The 2023 Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, will follow a young President Coriolanus Snow, through his first year involved with the brutal Hunger Games. The film is based on the book of the same name by author Suzanne Collins, which gives audiences a peek into the early days after the first District rebellion and takes Before The Hunger Games, Lawrence was known for indie movies like Winter’s Bone and co-starring in The Bill Engvall Show, so it makes sense to have fears that a franchise has the potential to Tom Blyth‘s Coriolanus Snow is an Academy student tasked with mentoring District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird, played by Rachel Zegler, in the 10th annual Hunger Games. Their pairing sets off a 10 years after the first Hunger Games movie took the world by storm, Lionsgate announced the upcoming film adaptation of Suzzanne Collins' prequel novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (via People). Relatively little is known about the adaptation so far, save for the fact that Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth will be in starring roles and Lauren Sarner. Published Jan. 22, 2020, 12:32 p.m. ET. Donald Sutherland played President Snow in the "Hunger Games" movies. Lionsgate/Everett Collection. The “Hunger Games” prequel, “ The Jennifer Lawrence. Photo: Jamie McCarthy ( Getty Images) Lionsgate is trying to recapture some of that old magic by reviving The Hunger Games, adapting Suzanne Collins’ prequel series The Ballad A sequel doesn't seem to be in the cards for The 5th Wave. Sony Pictures. So far, there has been no official comment from the film's stars or Sony Pictures about a potential sequel to "The 5th The Fifth Hunger Games Movie: A Prequel. There is one movie missing from the list above though, and that is the highly anticipated prequel: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It takes place 64 years before the first book, The Hunger Games, and follows Coriolanus Snow long before he became the President of Panem. FKDcvH4.