The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Book vs. Movie
Francis Lawrence’s 2023 film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes adapts Suzanne Collins’s 2020 novel. Both follow young Coriolanus Snow as he mentors District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird during an early Hunger Games.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Suzanne Collins
- Year
- 2020
- Pages
- 528Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 16 hr 16 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Santino Fontana
- Series
- The Hunger Games, book 4
Years before he becomes president of Panem, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from impoverished District 12, in the tenth Hunger Games. Her talent for winning an audience may restore his family’s fading status, but helping her survive draws Snow into choices that test where his loyalties and ambitions truly lie.
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Writer
- Michael Arndt, Michael Lesslie
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 2 hr 38 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer
- Genre
- action, Adventure, Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Decades before Katniss Everdeen enters the arena, young Coriolanus Snow is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, a singer chosen as District 12’s tribute for the tenth Hunger Games. Snow sees her charisma as a chance to restore his family’s standing, but their alliance pulls him between personal loyalty and the power he hopes to gain.
Other books in this series
- 1
The Hunger GamesMovie · 2012Details
- Director
- Gary Ross
- Writer
- Billy Ray, Suzanne Collins, Gary Ross
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 2 hr 22 min
- Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
In the nation of Panem, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place in the televised Hunger Games. Sent into the arena with Peeta Mellark, the other tribute from District 12, she must use her hunting skills to survive while the Capitol turns every alliance and death into entertainment.
- 2
Catching FireThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire · Movie · 2013Details
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Writer
- Michael Arndt, Simon Beaufoy
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 2 hr 26 min
- Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return from the Hunger Games to find that their victory has inspired resistance across Panem. As President Snow tightens his control and sends them on a victory tour, a special Quarter Quell threatens to pull them back into the arena.
- 3
MockingjayThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 · Movie · 2014Details
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Writer
- Danny Strong, Peter Craig
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 2 hr 3 min
- Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
Rescued from the shattered Hunger Games arena, Katniss Everdeen awakens in District 13 as rebellion spreads across Panem. Rebel president Alma Coin wants to turn her into the Mockingjay, while President Snow uses the captive Peeta against her, forcing Katniss to navigate a propaganda war in which the people she loves have become leverage.
- 3
MockingjayThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 · Movie · 2015Details
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Writer
- Danny Strong, Peter Craig
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 2 hr 17 min
- Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson
With Panem in open war, Katniss Everdeen joins a rebel squad advancing through the booby-trapped streets of the Capitol. Determined to kill President Snow and end his rule, she must survive an increasingly personal campaign while questioning the motives of the leaders directing the revolution.
- 4The Ballad of Songbirds and SnakesThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes · Movie · 2023You are here
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