Viola Davis Is Menacing in New ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Sneak Peek – Armessa Movie News

The audience will soon return to the Capitol with Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes, featuring new faces ready to stand in the arena. The movie is helmed by returning franchise director Francis Lawrence and has a very familiar feel to it despite telling a new story following Tom Blyth as Coriolanus and Rachel Zegler as Lucy. The movie will take us back in time to focus on how President Snow became the ruthless man we know him to be.

As the release date nears, we are getting a better glimpse at the new world and its character with new images and trailers. In a similar vein, the makers have released the a new clip from the feature introducing Viola Davis as Dr. Volumnia Gaul and Peter Dinklage as Dean Casca Highbottom. The clip starts with Gaul addressing the “leaders of the next generation,” as we see Coriolanus listening to her rather uncomfortably. She then introduces Highbottom as the creator of Hunger Games, who takes a swift sip from his flask before he commences the 10th annual reaping ceremony.

‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Features an Array of Interesting Characters

In the upcoming prequel, Blyth plays a younger version of Snow in a post-war Capitol struggling to keep the pride of his family name, and he’ll fall for his mentee Lucy (Zegler), the tribute from District 12 — only time will tell who turns out to be a songbird and who’s a snake. As for sinister game maker Dr. Gaul, Lawrence recently teased her character to be inspired by Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which is quite apparent in the new clip.

The feature has an ensemble cast that includes Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, Fionnula Flanagan as Grandma’am – Coriolanus and Tigris’ strict grandmother, along with Burn Gorman as Commander Hoff, and Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote and more.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is scheduled for November 17 release worldwide. You can check out the new teaser below:

The first four Hunger Games movies are currently available to stream on Hulu in the U.S.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Experience the story of The Hunger Games – 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates. With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.

Release Date

November 17, 2023

Director

Francis Lawrence

Cast

Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Burn Gorman, Fionnula Flanagan

Rating

PG-13

Runtime

165 minutes

Genres

Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Writers

Michael Lesslie, Michael Arndt, Suzanne Collins