"The French Dispatch" actor Jason Schwartzman is set to star in &𒀰quot;The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", the prequel movie to "The Hunger Games".
The upcom🤪ing film is the latest project in the dystopian🍸 young-adult franchise based on Suzanne Collins' novels.
"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" follows a young Coriolanus♏ Snow (Tom Blyth), years before he would become the tyrannical President of the fictional natio𓆏n Panem, as he is chosen to be the mentor of the 10th Hunger Games, a televised event in which teenagers are chosen via lottery to fight to the death.
According to Deadline, Schwartzman will play Lucretiuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs 'Lucky' Flickerman, the host ✅of the competition and ancestor to Caesar Flickerman, who would become the voice of Panem.
Hollywood veteran Donald Sutherland played the adult Snow in "The Hunge🔜r Games", the original movie franchise, which followed the adventures of Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennif🎃er Lawrence.
Francis Lawrence, who helmed three of the four "The Hunger Games" filmsꦗ, is returning to direct the upcomingꦜ Lionsgate production.
Miᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚchael Lesslie has penned the most r🦹ecent draft of the screenplay, with initial inputs from author Collins and "Catching Fire" writer Michael Arndt.
Previously announced cast members of the film also🌊 include Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andres Rivera, Jerome Lance, Ashley Liao, Aamer Husain, and Hiroki Berrecloth.
"The Ballad of Songbirds a൩nd Snakes" is scheduled for a November 17, 2023 release.
[With Inputs From PTI]
