Sean Marshall The cast for Liongate’s Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, is steadily increasing. News broke today that six additional cast members were brought into the fold of this prequel. Zoe Renee, Ayomide Adegun, Max Raphael, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, & Amelie Hoeferle are locked into the roles of mentors Festus Creed for District 4, Lysistrata Vickers for District 12, Pliny “Pup” Harrington for District 7, Domita Whimsiwick for District 10, and Vipsania Sickle for District 7. Sofia Sanchez will also be joining the cast as Wovey, a tribute from District 8.
Yesterday, Lionsgate revealed that they cast Jason Schwartzman as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, the interview host for the 10th Hunger Games yesterday. The new cast members will be joining Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Jerome Lance, Knox Gibson, Mackenzie Lansing, Ashley Liao, Hunter Schafer, & Aamer Husain.
The film will be directed by Francis Lawrence. Michael Arndt will write the script, while Nina Jacobson and Suzanne Collins are locked in as producers. Collins, Tim Palen, and Jim Miller are tied to the film as executive producers. The film will hit theaters on November 17, 2023.
Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. 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. 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.
