The Hunger Games franchise will have its prequel based on the book Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents. This story features a young Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird, we tell you a little about them in this note!
We have known for a couple of years that The Hunger Games there is going to be a prequel movie. From the moment the fourth book of Sussane Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Serpentsall eyes were on Lionsgate, the production company that would be in charge of bringing that story to the big screen. Said and done, this strategy is expected to arrive in November of next year and it already has its protagonists.
Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents takes place 64 years before the history we know of Katniss Everdeen and follow a young man Coriolanus Snow (long before he became the president of Panem) already Lucy Gray Baird, a tribute from District 12 selected to participate in the bloody tenths The Hunger Games.
The prequel will be directed by Francis Lawrencethe same one that was behind the last three films of the saga (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Y Mockingjay Part One and Two), in addition to producing with nina jacobson Y Brad Simpson. As for the cast, we already have the protagonists: Tom Blyth What Coriolanus Snow Y Rachel Zegler What Lucy Gray Baird.
When both actors were revealed, Lawrence He dedicated a few words to each of them. On the one hand, she remarked that Lucy Gray is the perfect match for Rachel Zegler as an actress: “the character is bold, independent, and defiant, but also vulnerable, emotional, and caring. Rachel will make this character unforgettable”. While on the other he said: “Coriolanus Snow he is many things: a survivor, a loyal friend, a killer, a boy who quickly falls in love, and an ambitious young man to the core. version of Tom of the character showed us all the complex ambiguities of this young man as he transforms into the tyrant he will become.”
The Snow that we will see in the prequel is around 18 years old and is one of the students selected by the Academy to be part of the team of mentors that will guide the tributes in the tenths The Hunger Games. And who will he train? To nothing more and nothing less than Lucy Gray Baird, from District 12, with whom he will end up falling in love.
Coriolanus Snow, born in the Capitol, belongs to a very wealthy family who deposited most of their fortune in District 13. However, as we already know from the books and movies, that district did not come to a good end. For this, the Snow they lost the vast majority of their wealth. Coriolanus he was left alone after his mother died giving birth to his sister, who also died. His father, on the other hand, passed away acting as a military tycoon for the Capitol.
After that, Snow went to live with his cousin and grandmother, but (although he wanted to keep up appearances and status quo of his last name) barely had anything to eat. The only chance she saw for fame and money was to apply to be a mentor and have his tribute win the awards. The Hunger Games. However, luck was not very much on his side because he got Lucy Gray Bairdthe tribute from District 12, the poorest and the one that still hadn’t won a single championship.
Coriolanus at first he thought he had no chance of winning, but when he started to meet Lucy and seeing that she had a great facility for endearing herself to people (becoming a favorite of the Capitol), she changed her mind. Without going into too much detail so as not to spoil so much (in case you want to read the book or catch yourself watching the movie), Snow gained the trust of Lucy and she even saved his life.
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Now let’s talk about Lucy Gray Baird, a charismatic, intelligent, nice girl with a great gift for music. Since her parents and her older brothers had died, Lucy began to see as his family the group of singers in which he acted, the Covey. Thanks to them, she traveled the world singing, but, after The First Rebellion, they are forced to settle in different districts. Unfortunately for her, Lucy stayed at 12.
When it’s time to choose the tributes for the tenths Hunger Games, Lucy Gray is chosen, but not randomly. The governor Lipp he chose her because his daughter, Mayfairhad a relationship with the ex-partner of Lucy, Billy Taupe, and basically Mayfair he wanted to get rid of her. However, thanks to her voice and attitude, Gray she quickly gained the attention of the Capitol and the public, becoming a favorite in the edition of the Games.
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His relationship with his mentor, Coriolanus SnowShe was always sweet and calm. From the beginning, thanks to the fact that they are both orphans, the two established a bond that, as they got to know each other, ended with them falling in love. For this, Snow cared even more to have a good strategy that would lead to Lucy to have more sponsors and win the Games.
The story between them continues and there are many interesting facts to talk about: betrayal, murders, love, music and more. But, to avoid getting into big spoilers, we’ll leave it there. Know that Snowin one way or another, he had to go through situations that made him the fearsome and cruel president of Panem that we met in the original trilogy.
There is not much more information about it yet. The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents, but it is expected to hit theaters in November 2023.
“Years before he became the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow, 18, he is the last hope for his fading bloodline, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. with tenths The Hunger Games fast approaching annuals, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Bairdthe tribute girl from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray captures Panem’s full attention singing defiantly during the harvest ceremony, Snow he thinks he could turn the fortunes around him. Combining her instincts for showmanship and his newfound political savvy, the race against time Snow and Lucy to survive will finally reveal who is a songbird and who is a snake.”says the tagline of the prequel according to THR.