“The Hunger Games”
New trailer sets the mood for the prequel film
The main actors of the new “Panem” film: Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”) and Tom Blyth (“Benediction”).
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A new trailer has been released for the upcoming “Hunger Games” film “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”.
A new trailer has been released for the highly anticipated next “Hunger Games” film. It is already the second longer preview video for the title “The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”, which will be released in German cinemas on November 16th. The fifth “Panem” film tells a story about the events surrounding the tribute Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence (33). The new trailer shows the world of the upcoming prequel film.
That’s what “The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is about
Decades before Katniss Everdeen, young tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler, 22) is forced to take part in the murderous tenth Hunger Games. The 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth, 28) takes on her role as a mentor and falls in love with the charismatic young woman. Meanwhile, the film’s villain, Dr. Volumnia Gaul (Viola Davis, 58), who tries to give the deadly competitions originally invented by Casca Highbottom (Peter Dinklage, 54) a new, spectacular form.
Other roles include “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer (24) as stylist Tigris Snow and Jason Schwartzman (“The French Dispatch”, 43) as Lucretius Flickerman, host of the Hunger Games. A number of the characters mentioned were already represented in the four “Hunger Games” films with Jennifer Lawrence.
Viewers there experienced the older Coriolanus Snow, played by Donald Sutherland (88). The character Tigris Snow, the cousin of the future president, has also appeared in the previous films. There she was portrayed by Eugenie Bondurant (62). The character Lucretius Flickerman is an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman, known from the “Panem” films, who was portrayed by Stanley Tucci (62) and also moderated the Hunger Games for the people of Panem.
“The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is based on a novel by author Suzanne Collins (61), who once invented the world of Panem. Director Francis Lawrence (52) has directed all parts of the series since “The Hunger Games – Catching Fire” from 2013. The new film was shot in the Babelsberg studio near Berlin, as well as in the German capital, in North Rhine-Westphalia and in Poland.