What happens after Songbirds & Snakes – Will there be another Hunger Games movie?
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes introduced us to more of Panem and The Hunger Games, but will there be more in the future?
The 10th AnnualHunger Gameshave finally appeared on our screens, in the new Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.
The prequel gives us a lot more focus on the Capitol, and follows this synopsis: “Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who’s a songbird and who’s a snake.”
But considering there’s still a massive gap between the prequel and the original books, what happens in between? And will that lead to another Hunger Games movie? Let’s get into it but first:Spoiler warning for Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes!
We won’t get into too much about how the movie ends – if you want to know more about that clickhere– but ultimately, Lucy Gray manages to escape District 12 – or perhaps dies trying, we don’t get a confirmation – and Snow goes back to the Capitol, re-earning his high place in society and working under Dr Gaul.
The movie ends basically when the book ends, but there is a big gap of time in between this movie and the original film franchise, leaving questions about multiple characters. But we can clearly see how Snow is about to become the ruthless President that he is.
In between the actions of the movie and the original trilogy, and from what we can gather from the books, a number of things happen, including but not limited to:
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There’s also some stuff after Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes that we can theorise as Snow’s doing. Some fans have guessed that the Avox’s creation, the stricter fences around District 12, and the Hob changing from a performance space to a black market may all have been his way to get back at Lucy Gray; her voice, her freedom of movement, and her stage.
Will there be another Hunger Games movie?
That seems to depend on whether or not author Suzanne Collins will write another Hunger Games book. For now, that doesn’t seem to be the case, but according to director Francis Lawrence, there could be hope.
As we have already covered here at Dexerto, Collins currently has announced no plans to write another book. But if she were to, director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson would be very willing to adapt it for the screen.
As stated by Lawrence in an on-carpet interview, “Anything Hunger Games has to come from Suzanne… if she writes a book that turns into a series, awesome. Or if Suzanne writes another book that’s a movie, amazing.”
Francis Lawrence on the future of the ‘HUNGER GAMES’ franchise in movies & TV.“Anything Hunger Games has to come from Suzanne… if she writes a book that turns into a series, awesome. Or if Suzanne writes another book that’s a movie, amazing.”pic.twitter.com/5PrWQH12um
In an interview withPolygon, Jacobson said, “If [Collins] had a story in this world with something she wanted to talk about, something to explore, then great. But if not, better to leave a franchise as something people feel fondly about rather than crank out a sequel for the sake of a sequel.”
“Do I think she will write more books in the world? I do, and I hope she will. Do I have any idea what they’ll be? Not really!” she also revealed.
Many fans have been begging for years for books about Haymitch or Finnick’s Games, but who knows where any future Hunger Games project could take us?
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