UPDATE: 'The Hunger Games' Prequel To Start Production in Early 2022
Based on Suzanne Collins’ upcoming novel, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake.’
UPDATE (August 6, 2021): Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games prequel is set to commence production early next year. According to Deadline, the announcement follows Lionsgate chairman Joe Drake’s update on the “company’s quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts.”
Pre-production is “moving along really, really well,” Drake stated. As a result, the movie could see a late 2023 or early 2024 release. Based on Susan Collins’s novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel will highlight the story of 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow who gets chosen to be a mentor of a girl from District 12 for the Tenth Hunger Games.
Details about the cast have yet to be revealed. Stay tuned while we wait for more updates.
ORIGINAL STORY (April 23, 2020): Lionsgate has confirmed that a prequel to the Hunger Games franchise is officially in the works, which will be directed by none other than Francis Lawrence. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will be based on Suzanne Collins’ upcoming novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake – set to release on May 19.
The plot follows the story of a younger version of President Coriolanus Snow who gets chosen to be a mentor for the 10th Hunger Games. He is described as “a teenager born to privilege but searching for something more, a far cry from the man we know he will become. Here, he’s friendly. He’s charming. And, for now anyway, he’s a hero,” according to Entertainment Weekly.
Collins will “write the film’s treatment” and will serve as an executive producer. She stated: “Lionsgate has always been the cinematic home of The Hunger Games, and I’m delighted to be returning to them with this new book.”
A production date has not been set and there is currently no word on casting. Stay tuned while we wait for more details to surface.
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