{"id":98315,"date":"2023-04-28T08:43:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/lionsgates-franchise-prequel-hits-theaters-on-november-17\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T08:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:43:27","slug":"lionsgates-franchise-prequel-hits-theaters-on-november-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/lionsgates-franchise-prequel-hits-theaters-on-november-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate&#8217;s Franchise Prequel Hits Theaters On November 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p>Never thoughts that it\u2019s been nearly eight years since \u201c<strong>The Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2013 Part 2<\/strong>\u201d hit theaters. After\u00a0<strong>Suzanne Collins<\/strong>\u00a0revealed \u201c<strong>The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes<\/strong>\u201d in 2020, a prequel to her hit YA sci-fi sequence \u201c<strong>The Hunger Games<\/strong>\u201d was all however assured\u00a0<strong>Lionsgate<\/strong>\u00a0would make a film of it. And now that point has come: the fifth installment of \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d hits theaters this November, specializing in a younger President Coriolanus Snow\u2019s rise to energy in Panem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/the-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2023-20221206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an official synopsis of the movie, courtesy of Lionsgate:<\/p>\n<p><em>Years earlier than he turns into the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow sees an opportunity for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the feminine tribute from District 12.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes\u201d sees\u00a0<strong>Tom Blyth\u00a0<\/strong>take over the position of Coriolanus Snow (<strong>Donald Sutherland<\/strong>\u00a0performs him within the first 4 installments) whereas\u00a0<strong>Rachel Zegler<\/strong>\u00a0performs Lucy Gray Baird. The movie additionally stars\u00a0<strong>Josh Andr\u00e9s Rivera<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Hunter Schaefer<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Peter Dinklage<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Viola Davis<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Jason Schwartzman<\/strong>. <strong>Burn Gorman<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fionnula Flanagan<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ashley Liao<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Max Rafael<\/strong>\u00a0spherical out the primary solid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Francis Lawrence\u00a0<\/strong>returns to \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d franchise to direct \u201cSongbirds And Snakes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Michael Ardnt<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Michale Lesslie<\/strong>\u00a0adapt Collins\u2019 novel for the massive display. Lawrence co-produces the movie with\u00a0<strong>Nina Jacobson<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Brad Simpson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So will \u201cThe Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes\u201d marks a profitable return of Lionsgate\u2019s franchise? Find out when the movie hits theaters on November 17. Watch a trailer for the movie beneath.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes (2023) Official Trailer \u2013 Tom Blyth\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" onload=\"Wpfcll.r(this,true);\" data-wpfc-original-src=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache-premium\/pro\/templates\/youtube.html#RDE6Uz73A7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js, fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if(d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Never thoughts that it\u2019s been nearly eight years since \u201cThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2013 Part 2\u201d hit theaters. After\u00a0Suzanne Collins\u00a0revealed \u201cThe Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes\u201d in 2020, a prequel to her hit YA sci-fi sequence \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d was all however assured\u00a0Lionsgate\u00a0would make a film of it. And now that point has come: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}