Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’ Biggest Connections To The Hunger Games Movies

The events of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes take place 64 years before Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the 74th Hunger Games, but the prequel contains numerous references to the first four movies in the franchise. The 2023 film depicts Coriolanus Snow as an 18-year-old trying to prove himself in the Capitol, and it highlights his complex relationship with the female tribute from District 12 for the 10th Hunger Games, Lucy Gray Baird. Along the way, director Francis Lawrence and co-writers Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt wove many Easter eggs throughout the movie that connect to The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Part 1, and Mockingjay – Part 2.