HUNGER GAMES – THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES

A prequel to The Hunger Games universe
The film is set decades before Katniss Everdeen’s story, focusing on a young Coriolanus Snow before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem.

Coriolanus Snow as a mentor
It follows Snow during the 10th Hunger Games, where he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from District 12.

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird
Rachel Zegler plays Lucy Gray, a charismatic and musical tribute who changes the way Snow sees power, survival, and control.

Set in the early, brutal Hunger Games era
Unlike the later Games, this version is more chaotic and underdeveloped, showing how the system first began to evolve.

A different side of President Snow
The film explores Snow’s early ambition, moral conflict, and descent into manipulation and authoritarian thinking.