Lucy Gray Baird: Last News

The new “Hunger Games” movie is shaping up, with Lionsgate revealing new casting information for the upcoming “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”.

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Lionsgate’s prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has landed its first round of tribute and mentor characters in the Francis Lawrence directed film.

Lionsgate has released the first teaser for the highly anticipated upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”. The short clip debuted during Sunday night’s 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards.

prequel film, Lionsgate announced on Monday that star Rachel Zegler has been cast in a lead role, and will play Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming, Francis Lawrence-directed adaptation of the latest novel by franchise author Suzanne Collins.Zegler joins Tom Blyth in the film, who was previously cast to play the young Coriolanus Snow, who mentors Lucy in the 10th Hunger Games, many years before he evolves into the Capitol's sinister President Snow. The female tribute from District 12, Lucy is an orphan and a singer, who wows her mentor and eventually, viewers across Panem, with her impressive voice — before proving in the Games that she's even more cunning than she seems.“Like everybody, I first saw Rachel Zegler in  and like everybody, I knew I was watching a star who would command the screen for a generation,” said Lawrence in the press release announcing her casting. «Lucy Gray is a perfect match for her as an actress: the character is bold, independent, and defiant, but also vulnerable, emotional, and loving.

Rachel Zegler has been confirmed as the star of the Hunger Games prequel movie, titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Move over, Jennifer Lawrence: the “Hunger Games” films have a new star. With a movie version of the series prequel, “The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes,” set for a November 2023 release date, Lionsgate has that film’s female lead.

More casting is warming up for the highly anticipated prequel to Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games –The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This morning, it’s been announced that West Side Story Maria actress Rachel Zegler is joining the Francis Lawrence directed movie in the lead female role of Lucy Gray Baird. She joins recently announced Tom Blyth who’s playing the young Coriolanus Snow, that role made famous by Donald Sutherland in the original trilogy.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“West Side Story” actor Rachel Zegler is set to star in “The Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”Zegler had prompted speculation about her casting after she tweeted on Monday night, “listen up….. can y’all grow restfully? are you becoming an individual resting decisively?” As eagle-eyed fans pointed out, the first letter of each word in her tweet spells out the main character’s name, Lucy Gray Baird.listen up…..

Rachel Zegler has sent out a rather cryptic tweet that some fans shave deciphered as her being cast in The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.The 21-year-old West Side Story star took to Twitter on early Monday morning, tweeting out, 'listen up….. can y’all grow restfully? are you becoming an individual resting decisively?'The tweet went viral with many commenting that the first letter of each word in her tweet spells out one of the main characters in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Lucy Gray Baird.

Rachel Zegler appears to be fueling a big rumor about her next movie role!

May the odds be ever in his favor. President Snow is the notorious villain that Hunger Games fans love to hate — and he’s about to get his own backstory movie.

Lionsgate is returning to the dystopian world of Panem, issuing a release date for The Hunger Games prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.The studios revealed during their Thursday CinemaCon presentation that the prequel will be released on November 17, 2023, via Deadline.Francis Lawrence, who directed the final three Hunger Games movies, will return to direct, though no cast members have been attached yet. Prequel:Lionsgate is returning to the dystopian world of Panem, issuing a release date for The Hunger Games prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Prequel:The studios revealed during their Thursday CinemaCon presentation that the prequel will be released on November 17, 2023, via DeadlineThe movie will be adapted from the 2020 novel by The Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins, set decades before the original novels and movies.The story follows an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, several years before he became the ruler of Panem, who was played by Donald Sutherland in the movie trilogy.