• A brand new trailer was launched on Sept. 20.
• Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler star as Coryo Snow and Lucy Grey Baird.
• The movie shall be launched on November 17, 2023.

Suzanne Collins’ bestselling Starvation Video games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is likely one of the most highly-anticipated films of 2023. The 2 key roles of Coriolanus “Coryo” Snow and Lucy Grey Baird have been completely solid, with Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler taking over the characters. The primary trailer was launched all the best way again in April 2023 at CinemaCon. On Sept. 20, Lionsgate dropped a brand-new trailer.

The newest footage is performed as Rachel sings “The Hanging Tree.” Whereas Coryo is ordered to show the tributes into “spectacles,” he can’t assist however get wrapped up in Lucy. “I’m going to get you out of right here,” Coryo says. Nonetheless, a scene between Coryo and Casca hints on the e book’s mysterious ending.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will dive into the backstory of the one and solely President Snow. His rise to energy was filled with twists and turns, notably when it got here to the one and solely Lucy Grey Baird. On high of the movie being a Starvation Video games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will characteristic unbelievable music. HollywoodLife has all the most recent updates relating to the solid, launch date, and extra.

When Will The Film Be Launched?

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shall be launched on November 17, 2023. Lionsgate introduced the movie’s launch date throughout their CinemaCon presentation in April 2022, together with a quick teaser that wasn’t launched publicly on the time. The teaser later debuted through the MTV Film & TV Awards in June 2022.

“You’re invited to return to the video games in 2023. The world will uncover who’s a songbird and who’s a snake,” the message within the teaser learn. The teaser didn’t characteristic any footage of the movie. The teaser opens with frozen tree branches, a songbird, and a snake. Instantly, the ice falls away to disclose a golden songbird and snake. Within the closing seconds of the teaser, the snake goes in for the kill. 

The film is presently in manufacturing. The primary trailer with footage will doubtless drop round Christmas 2022. By then, filming needs to be almost full.

Who Is In The Forged Of Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes?

• Tom Blyth as Coriolanus “Coryo” Snow: Coryo is eighteen when the e book begins. The younger Snow is assigned to mentor Lucy Grey Baird, the woman tribute from impoverished District 12 through the tenth annual Starvation Video games. Donald Sutherland performed Snow within the unique Starvation Video games films.

• Rachel Zegler as Lucy Grey Baird: Lucy is the District 12 feminine tribute. She is mentored by Coryo and will get all of Panem’s consideration when she sings through the reaping ceremony. Lucy and Coryo develop emotions for one another over the course of the novel. Rachel’s unbelievable voice shall be on full show. Lucy performs quite a few songs within the novel.

“Like everyone, I first noticed Rachel Zegler in West Facet Story, and like everyone, I knew I used to be watching a star who would command the display for a technology,” director Francis Lawrence advised Deadline. “Lucy Grey is an ideal match for her as an actress: the character is daring, impartial, and defiant, but additionally weak, emotional, and loving. Rachel will make this character unforgettable.”

Rachel made her movie debut within the 2021 West Facet Story remake. She will even star as Snow White in an upcoming live-action adaptation.

pay attention up….. can y’all develop restfully? are you changing into a person resting decisively?

— rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) Could 30, 2022

She teased her function in a tweet sooner or later earlier than the information was introduced. The primary letter of every tweet spells out “Lucy Grey Baird.”

• Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow: The Euphoria star performs Coriolanus’ cousin in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Tigris is a proficient stylist within the early days of the Starvation Video games. She is performed by Eugenie Bondurant in Mockingjay — Half 2.

• Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom: Casca is the Dean of the Academy within the Capitol and credited for creating the Starvation Video games. He’s later assassinated. Peter is thought for enjoying Tyrion Lannister within the collection Recreation of Thrones.

• Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul: Dr. Gaul is the Head Gamemaker of the tenth Starvation Video games. She can also be an teacher on the College. Get able to see the Oscar winner embrace her villain aspect. “Dr. Gaul is as merciless as she is artistic and as fearsome as she is formidable. Snow’s savvy as a political operator develops in no small half attributable to his experiences together with her because the video games’ most commanding determine,” director Francis Lawrence advised THR. Producer Nina Jacobson added, “From the start, Viola has been our dream for Dr. Gaul due to the finely layered intelligence and emotion she brings to each function. An excellent and eccentric strategist, Gaul is instrumental in shaping a younger Coriolanus Snow into the person he’ll turn into. We’re extremely lucky to have an actor with Viola’s extraordinary vary and presence to play this pivotal function.”

• Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth: Sejanus is an in depth good friend of Coriolanus and a citizen of The Capitol. He’s a mentor for District 2 member Marcus through the tenth Hunter Video games. Josh reunites onscreen with Rachel, who starred alongside him in West Facet Story. Josh and Rachel are additionally courting.
• Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “Fortunate” Flickerman: Fortunate is a weathercaster who finally ends up internet hosting the interviews from the tenth Starvation Video games. His final identify is identical as Caesar Flickerman, performed by Stanley Tucci in The Starvation Video games movies, so the characters are doubtless associated.
• Lilly Cooper as Arachne Crane: Arachne is a resident of The Capitol and a pupil of the Academy. She is a mentor to District 10 tribute Brandy through the tenth Hunter Video games.
• Hiroki Berrecloth as Treech: Treech is a male tribute through the tenth Starvation Video games. He’s mentored by Vipsania Sickle.
• Laurel Marsden as Mayfair Lipp: Mayfair is the daughter of Mayor Lipp, who’s the mayor of District 12 when it’s time for the tenth Starvation Video games.
• Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote: Clemensia lives in The Capitol and is a pupil on the Academy. She is a mentor to District 11 tribute Reaper Ash through the tenth Starvation Video games.
• Nick Benson as Jessup Diggs: Jessup is the male tribute from District 12 alongside Lucy Grey within the tenth Starvation Video games. They’re allies through the Video games.
• Luna Steeples as Dill: Dill is a feminine tribute from District 11 within the tenth Hunter Video games.

Since The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place years earlier than Katniss Everdeen was even born, Jennifer Lawrence won’t be reprising the long-lasting character within the prequel. Nonetheless, there’s a idea that Katniss and Lucy Grey are associated. Many followers imagine Lucy Grey’s cousin, Maude Ivory Baird, is Katniss’ grandmother.

Who Is The Artistic Crew?

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shall be directed by Francis Lawrence, who helmed three of The Starvation Video games films: The Starvation Video games: Catching Hearth, The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay — Half 1, and The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay — Half 2. He shall be pulling double responsibility as a director and producer of The Starvation Video games prequel.

The screenplay was written by Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will be part of Francis as producers. Nina was a producer of all 4 Starvation Video games films.

What Is The Storyline Of The Film?

The official synopsis of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is: “Years earlier than he would turn into the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the final hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud household that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the tenth annual Starvation Video games quick approaching, the younger Snow is alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Grey Baird, the woman tribute from impoverished District 12. However, after Lucy Grey instructions all of Panem’s consideration by defiantly singing through the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he would possibly be capable to flip the chances of their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy Grey’s race in opposition to time to outlive will in the end reveal who’s a songbird, and who’s a snake.”

In tandem with the primary photograph being launched on August 16, Self-importance Honest did an intimate piece on the making of the film. The film’s director burdened that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has a love story on the middle. “That is very a lot a narrative about love,” Francis advised the outlet. “It’s this sort of love story set in a unique form of a world in a unique time,” he added. “A really intimate love story.”

Nina admitted that the movie will concentrate on Coryo being torn between his quest for energy and love. “He’s a younger man discovering his means on the planet, however he additionally makes selections that presage the person he’s changing into,” Nina revealed. “He’s a shapeshifter who craves management, however is drawn to a girl who threatens all the things he thought he wished.”

Francis famous that Lucy Grey is the “anti-Katniss… She’s a musician, she’s a performer, she’s a charmer… Snow has by no means met a lady like this earlier than.”

What Is It Primarily based On?

The movie is predicated on the e book of the identical identify by Suzanne Collins. Suzanne rose to fame together with her Starvation Video games collection: The Starvation Video games, Catching Hearth, and Mockingjay. Ten years after the final Starvation Video games e book, she printed The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes on Could 19, 2020.

The unique Starvation Video games books had been a part of a trilogy. As of now, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the one prequel e book Suzanne has written. Nonetheless, the e book is split into three elements, which might probably result in a trilogy of movies. There’s positively greater than sufficient content material within the e book to make a couple of movie. The e book’s third half is about in District 12 and focuses on music.

Suzanne additionally wrote an epilogue on the finish of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, similar to she did on the finish of Mockingjay. Even when The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is contained in only one movie, there are nonetheless quite a lot of tales to inform earlier than Katniss comes into the image. Subsequent movies might observe Snow’s rise to energy.

The Focus On President Snow

President Snow is a captivating and controversial determine in The Starvation Video games universe. Suzanne’s writing and Donald Sutherland launched us to the character on the web page and display, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will get to the basis of Coriolanus Snow. Snow is a core determine in Panem, and his backstory is stuffed with intrigue and drama.

It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if the film and Tom Blyth’s portrayal could have followers feeling empathetic in the direction of Snow. Nonetheless, one factor is for sure: everybody goes to love Lucy Grey Baird.

As extra info is revealed about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, HollywoodLife will proceed to replace this put up. Keep tuned for extra updates!