Summary

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a prequel to the original Hunger Games series, featuring a young Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird.
  • The official synopsis reveals that Snow, in a post-war Capitol, mentors Baird in District 12 and sees an opportunity to change their fates.
  • Director Francis Lawrence explains that Lucy Gray Baird differs greatly from Katniss Everdeen, being more extroverted, sexual, and skilled at manipulating crowds.