

Gaul is as cruel as she is creative and as fearsome as she is formidable. Upon Davis' casting, it was teased that, "Dr. Volumnia Gaul: The Oscar winner has been cast as the villainous Head Gamemaker. Considering Zegler broke out playing Maria in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, the singing shouldn't be an issue. Charming and clever, she unwittingly helps turn the Games into a television spectacle when she sings during the reaping ceremony. Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird: The District 12 tribute is a songstress who grew up with a traveling band of musicians called the Covey. Here, Snow is living with his grandmother and cousin, Tigris, in near ruin and hoping he will be able to capitalize on a mentor position in the forthcoming Games to reclaim his good name. Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow: Best known for his work on The Gilded Age and Billy the Kid, Blyth will star as Snow decades before he took power in Panem. Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.' Who stars in 'The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'? This follows a young Snow and a different District 12 tribute.

The original series centered on Katniss, a girl from the impoverished District 12 who volunteers to fight to the death. When audiences met Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games, he was President of Panem, the dystopian nation in which two children - one boy and one girl - are drafted from each District to compete in the annual Hunger Games.

What is 'The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' about? (Think of it as The Phantom Menace of the franchise.) Here is everything to know about The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes will tell the story of the 10th annual Hunger Games.īased on Collins' 2020 prequel novel of the same name, the story takes place 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games series and serves as an origin story for Snow as a villain. The original Hunger Games book and movie took place during the 74th year of the Games, as Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen began her battle against the Capitol and its tyrannical president, Coriolanus Snow (played by Donald Sutherland). It's been 15 years since The Hunger Games first hit bookshelves and eight years since The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 concluded the big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins' YA series about a society in which kids are forced to kill each other for sport on live TV.
