She currently lives in Connecticut with her family. She worked on the television series Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and is the author of The Underland Chronicles series and The Hunger Games series. Suzanne Collins is a television writer and author.

Movie Trailer for The Hunger Games (2012) You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.ĭestroying things is much easier than making them. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, “The Hunger Games,” a fight to the death on live TV. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. The novel captures the dangers of totalitarian authority and has since become a pop culture sensation for depicting scarcity and injustice. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a young adult dystopian novel that has gained popularity because of its mature themes including power, oppression, and inequality. 17, 2023.Audiobook Length: 10 hours and 35 minutes The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will hit theaters Nov. Collins, Jim Miller, Tim Palen and Mika Saito served as executive producers. Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie adapted Collins’ novel. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird and a snake.”įranchise producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing the prequel alongside Lawrence, who helmed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. The prequel’s logline from Lionsgate reads: “Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol.

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