May the chances be ever in his favor. President Snow is the infamous villain that Hunger Games followers love to hate — and he’s about to get his personal backstory film.
“Lionsgate has always been the cinematic home of The Hunger Games, and I’m delighted to be returning to them with this new book,” creator Suzanne Collins informed Entertainment Weekly in an April 2020 assertion. “From the beginning, they have treated the source material with great respect, honoring the thematic and narrative elements of the story, and assembling an incredible team both in front of and behind the camera.”
Collins, who created the hit Hunger Games franchise, penned a prequel novel all concerning the origins of President Snow (performed by Donald Sutherland within the OG films). The e-book, titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was revealed in May 2020 and follows an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow as he prepares to be a first-time mentor in Panem’s tenth annual Hunger Games. Searching for his one probability at glory and cash, Snow is paired with District 12 underdog Lucy Gray Baird.
“It’s such a pleasure to be reuniting with [producer] Nina [Jacobson], [director] Francis [Lawrence] and [screenwriter] Michael [Arndt] to adapt the novel to the screen, and having them share their remarkable talents, once again, with the world of Panem,” Collins added in her 2020 assertion. “I look forward to collaborating with them and all at Lionsgate as we bring The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes to theaters worldwide.”
While few particulars concerning the forthcoming adaption have been revealed, it’s set to happen greater than 60 years earlier than the occasions of The Hunger Games. In the primary flick, Sutherland’s Snow is the nation’s president and is presiding over the Games. The four-film franchise premiered in 2012 and starred Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Liam Hemsworth (Gale Hawthorne), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark), Woody Harrelson (Haymitch Abernathy), Elizabeth Banks (Effie Trinket) and Stanley Tucci (Caesar Flickerman).
“It’s humorous ‘cause we actually spit-balled about [where the characters would end up] on set one day,” Hutcherson exclusively told Us Weekly in September 2020 when asked whether he would ever play the District 12 baker again. “We were sort of talking about, like … the Hunger Games and Peeta and Katniss [when they] are older and they have a kid and then the movie ends, but then what if we pick up the story and it’s, like, 10 years later and there’s a brand new insurrection that has to occur or one thing like that ended up.”
He added: “I’d like to hope and think that they are living happily and that the world is equal and lovely. But history is doomed to repeat itself. So, I feel like there might be some more unrest that would come along.”
While the Bridge to Terabithia actor would fortunately reprise his position as soon as extra, he informed Us on the time that he had not obtained a name relating to a possible Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes cameo.
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