The prequel to the Hunger Games gets its first gloomy trailer

Return to the world of Hunger with the first trailer for the prequel The Hunger Games. The Ballad of Songbids and Snakes.

Based on Suzanne Collins’ novel of the same name, the film focuses on a younger version of President Snow, the dictator of Panem. But it’s not just a villain origin story – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

It’s more about shaping the games into the grand spectacle that Katniss had to be a part of. The book delves into how propaganda and spin have turned the games from something the citizens of the Capitol weren’t entirely happy with into their favorite event of the year.

Tom Blyth (The Gilded Age) stars as young President Snow Westside Story‘s Rachel Zelger as Lucy Gray Baird, the District 12 tribute he’s obsessed with. euphoria

‘s Hunter Schafer plays Snow’s cousin Tigris, and Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage play a few other Capitol citizens instrumental in the creation of the Hunger Games.

The book came out in 2020, but even before it was officially released, there was a film deal.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes hits theaters on November 17th.