Exclusive: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, & Josh Andrés Rivera talk The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Hitting theaters starting November 17th, 2023 from Lionsgate is The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, Burn Gorman, Fionnula Flanagan, Ashley Liao and Viola Davis.
The script is by Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie. Lawrence previously directed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire + Mockingjay 1 & 2.
Experience the story of THE HUNGER GAMES — 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem.
THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES 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. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. But after Lucy Gray’s charm captivates the audience of Panem, Snow sees an opportunity to shift their fates.
With everything he has worked for hanging in the balance, Snow unites with Lucy Gray to turn the odds in their favor. Battling his instincts for both good and evil, Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will ultimately become a songbird or a snake.
Tom Blyth currently stars in Epix's new Western adventure series Billy the Kid. He also had a guest role in the HBO series The Gilded Age.
Zegler is best known for role as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. She also appeared in DC Comics’ Shazam! Fury of the Gods alongside Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, and Lucy Liu.
Schafer plays Tigris Snow, Coriolanus’s cousin and confidante, who advises him in everything – from his role as mentor to the core of his moral compass. Schafer made her acting debut portraying Jules in the HBO critically acclaimed series “Euphoria.”
Rivera plays Sejanus Plinth, a close friend of young Coriolanus Snow, and the mentor to a tribute from District 2. He Rivera played Chino in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning adaption of West Side Story, opposite rachel Zegler. He will next appear in Susanna Fogel’s adaptation of Cat Person, based on Kristen Roupenian’s buzzy short story published in The New Yorker.
Blackfilmandtv.com correspondent Sharronda Williams talks to Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, & Josh Andrés Rivera on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
