The games will begin again in the new trailer for 'The Hunger Games' prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'. The project is one of a few tentpoles moving ahead with its release amid the SAG-AFTRA strike, which if still ongoing when 'Songbirds and Snakes' opens on Nov. 17, will prevent its actors from doing press to support the movie.
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00:00 (screaming)
00:02 - The games will begin again in the new trailer
00:05 for The Hunger Games prequel,
00:07 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
00:09 The film takes place 64 years before the events
00:12 of The Hunger Games and stars Tom Blythe
00:14 as a young Coriolanus Snow, who decades later
00:17 will become the ruthless ruler of Panem,
00:20 the land which forces children from each of its districts
00:22 to fight to the death in its annual Hunger Games.
00:25 - Welcome to the capital.
00:27 - You look like you shouldn't be here.
00:28 - I shouldn't, but I'm your mentor.
00:31 - A rebel.
00:32 - The film also stars Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird,
00:35 a tribute and competitor in The Hunger Games
00:38 who's mentored by Snow.
00:39 Rounding out the cast is Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schaefer,
00:42 Josh Andres Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.
00:47 The project is one of the few tentpoles moving forward
00:49 with its release amid the SAG after strike,
00:52 which, if it's still ongoing when Songbirds and Snakes
00:54 opens on November 17th, will prevent its actors
00:57 from doing press to support the movie.
01:00 - It's a mystery, and mysteries have a way
01:02 of driving people mad.
01:04 (tires screeching)
01:06 - To watch the full trailer, head to thr.com.
01:09 And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
01:11 keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
01:14 (whooshing)
01:16 (upbeat music)