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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
PG-13
Sci-Fi
Drama
Thriller

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) - the last hope for the once-proud Snow family - who is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12 for the 10th Hunger Games. Snow sets out on a race against time to survive and reveal if he will become a songbird or a snake.

Release Date
November 17, 2023
Director
Francis Lawrence
Writers
Michael Lesslie , Michael Arndt , Suzanne Collins
Cast
Rachel Zegler , Hunter Schafer , Viola Davis , Tom Blyth , Peter Dinklage , Jason Schwartzman , Burn Gorman , Fionnula Flanagan
Runtime
165 minutes

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