![]() We see a brief shot of Hunter Schafer as Tigris, Snow’s beloved cousin and a key player in his eventual downfall decades later. After ten years, interest in the Games is declining – at least until the interviews begin turning the massacre into the most macabre reality television show on Earth. Who knew Caesar Flickerman was a nepo baby? Lucky is the very first host of the Hunger Games, part of an effort by Capitol leadership to raise viewership. Next up we meet Lucky Flickerman, an ancestor to Stanley Tucci’s popular Hunger Games host from the original films. Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) contemplates his grandmother’s rose (Lionsgate) Their connection blossoms as Snow accompanies the tributes from the train to their quarters in the Capitol’s zoo. His trademark roses make their first appearance, a gift to Lucy Gray from his grandmother’s precious garden. The other tributes are briefly glimpsed in the back of a truck, but we quickly move on to Snow and Lucy Gray’s first meeting. While Katniss hated the spotlight, Lucy Gray is a performer at heart – and she’s here to revolutionize the Hunger Games as we know it. Her mocking curtsy in this trailer mirrors the one Katniss performed in front of the Gamemakers in Catching Fire, but that’s where their similarities end. Part of a nomadic tribe that settled in District 12, Lucy Gray is openly defiant at the reaping. Luckily for him, Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird isn’t like other tributes. Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) at the 10th Annual Hunger Games reaping ceremony (Lionsgate) Coriolanus needs his tribute to win the Games if his family is to survive. The trailer doesn’t make this point clear, but the Snow family is actually destitute and barely surviving in a Capitol that remains ravaged by war. Assigned to the female tribute from District 12, Snow is immediately set up for failure. It’s here that Snow realizes the contentious nature of his relationship with Peter Dinklage’s Dean Casca Highbotom, the forefather of the Hunger Games. Davis cuts a striking figure throughout this trailer, perfectly bringing the kooky yet disturbing Gaul to life. ![]() Volumnia Gaul, the Games are undergoing a few changes this year. Introduced by Viola Davis’s villainous Head Gamemaker Dr. Volumnia Gaul in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ (Lionsgate) We first meet him at the Capitol Academy where he’s vying for a university scholarship, where the trailer opens with the televised reaping for the 10th Annual Hunger Games. This prequel follows a young Coriolanus Snow (played by Tom Blyth ) long before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem. So without further ado, let’s break down the teaser trailer that lit the internet on fire yesterday! Simple beginning for Hunger Games villain Coriolanus Snow The franchise has come roaring back to life in the last two months, thanks to the well-timed limited Netflix release of the original films coinciding with the beginning of the prequel film’s marketing campaign. At long last, true cinema returns in the form of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ! I may be a huge Marvel fan, but my love for the MCU is nothing compared to my passion for The Hunger Games. ![]()
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