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If you know Suzanne Collins’s dystopian Hunger Games trilogy, you know Coriolanus Snow. He’s Katniss Everdeen’s nemesis and the tyrannical president of Panem, where every year 24 kids from the districts are selected to fight to a televised death. He’s a sadist who smells of roses and has a talent for crushing both spirits and heartbeats. In short, he keeps the bloodbath going.

1. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)

A decade after the Hunger Games series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more. Suzanne Collins' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes sold more 500,000 copies in its first week, even as many of the country's bookstores were closed or offering limited service because of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW YORK -- A decade after the “Hunger Games” series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more.

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A decade after the “Hunger Games” series had apparently ended, readers were clearly ready for more.

Suzanne Collins is revisiting the world of Panem and The Hunger Games in her new prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Scholastic), released Tuesday.Only this time, no more is the telling of beloved characters such as Katniss Everdeen or Peeta Mellark, but instead the spotlight is placed on villain Coriolanus Snow.

Suzanne Collins’ long awaited prequel to the Hunger Games series will be published in the UK on Tuesday.

Ever since it was reported that Suzanne Collins is working on writing a prequel to Hunger Games, fans were eagerly waiting to hear about a possible film adaptation. And now, according to the latest reports, a film based on the prequel book is finally in the works. The book titled The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, is reportedly set in the dystopian world of Panem, roughly 64 years before the events of the first Hunger Games story.  

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The odds are back in their favour.

Francis Lawrence will return as director for 'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes'

The reaping is about to commence once again. Lionsgate is now gearing up to adapt Suzanne Collins' forthcoming The Hunger Games prequel novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, for the silver screen, with none other than Francis Lawrence coming on board to direct the film, per The Hollywood Reporter.

The new Hunger Games book will be released next month – and a movie version is set to follow.

A “Hunger Games” prequel movie is in the works.

The newest Hunger Games book, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake,” is looking to become a new film in the franchise!

By Adam B. Vary

In the three Hunger Games books, President Coriolanus Snow is an evil villain. He’s behind watching children kill each other, keeps his 12 districts of Panem as slave labor to serve the capital and is a complete tyrant. But author Suzanne Collins has decided to make him a young good guy in her new prequel and fans are NOT down with it. She announced plans for the book in Oct. 2019, but didn’t say who it would revolve around. Now that the word is out, fans are not down with it.

It's set 64 years before the original trilogy