Volumnia Gaul: The head gamemaker of the 10th Hunger Games and the person who actually implemented them in the first place.

Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius 'Lucky' Flickerman: The first television host for the 10th Hunger Games and assumed ancestor to Caesar Flickerman, who would host later editions of the Games.

He himself is originally from District 2 but now lives in the Capitol.

Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth: A close friend of Snow, and the mentor to a tribute from District 2.

She goes on to become a stylist in the Games and an ally to Katniss and the resistance.

Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow: Coriolanus's older cousin and confidante, who advises him in everything.

Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom: Dean of the Academy and intellectual author of the Hunger Games.

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird: The female tribute from District 12 who forms a connection with Coriolanus, and a member of the Covey, a traveling musician group.

Tom Blyth as Coriolanus 'Coryo' Snow: A mentor for the upcoming 10th Hunger Games and future President of Panem.

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 female tribute from impoverished District 12. '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.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 17, 2023, by Lionsgate. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows a young Coriolanus Snow, his relationship with the Hunger Games tribute Lucy Gray Baird, and the events that eventually lead him on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem. The film stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.

It is based on the 2020 novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, serves as a prequel to The Hunger Games (2012), and is theįifth installment in The Hunger Games film series. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is an upcoming American science fiction action thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt.

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