Ready to return to the arena?
A train back to Panem awaits.
The upcoming film is being directed byFrancis Lawrence, who helmed the last threeHunger Gamesmovies.

Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth star as Lucy Gray Baird and young Coriolanus Snow in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’.Murray Close/Lionsgate
What is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes about?
The story takes place around the 10th annual Hunger Games.
Who’s directing, writing, and producing?

Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow.Lionsgate
Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are also returning as producers.
Who’s in theThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes cast?
Fury of the Gods) will play Lucy Gray Baird.

Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird.Lionsgate
Viola Daviswill play Volumnia Gaul, the villainous head gamemaker of the 10th annual Hunger Games.
See the actors in character in the posters below.
When will it debut in theaters?

Viola Davis as Volumnia Gaul.Lionsgate
Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesis scheduled to hit theaters worldwide on Nov. 17, 2023.
Will there be any returning cast members from the original trilogy?
Is there a trailer?

Peter Dinklage as Casca Highbottom.Lionsgate
Yes, and it shows Lucy Gray and mentor Coriolanus' fight for life or death.
In conversation withEmpiremagazine,Lawrence teased Lucy Gray’s fightahead, calling Lucy Gray the “anti-Katniss.”
“Katniss was an introvert and a survivor,” the director said.

Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth.Lionsgate
“She was quite quiet and stoic, you could almost say [she was] asexual.
Lucy Gray is the opposite.
She wears her sexuality on her sleeve, [and] she really is a performer.”

Hunter Schafer as Tigris.Lionsgate
“She knows how to play crowds and manipulate people.”
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman.Lionsgate

Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’.Everett Collection