Lionsgate have released a reveal teaser for the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Which is just a lot of cgi promising to reveal who are songbirds and who are snakes.

We've seen all of The Hunger Games films but don't consider ourselves intimately familiar with the franchise.

By typical western standards we would presume songbirds to be good and snakes bad.

Or perhaps it's slightly more complicated, according to a synopsis provided by Deadline:

Collins’ Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy published in 2020, finds 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow as the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is expected to release in cinemas in 2023.

[ Main Image: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes teaser. Credit: Lionsgate via YouTube. ]

References

Choe, Brandon (June 5, 2022). ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’: Lionsgate Releases Teaser For Trilogy’s Prequel. Deadline.

Lionsgate Movies (June 6, 2022). The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023 Movie) - Reveal. YouTube.

Wikipedia. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. (viewed June 7, 2022)