Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
‘Hunger Games’ Director Says He “Totally Regrets” Splitting ‘Mockingjay’ Into Two Films
Hunger Games: Mockingjay director Francis Lawrence said that he now understands the mixed reactions to the final book being divided into two films. During an interview with People magazine, published online Friday, the filmmaker admitted that if he had to redo the Jennifer Lawrence-led films, he wouldn’t split Mockingjay into two separate parts. “I totally […]
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Rachel Zegler Enters the Arena in Trailer for ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
The games are beginning again in the new trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The film takes place 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games and stars Tom Blyth as a young Cornelius Snow, who decades later will become the ruthless ruler of Panem, the land where children […]
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Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird Is the “Anti-Katniss” in ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel, Says Director
Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird is the “anti-Katniss” in the Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, according to director Francis Lawrence. In an interview with Empire Magazine, the filmmaker, who also helmed Catching Fire and both Mockingjay films, admitted he was concerned about whether or not people would go see a Hunger […]
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Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was Immediately Turned Down for ‘Twilight,’ Almost Didn’t Take on ‘Hunger Games’ Because of Fandom
Jennifer Lawrence opened up about how she auditioned for Twilight and was turned down “immediately,” only to land The Hunger Games a year later. During an appearance on The Rewatchables podcast with Bill Simmons, the No Hard Feelings actress explained that she didn’t even get a callback for the role of Bella Swan, which eventually […]
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Gets Full Trailer at CinemaCon
Ready to return to The Hunger Games? Lionsgate has dropped the first official trailer for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the latest franchise installment based on Suzanne Collins’ prequel novel, a New York Times best-seller. “Fans want to know and see the origins of this story,” said Lionsgate’s Adam Fogelson, vice […]
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Most Anticipated Movie Releases of 2023
From a cocaine bear to a Willy Wonka origin story and the latest in the John Wick, Aquaman and Mission: Impossible franchises, there is a lot to look forward to in 2023. Next year, we will see new movies from Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson and Nia DaCosta and long-awaited titles like the live-action Barbie movie […]
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Who’s Who in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Movie Cast
Throughout Suzanne Collins’ bestselling The Hunger Games trilogy and its film adaptations, readers entered the arena of the Hunger Games. But in the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, readers are taken on a journey of the time when the Games were created and the rise of villainous tyrant President Coriolanus Snow. The prequel, […]
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Jason Schwartzman Joins ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Jason Schwartzman is the latest star to join The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. In the prequel, Schwartzman will play Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, the host of the 10th Hunger Games and ancestor to Caesar Flickerman, who would become the voice of Panem and is played by Stanley Tucci in the original Hunger […]
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