The Hollywood News Run by film fans for film fans! The Hollywood News Last night, the London premiere of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes took place at the famous BFI IMAX in the Waterloo area of town – quite literally the biggest and one of the best screens in the country. The cast and filmmakers arrived on the red carpet to talk about the new film ahead of its release later this month and we have some footage featuring the two main stars, Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth to share.This new film is set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.The film follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol.
‘The Hunger Games’ Stage Adaptation to Open in London in 2024
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter London is volunteering as tribute to host the first-ever stage adaptation of “The Hunger Games,” a play based on Suzan Collins’ best-selling books and the Jennifer Lawrence-led blockbuster film franchise. Matthew Dunster (“Hangmen”) is directing and playwright Conor McPherson (“Girl From the North Country”) is adapting the live theatrical production.
(And may the odds be ever in their favor.) It will make its debut in London in the fall of 2024. The play will be based on the first book in Collins’ dystopian series revolving around a televised battle royale in which young tributes are selected via lottery to fight to the death.
The story picks up as Katniss Everdeen, a role that propelled Lawrence to stardom, volunteers to take her younger sister’s place in the 74th annual Hunger Games. A press release calls the stage version a “gripping tale of courage, defiance, and the unbreakable human spirit.” “I’m very excited to be collaborating with the amazing team of Conor McPherson and Matthew Dunster as they bring their dynamic and innovative interpretation of ‘The Hunger Games’ to the London stage,” Collins wrote in a statement.
McPherson, whose other stage shows include “The Weir,” “The Seafarer” and “Shining City,” called it “humbling and inspiring” to receive Collins’ blessing to adapt “The Hunger Games” for the stage. “She has created a classic story which continues to resonate now more than ever,” he said.
“In a world where the truth itself seems increasingly up for grabs, ‘The Hunger Games’ beautifully expresses values of resilience, self-reliance and independent moral inquiry for younger people especially. This is turbo charged storytelling of the highest order and I’m hugely
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, ahead of its UK release on 17 November.The movie – which is a prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy, based on the novel series by Suzanne Collins – is set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteers to partake in the Hunger Games, a dystopian fight to the death between children. The premise focuses on the origin story of the future president, Coriolanus Snow, played by Tom Blyth.With a budget of $100 million, the generational impact of the original trilogy, and famous faces including Viola Davis (The Help, The Suicide Squad), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) and Peter Dinklage (Game Of Thrones, Avengers: Infinity War) anticipation around the prequel was high.However, the critical response to the first screenings has been largely negative.
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press tour.The 24-year-old Euphoria star is currently promoting her latest role in The Hunger Games prequel film, and she's not wasting a single opportunity to on the red carpet. Just a few days after attending the Berlin premiere in , Schafer partnered with Prada for a head-to-toe golden look that seems to pay homage to iconic mockingjay pin.Now this is art.By Of course, this wasn't just any golden red carpet gown (which are typically reserved for Oscar night shoe-ins).
‘Hunger Games’ Star Rachel Zegler Channeled Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline and Joan Baez for the Music of ‘Songbirds and Snakes’
Ellise Shafer As evidenced in its title, music plays a big part in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” In the prequel to the original trilogy, “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler portrays Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12 for the 10th annual Hunger Games, who hails from a musical and nomadic people called the Covey. The film features Zegler singing several songs, including franchise favorite “The Hanging Tree.” Much of the music is folk-inspired, and Zegler sang each track live during filming.
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‘Hunger Games’ producer reveals if Jennifer Lawrence will return to franchise
Katniss Everdeen, it’s unlikely that she would ever appear in future films.Producer Nina Jacobson revealed that any further appearances by Lawrence, 33, is up to “Hunger Games” book series author Suzanne Collins.“If Suzanne has something to say, then she’ll write a book about it,” Jacobson, 58, told Yahoo! Entertainment recently.“Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete,” she went on. “And I think that Suzanne feels that her story is complete.”Jacobson added: “But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be thrilled.”“But really, any chance to be back in this world, and lead with [director Francis Lawrence] and Suzanne, I would take regardless of who it was about,” she noted.Lawrence, 52, who helmed every single “HG” installment including the most recent one, echoed the producer’s sentiments, saying: “If for whatever reason she had some thematic idea that made sense to tell another Katniss story, I’d be in, and then I’m sure Jen would be in.”“But it really all comes from theme and idea, and Suzanne,” he said.Jennifer has been enthusiastic about a possible Katniss return in the past.
Olivia Rodrigo teases ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’ from ‘The Hunger Games: ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’
Olivia Rodrigo has shared a teaser of her new song ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’ which will feature on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes.The US singer-songwriter posted a 60-second teaser trailer of the upcoming film to her Instagram late yesterday (November 1), which features her song.“There’s blood on the side of the mountain / There’s writing all over the walls,” she sings on the dramatic new track, which builds in intensity as it goes on. “But I’m in the trees, I’m in the breeze / My footsteps on the ground.”“Soooo beyond excited that I got the opportunity to write a song for @TheHungerGames,” Rodrigo wrote on social medias.
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Jennifer Lawrence won’t be returning as Katniss Everdeen, say ‘Hunger Games’ producers
Jennifer Lawrence potentially making a return as Katniss Everdeen.Speaking ahead of the upcoming prequel spin-off The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, the film series’ producer Nina Jacobson explained how Lawrence’s return would depend on whether original author Suzanne Collins writes a new novel involving her character.“If Suzanne has something to say, then she’ll write a book about it,” Jacobson told Yahoo Entertainment. “Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete.
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