage and Hunter Schafer will also be part of the cast of this prequel, which is scheduled to be released in US theaters on Thanksgiving Day, November 17, 2023.
Source: BFM TV
