The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a 2023 English-language Action Adventure movie written by Michael Arndt and Michael Lesslie. The movie is directed by Francis Lawrence and produced by Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson and Francis Lawrence. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows the events that lead a young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with the Hunger Games District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games. The hunger games: the ballad of songbirds and snakes features Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andr S Rivera, Viola Davis and Anni Baumann. The screenplay is written by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt which is inspired from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. The music was composed by James Newton Howard. Cinematography was done by Jo Willems and editing by Mark Yoshikawa. The motion picture has a running time of 157 minutes. It was released on 17th November 2023. The Film was successful at box office. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was made on a budget of $100 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $337 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Lionsgate Films. Set 64 years before the events of the first film, its plot follows the events that lead a young Coriolanus Snow on the path to becoming the tyrannical leader of Panem, including his relationship with the Hunger Games District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games.