The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) and Tom Blyth (The Gilded Age) lead this prequel to young adult dystopian sci-fi series The Hunger Games, based on the novels by Suzanne Collins with series director Francis Lawrence returning to the helm.

Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy Gray’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.

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