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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 producer says the prequel will change how you watch the Katniss and Snow scenes in the original films

Exclusive: Nina Jacobson tells GamesRadar+ that the new prequel may change your next rewatch of the original series

Total Film

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

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Critics Have Seen The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, See What They’re Saying About The Dystopian Prequel

Critics have weighed in on The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler.

Cinemablend

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.

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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review – back to an empty future

Prequel to the hit teen dystopia recruits Rachel Zegler and Jason Schwartzman to labour over IP that is now starved of inspiration

The Guardian - UK

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

First Hunger Games prequel reactions call the film better than the originals

Reactions to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes are in

Total Film

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Has Screened, See Why People Are Saying The Prequel Is The Best Film In The Series

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has screened, and people are taking to social media with their first reactions.

Cinemablend

Billy the Kid season 2: next episode, trailer, cast and everything we know about the TV show

One of the most famous outlaws is back on TV with Billy the Kid season 2. Here is everything you need to know about the new season.

WhatToWatch

The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gets first trailer

Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth star in the latest installment in the hit sci-fi franchise

Manchester Evening News

The Hunger Games prequel lands first trailer

Watch the trailer for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

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The Hunger Games Is Back With Chilling Ballad Of Songbird And Snakes Trailer Featuring Peter Dinklage And Viola Davis

Lionsgate has finally unveiled the first look at the Hunger Games prequel and we have chills already.

Tribune News Service

The 20 biggest movies of 2023, from 'Mission: Impossible' to 'Barbie'

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J-Law Said The Hunger Games Cast Used To Get Stoned Together *This* Is My Dream Blunt Rotation

Can you imagine?

Evening Standard

Hunger Games: Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer joins the cast of prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The actor will join Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in the new blockbuster

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Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes gets teaser trailer

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The New Daily

Watch the first chilling teaser for The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Lionsgate has unleashed the first teaser for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the highly-anticipated prequel to The Hunger Games.

The Independent UK

Rachel Zegler confirms she will play Lucy Gray Baird in Hunger Games prequel following cryptic tweet

West Side Story star joins Tom Blyth in lead roles

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