President Snow’s Origin Story Will Change How You See Hunger Games Movies, Prequel Producer Explains

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will change viewers’ perspectives on the original movies, reveals a producer. The new movie stars Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow, the man who will grow up to become the ruthless President of the dystopian nation of Panem. As played by Donald Sutherland in the original four movies, President Snow is the primary antagonist for young Hunger Games tribute Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who finds herself more or less accidentally becoming the figurehead of a rebellion against him and his bloodthirsty regime.