Gary Ross got the hunger games film series in 2012, but it was Francis Lawrence who oversaw the rest of the films starring Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson’s Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth’s Gale Hawthorne. Although this film saga ended in 2015 with Mockingjay – Part 2, Lawrence returned to Panem to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a prequel set decades before the previous films. We’re still a year away from seeing this entry in the 2023 movie list, but Lawrence shared with Gossipify how it feels to be back in theaters. hunger games franchise.
Francis Lawrence is currently making the rounds in the press for Dreamland, the fantasy film starring Jason Momoa and Marlow Barkley can be streamed with a Netflix subscription starting Friday. Before the end of his interview with Lawrence, our very own Sean O’Connell asked the director about his first day on the set of The Ballad of the Songbirds and the Serpents it was up to him to return to this “world,” and he replied:
It was really fun. I have to say it was interesting. It’s very different and very fresh, but also very similar to a Hunger Games story. So that was very, very exciting. In fact, we just finished it two or three days ago. Just returned from Berlin yesterday.
while the original Ballad of songbirds and snakes Suzanne Collins’ book was released on May 19, 2020, Gates of the Lions started talking with the author about preparing for a film adaptation the year before, and the film was officially announced a month before the release of the book. Filming began in July, and as Franchis Lawrence recalled, there was a mix of familiar and new work in the prequel, which made for an exhilarating experience. The Ballad of the Songbirds and the Serpents Principal photography wrapped earlier this month in Berlin, Germany, so now, as Sean put it, “the fun part begins” for Lawrence and his team (aka post-production), to which the director has answered: “Exactly.”
The Ballad of the Songbirds and the Serpents chronicles the rise of Coriolanus Snow, who would become President of Panem and was played by Donald Sutherland in the original hunger games movie. Young Snow, played by Tom Blyth, will mentor Rachel Ziegler’s Lucy Gray, a tribute to the 10th Hunger Games. The Ballad of the Songbirds and the SerpentsThe cast also includes Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Burn Gorman and Fionnula Flanagan (among many others), with Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie penning the screenplay.
Mark November 17, 2023 on your calendars if you can’t wait to see The Ballad of the Songbirds and the Serpents on the big screen. If you want to see the top four hunger games movies, detail your Amazon Prime Video subscription.
Source: Cinemablend
