The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes us back to the world of Panem for the first time since 2015's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. This time, we're heading over 60 years into the past to the 10th version of the brutal games, which sees children from Panem's impoverished 12 districts fight to the death for wealthy Capitol audiences. That means there's no Katniss or Peeta – instead, we follow Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a female tribute from District 12, and the Capitol's Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth). If that name sounds familiar, it's because it is: Snow goes on to become the president of Panem in the original trilogy.
As you might expect, there are plenty of callbacks to the original movies in the prequel – but some are a little more obvious than others. That's why we've broken down every callback to Katniss' adventures that we spotted in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, from name-dropping to audio clues. Be warned, though: there are major spoilers for the new movie ahead, so turn back now if you haven't seen it and don't want to know what happens!
