The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a science fiction action film directed by Francis Lawrence. Based on the 2020 novel by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes it is the fifth installment in the film series, and the prequel to The Hunger Games (2012), and starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Burn Gorman, Peter Dinklage, and Viola Davis.

The movie is scheduled to release November 17, 2023.

Premise

Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony,...