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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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