Previews for the next hunger games

Even Donald Sutherland, who plays Snow in the movie series, may not reprise his role because "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" only focuses on one year when Snow was a teenager.

There are no casting announcements for the movie, so we don't know yet who will star as the younger version of Snow. However, behind the scenes, Lionsgate said that Francis Lawrence, the director of the original films, will return to direct the prequel, and franchise producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpsons are returning. Deadline reported that Collins will write the film's treatment while Oscar-winning screenwriter Michael Arndt will write the screenplay. Arndt had also served as a writer on "Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Teachers confront half-empty classrooms as virus surges. Ad Microsoft. Full screen. What we know about the upcoming 'Hunger Games' prequel movie Lionsgate greenlit an adaptation of "The Hunger Games" prequel novel released last year. Production is set to start in with the movie expected in cinemas in late or early Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Read the original article on Insider. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

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Like us on Facebook to see similar stories. I'm already a fan, don't show this again. Send MSN Feedback. How can we improve? It offers everything fans could hope for and expect from The Hunger Games while also breaking new ground and introducing an entirely new canvas of characters," Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman Joe Drake said in a statement.

That means a new set of roles will need to be cast, some that may have ties to Katniss Everdeen and co. The prequel story takes place 64 years before the events of the original trilogy, rendering cameos from cast members including Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, or Woody Harrelson nearly impossible. The last time Lawrence was asked about appearing in a prequel film she told Variety , "I wouldn't be involved. I think it's too soon. They've got to let the body get cold, in my opinion.

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