It’s been a busy summer for “The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” in terms of kicking off its promotion and integrating purchases into its already stellar cast. In July we learned that Peter Dinklage would be playing Casca Highbottom, principal of the Academy, and in August, that Viola Davis would be playing the film’s villain, Volumnia Gaul, director of the 10th Hunger Games. The prequel to the saga is still going strong and has already released a first look at what we’ll see on screen next year.
He did so through Vanity Fair, which exclusively released the first image of the film. In it we can see how the protagonists will be (at least in civilian clothes): Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray respectively. “This is really a love story”announced Francis Lawrence, director of the film, “It’s a kind of love story set in another kind of world in another era. A very intimate love story.”. This is how the director who directed “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, “Mockingjay – Part 1” and “Mockingjay – Part 2” defined this new installment.
However, despite having the same director, the story will have a slightly different tone, as the events are framed 64 years before what happened in “The Hunger Games”. Based on the novel of the same name published in 2020 by Suzanne Collins, ‘Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents’ will tell the story of a young Snow, no less ambitious than Donald Sutherland’s domineering version. “He is a young man who finds his way into the world, but he also makes decisions that suggest the man he will become”added Nina Jacobson, producer of the franchise. He also anticipated the dilemma Snow will face: “He’s moody and craves control, but he’s attracted to a woman who threatens everything he thought he wanted.”.
The prequel will explore the relationship between the two, which will range from a first meeting in the arena of the Games to an intimacy beyond the cameras. “This is not a trial, but Lucy Gray is the anti-Katniss [Everdreen, interpretada por Jennifer Lawrence]. She is a musician, she is a performer, she is charming … Snow had never met a girl like this before.”added the director.
Distancing with the original saga
The “Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents” team wants to put some ground in the middle of the original saga, and that goes beyond having a very different protagonist from Katniss. “It is completely different stylistically, in terms of design, character and point of view”Jacobson noted in a recent Hollywood Reporter article, “Being able to show a different side of Panem at a different time in its history was really exciting”. For his part, Lawrence also promises a new version of Panem: “We were able to redo District 12, the entire Capitol and a completely new arena.“.
In addition, the team also had the help of the same author of the novels to be able to adapt this prequel correctly: “Suzanne did a great job returning to mythology and telling a story about the creation of this world.”Lorenzo added. “You have a little bit of Katniss’ history, a lot of Snow’s background, the history of the games and the music, like where songs like ‘The Hanging Tree’ come from.”.
“The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents” will be released in theaters in November 2023 distributed by Lionsgate in the United States.
Source: E Cartelera
