Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler has officially been tapped for the leading role of Lucy Gray Baird in Lionsgate’s forthcoming The Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
“With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12.
Written by Michael Lesslie based on a draft by Collins and Michael Arndt, the film will be helmed by Hunger Games films director Francis Lawrence.
The prequel is currently scheduled for a November 17, 2023, theatrical release.