“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” in 12 Lankan cinemas from today

American dystopian action film “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” will be shown in 12 cinemas in Sri Lanka, from today.

They are, Liberty Colombo, Liberty Kiribathgoda, CCC, PVR, Savoy 3D, Savoy Rajagiriya, MC Colombo, Regal Dematagoda, Regal Gampaha, Regal  Katubedda, Regal Bandarawela and KCC.

Directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael Leslie and Michael Arndt, the film is based on the 2020 novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. It serves as a prequel to The Hunger Games (2012), and is the fifth instalment in The Hunger Games film series. The film stars Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, and Viola Davis.

Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows the events that eventually lead  young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with the Hunger Games tribute Lucy Gray Baird during the year of the 10th Hunger Games.

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 is 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.