‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Trailer Revives the Franchise With Rachel Zegler
thewrap.comLionsgate’s brief CinemCon presentation, since they have allotted 90 minutes out of two hours for a screening of “Joy Ride,” was highlighted by the first look at “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songburds and Snakes.” The trailer, which will debut in theaters with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3” next week, introduces viewers to the tenth annual Hunger Games competition, telling a story of how the future President Snow (played in the four “Hunger Games” movies by Donald Sutherland) mentored a promising 12th district competitor and, well, if you’ve seen the movies or read the books you can presume it doesn’t end well for the good guys.
Snow will be played by Tom Blyth while Rachel Zegler will play Lucy Gray Baird.“It’s the ones we love the most that destroy us,” bellows Donald Sutherland reminding us of the previous films.
The big question between now and November 17 is whether audiences will show up for another “Hunger Games” movie nearly a decade after “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II” and sans Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen.
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