Lionsgate is expected to release their hit prequel THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES on digital and VOD platforms this month, arriving on December 19th, 2023. The film premiered in US theaters on November 17th and surprised many with its strong box-office performance.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a 2023 was directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt. Based on the 2020 novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, it serves as a prequel to 2012’s The Hunger Games, and is the fifth installment in the series. The film stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Jason Schwartzman, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, and Viola Davis. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its story follows the events that lead a young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with the Hunger Games District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games.

We’ve added the release date to our streaming calendar.

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