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‘The Hunger Games’ starts fresh, without Katniss, in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

Eight years after the Katniss Everdeen saga closed, a new Hunger Games prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” arrives in theaters nationwide Friday at another transitional moment in Hollywood

The Independent UK

The Hunger Games franchise could continue with one big caveat, say prequel creators

Exclusive: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director and producer tell GamesRadar+ what the future of The Hunger Games franchise might look like

Total Film

The Hunger Games prequel director reveals the film got an R-rating for its first cut and justifies its lengthy runtime

Exclusive: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director Francis Lawrence opens up to GamesRadar+ about the bloody and violent prequel

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BioShock movie director promises Netflix live-action adaptation will have some "new little twists" that will surprise fans

Exclusive: Director Francis Lawrence shares an update on his upcoming BioShock movie

Total Film

Rachel Zegler Recalls What It Was Like Meeting The Hunger Games OG Jennifer Lawrence After Filming The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' Rachel Zegler discusses meeting The Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence.

Cinemablend

10 Years Later, the Most Thrilling Dystopian Franchise Pulled Off a Groundbreaking Trick

Director Francis Lawrence looks back at his first Hunger Games movie and the IMAX trick few others have been able to replicate.

Inverse

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes director on making the prequel grittier than its predecessors

Music and mayhem as the Games get off to brutal beginnings…

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Stars hit the red carpet for Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes premiere in London

Actress Rachel Zegler was joined on the red carpet by co-stars Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer and Josh Andres Rivera at London's BFI IMAX

Evening Standard

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes review – A limp prequel that dilutes its biggest villain

This origin story for Donald Sutherland’s monstrous bad guy from the original films casts Rachel Zegler as a dystopian theatre-kid and squanders the anger of novelist Suzanne Collins’s source material

The Independent UK

The Most Anticipated Dystopian Thriller of the Year Fails to Justify Its Existence

Despite strong lead performances and an intriguing premise, the prequel to the Hunger Games can't effectively lure audiences back to Panem.

Inverse

The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Review: The Most Brutal Hunger Games Movie Yet, But It Can't Escape Some Textbook Prequel Traps

If you push the tired prequel tropes aside, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a triumphant comeback for The Hunger Games franchise that ups the stakes from the original films and dives deeper into the storytelling from a welcome new angle.

Cinemablend

Rachel Zegler pays homage to Katniss Everdeen’s fiery dress for Hunger Games prequel premiere

Actor paid homage to Katniss Everdeen for red carpet premiere in Berlin

The Independent UK

The Hunger Games Author Opens Up About Watching The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Despite Being 'Nervous' To See It

Suzanne Collins, who wrote the novel for Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has seen the new movie.

Cinemablend

The Sequel to DC's Most Divisive Superhero Movie Gets a Promising Update

Max’s 'Constantine' is officially dead, but Keanu Reeves will be born again as the occult detective.

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The Independent UK

Hunger Games director says he ‘totally regrets’ Mockingjay decision that led to fan criticism

Director said there was ‘no way’ he was going to make the mistake again in the forthcoming prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

The Independent UK

Rachel Zegler initially turned down Hunger Games lead role before her boyfriend was cast

Zegler stars in prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

The Independent UK

The heartbreaking reason for The Hunger Games prequel protagonist’s name

Rachel Zegler stars as Lucy Gray Baird in forthcoming prequel, ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

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The Hunger Games Director Is Copping It From The Fandom For Labelling Katniss As ‘Asexual’

Director Francis Lawrence referred to Rachel Zegler’s character in the prequel as the “anti-Katniss.”

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The Independent UK

Hunger Games director teases major difference between Jennifer Lawrence and Rachel Zegler’s characters

Rachel Zegler leads forthcoming prequel ‘The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

Cinemablend

Rachel Zegler's Character In The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes Is 'Anti-Katniss' According To The Director, And I Totally Agree

The female protagonist of the upcoming Hunger Games prequel is no copy-Katniss.

Cinemablend

Is Jennifer Lawrence Going To Be In The Hunger Games Prequel Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes? People Have Been Asking

Jennifer Lawrence gives opens up about if she’ll have a role in the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

WhatToWatch

10 'sexy' TV shows and movies that left us cold

How are these "hot" onscreen moments so decidedly not hot? Instead of firing audiences up, these 10 titles simply fizzle

Inverse

5 Years Ago, Jennifer Lawrence Made an Underrated Spy Thriller — But Failed to Save a Dying Genre

This kind of sleazy, violent, and twisty film doesn’t get made anymore.

Evening Standard

All we know about Will Smith's I Am Legend 2 release date and cast after fake trailer drops

Michael B Jordan will also star in the film while Akiva Goldsman is set to write the screenplay

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Every upcoming video game movie you need to know about

From The Sims to Until Dawn, here's the latest news on all the upcoming video game movies currently in production

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