Starvation Video games Prequel Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes New Poster

With just a teaser out in the world so far, the movie version of Suzanne Collins’ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes—the prequel to the Starvation Video games collection, set six a long time earlier than the revolution sparked by Katniss Everdeen—has dropped some sparkle to remind you it’s on the way in which. Behold, this 24k new poster!

The hue matches that of the aforementioned teaser, which contained no footage of the particular film however featured an summary snowy (ahem) scene of a songbird and snake melting into good gold, and asking the viewer to decide on sides. The official synopsis is as follows: “The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes follows a younger Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who’s the final hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow household that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. Together with his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Grey Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from the impoverished District 12. However after Lucy Grey’s attraction captivates the viewers of Panem, Snow sees a chance to shift their fates. With every thing he has labored for hanging within the stability, Snow unites with Lucy Grey to show the chances of their favor. Battling his instincts for each good and evil, Snow units out on a race towards time to outlive and reveal if he’ll in the end develop into a songbird or a snake.”

With solely probably the most cursory Starvation Video games know-how, you can guess which method Snow in the end went—not for nothing did President Snow, as performed by Donald Sutherland in the primary film collection, make io9’s listing of “Most Blatantly Evil Presidents in Sci-Fi Movies, TV, and Comics.” Essentially the most suspenseful a part of all of this simply could be whether or not or not audiences are nonetheless hungering for extra Starvation Video games within the first place.

Directed by Starvation Video games vet Francis Lawrence and tailored from Collins’ novel by Michael Lesslie (Murderer’s Creed) and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3, Star Wars: The Drive Awakens), The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis. It’ll hit theaters November 17. Will you be trying out this Starvation Video games origin story, or staying on the sidelines?

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