A Hunger Games prequel is officially in the works. Lionsgate made the announcement today, as writer Suzanne Collins is getting ready to release her The Ballad of Songbirds and Snake novel on May 19th. There’s no word on casting for the prequel yet.
It’ll focus on Coriolanus Snow at 18 years old, before he would become the President of Panem. It’ll be directed by Francis Lawrence, who directed the previous Hunger Games movies.