New Hunger Games Cast: The Future Recently, it was announced that a new Hunger Games movie is in the works, based on the prequel novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The new movie will feature a new cast, with Francis Lawrence returning as the director. The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes' new female lead, Rachel Zegler, is roughly the same age Lawrence was at the time of 2012's The Hunger Games. She is similarly coming off a major superhero as Shazam's Anthea, just as Lawrence was as X-Men: First Class' Mystique, perhaps placing her on a similar career trajectory. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has a stellar cast full of up-and-coming actors like Jennifer Lawrence was at the time ready to take on Panem.Before being the tyrannical President of Panem we In the upcoming movie, 18-year-old Snow is chosen to mentor Lucy Gray, the female tribute from the impoverished District 12, during the 10th Hunger Games. As introduced in “The Hunger Games Earlier this week, critics began sharing their initial thoughts on the new Hunger Games addition, especially heaping on the praise for the movie's cast. Collider's Perri Nemiroff pinpointed the The cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is extensive, however. There are dozens of cast members in all manner of roles, just as with the original Hunger Games movies. Notable confirmed cast members in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes include: Peter Dinklage as Hunger Games designer Cas Highbottom. The prequel for the “Hunger Games” franchise tells the story of Lucy Gray Baird, played by “West Side Story” star Rachel Zelger, and a teenage Coriolanus Snow, played by Tom Blyth. Jennifer Lawrence stars as 'Katniss Everdeen' in THE HUNGER GAMES. Lionsgate. Lionsgate has announced a film version of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes The new movie is based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins, and is set 64 years before the events of the first book and movie. British actor Tom Blyth, who previously starred in "Billy the Kid" and "The Gilded Age," will be playing an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, set to serve as a mentor in the 10th annual Hunger Games PKO19.