It was announced at CinemaCon Lionsgate would releasing a prequel to the Hunger Games movies in 2023, and here’s all we know about it.
Lionsgate is just one of several companies to thrill fans everywhere by announcing new movies in the coming year at the Las Vegas CinemaCon – in their closing reel Sony announced Venom 3 and Ghostbusters 5 and announced the title of the long-awaited Avatar sequel; Avatar: The Way of Water and now Lionsgate has had its moment with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, according to Deadline.
What is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes?
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel novel, released in May 2020, to the highly-successful Hunger Games series. It’s set years prior to to the main Katniss Everdeen stories and, is said to follow the story of Coriolanus Snow at age 18, years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem.
The released read: ‘Young Coriolanus is handsome and charming, and though the Snow family has fallen on hard times, he sees a chance for a change in his fortunes when he is chosen to be a mentor for the Tenth Hunger Games… only to have his elation dashed when he is assigned to mentor the girl tribute from impoverished District 12.’
Hunger Games Prequel Movie
After the Hunger Games movies grossed $3 billion in the worldwide box office it seemed only a natural step from the company to jump on the recently-released YA novel. Back in 2020 the Hunger Games series filmmaker Francis Lawrence confirmed he is returning direct the prequel.
Now Lionsgate has confirmed the movie will be released on November 17, 2023.
One major thing that’s missing is cast – it seems they’re being kept tightly under wraps for the foreseeable, as even the main character is yet to be announced.