The Hunger Games’ Prequel Confirms 1 Key Element Of Book Adaptations That Upcoming Movies & Shows Must Learn From

The positive reactions to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes prove that one key lesson needs to be continued concerning book adaptations for future movies and TV shows. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel story to The Hunger Games and its subsequent three sequels. Set around 60 years before Katniss Everdeen’s rebellion against the Capitol, the story centers on a young Coriolanus Snow. Before he became the ruthless authoritarian president of Panem, Snow was a mentor to the Hunger Games Tributes of District 12, placing the film as the first chronological entry in the order of Hunger Games movies.