Blyth plays the titular role in Epix's 2022 Western series Billy the Kid and appeared in an episode of HBO series The Gilded Age. The Hunger Games prequel film stars Tom Blyth as young Snow and Rachel Zegler as Baird.

'In 2023, the world will discover who is a songbird and who is a snake.' 'You're invited to return to the games,' the onscreen text says. A songbird and snake are covered in frost, but the ice breaks off, revealing a gold coat underneath.

We see what looks like an animated version of the book's cover design. I have to hand it to the people behind this clip - it doesn't reveal a smidgen of the actual movie, but it still sucked me back into the world of The Hunger Games. The first teaser for Songbirds and Snakes Michael Lesslie (screenwriter for 2015's Macbeth and 2016's Assassin's Creed) wrote the latest version of the script, working off a draft by Collins and Catching Fire screenwriter Michael Arndt. The fifth film in the Hunger Games franchise will be directed by Francis Lawrence, director of Catching Fire and both Mockingjay films. It continues: 'Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy Gray's race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.' But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem's attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor.' 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. Here's the full Lionsgate synopsis: '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. (For reference, Katniss volunteered as tribute for the 74th.) Teenage Snow, not yet the dictatorial ruler he'd turn out to be, senses some opportunity in Baird, the tribute he's given to mentor. According to Lionsgate, the movie will focus in part on the lead up to the 10th Hunger Games. What is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes about?Ĭollins' novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is set 64 years before the events of the initial trilogy. Here's more on the cast, the plot and when we'll be making our official return to Panem. The original films brought in more than $3 billion globally, according to Lionsgate. A refresh: We know Snow from past movies as the ruthless president portrayed by Donald Sutherland.

The film adaptation is scheduled to hit theaters in November 2023, roughly eight years after Mockingjay Part 2, and follows a younger Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) who mentors District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler).

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