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The Academy welcomes the students in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes promo

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Lionsgate has released a promotional teaser for this year’s continuation of the blockbuster franchise The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the Francis Lawrence directed prequel which follows the future Panem president Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) in his younger days as he is chosen to be the mentor for District 12’s Lucy Gray […]

Jennifer Lawrence looks back at failed Twilight audition: “My life would’ve been totally different”

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Could you imagine Jennifer Lawrence as Bella Swan instead of Katniss Everdeen? We almost had a world where Lawrence swapped one young adult adaptation for another. While appearing in an interview on The Rewatchables podcast, Lawrence looks back at her time auditioning for Twilight before she headed down the Hunger Games path, stating: “I auditioned for Twilight. […]

The games have changed in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes trailer

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Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a prequel which follows the future Panem president Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) in his youth as he is chosen as the mentor for District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zelger) for the 10th annual Hunger Games, one that will change […]

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gets a teaser poster

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Lionsgate returns to The Hunger Games franchise this year for an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ prequel spinoff The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which tells the story of a young Coriolanus Snow before he became the tyrannical President of Panem. We’ve already had the first look image above featuring new leads Tom […]

Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler feature in first image from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence has been speaking exclusively to Vanity Fair about how his prequel to that blockbusting saga The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is essentially a love story between Tom Blyth’s Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird, and the first look image he shared from the film is testament […]

Viola Davis is the Head Gamemaker in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has gained its new Head Gamemaker as The Hollywood Reporter has announced Viola Davis (The Woman King) has joined the upcoming prequel in The Hunger Games franchise. Davis will portray Dr. Volumnia Gaul, one of the originators of the Hunger Games in the aftermath of Panem’s civil war and […]

Peter Dinklage joins The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is challenging Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer when it comes to casting announcements with the news that Peter Dinklage is being added to the line-up for the blockbuster prequel.   Deadline reports that the Game of Thrones and Cyrano star will take the role of Casca Highbottom, dean of the Academy […]

Jason Schwartzman joins The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has made another addition to its growing cast as Deadline reports that Jason Schwartzman (The French Dispatch) will star alongside Tom Blyth (Billy The Kid) and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) in the film. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes sees the Capitol celebrating the 10th annual Hunger Games […]

Hunter Schafer joins The Hunger Games prequel as Tigris Snow

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Hunter Schafer is joining a massive franchise and looks to expand her wings post-Euphoria. We’ve learned the actress will star in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Schafer will star as Tigris Snow the cousin, and confidante of Coriolanus Snow. She’ll join Tom Blyth, who is tackling the role […]