HUNGER GAMES. A Hunger Games prequel is currently in the works. Date, casting, here is everything we know about the project for the moment.
[Mis à jour le 31 mars 2022 à 20h45] The Hunger Games have not yet said their last word. A fifth film is currently in preparation. This will not detail the adventures of Katniss and Peeta, which have been completed since 2015 in the cinema, but will adapt the novel The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird by Suzanne Collins. English-speaking fans of the franchise were able to discover it on May 19, 2020. It tells the story of a young Coriolanus Snow, played by Donald Sutherland in the first four films, 64 years before the uprising caused by Katniss. He prepares to be the mentor of the Hunger Games and to take care of the tributes of District 12… and more particularly the new heroine, Lucy Gray Baird, 16 years old.
The filming of Hunger Games 5 would begin in 2022, according to an interview given by the president of Lionsgate to Deadline. The release of the film could take place the following year or the one after, in 2023 or 2024, if the schedule is respected. If the cast is not yet known, Francis Lawrence, director of the last three films in the saga, will direct this new feature film. However, the rest of the cast is unknown. We know, however, that Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) and Liam Hemsworth (Gale) will not be back, the plot taking place long before the birth of their characters.
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Synopsis – Coriolanus Snow is 18 years old, and is still far from becoming the tyrannical president of Panem. He is chosen to be the mentor of the tributes of District 12 during the tenth edition of the Hunger Games, and more particularly of the young Lucy Gray Baird. Adapted from the novel The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird.
For now, the release date of Hunger Games 5: The Ballad of the Serpent and the Songbird is not yet known. According to the president of Lionsgate, who confided in Deadline, filming should begin during the year 2022 for a release scheduled for 2023 or 2024.