The Hunger Games
now we're cookin'
Another Hunger Games Book—and a Movie—Are Coming
Suzanne Collins announced that the Haymitch origin story, Sunrise on the Reaping, will be published in 2025.
Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Inside the Dystopian Appalachia Music of the Hunger Games Prequel
Songbirds and Snakes executive music producer Dave Cobb on Rachel Zegler’s live vocals, using The Smiths as unlikely inspiration, and why author Suzanne Collins is “the most brilliant person I’ve ever talked to.”
Video
Watch The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Cast Quiz Each Other
What is Tom Blyth’s ironic biggest fear, and which surprising call did Rachel Zegler make at the Academy Awards?
Reviews
The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Is the Rare Good Prequel
It’s possible, Francis Lawrence’s movie suggests, to do something as cynical as a brand extension with care and insight.
only you can save us
Teen Dystopian Movies Ranked, From The Hunger Games to Divergent
As The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes enters the canon, a ranking of movies adapted from dystopian YA novels—from the utterly bleak to the peak.
Little Gold Men
With The Hunger Games Prequel, Tom Blyth Enters a Whole New Arena
On the eve of his star-making turn as a pre-presidency Coriolanus Snow, the actor shares why he went no-contact with the original franchise cast, what he’d ask Donald Sutherland now, and how he’d approach the next chapter of Snow’s villainy.
the play’s the thing
The Hunger Games Play Is Headed to London's West End
Playwright Conor McPherson is set to adapt the first novel from Suzanne Collins’s dystopian young adult series.
catching fire
Hunger Games Director Says Final Movies Should Have Never Been Split: “I Totally Regret It”
His peace offering? The longest Hunger Games movie ever made. “We got so much shit for splitting Mockingjay into two that I was like, ‘No way. I’ll just make a longer movie.’”
Snow Lands on Top
The Games Begin in New The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Trailer
Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler fight for survival—in two very different ways—in the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s best-selling Hunger Games prequel.
hemsworth repeating
Jennifer Lawrence Would Love to Clear Up Those Liam Hemsworth Cheating Rumors
She did not, in fact, come in like a wrecking ball.
hello again
No Hard Feelings Is a Perfect Reintroduction to Jennifer Lawrence
It’s a reminder of why audiences fell in love with her in the first place.
girl on fire
Jennifer Lawrence Says She Was Pressured to Lose Weight For The Hunger Games
“I remember the biggest conversation was ‘How much weight are you going to lose?’” Lawrence said of her initial casting in the blockbuster franchise.
let the games begin
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Exclusive First Look
Our first official look at Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird in the Hunger Games prequel movie has arrived.
Dystopian Decline
Nobody Ever Found the Next Hunger Games—But Boy, Did They Try
Ten years after the first film’s release, it’s clear that its legacy couldn’t be matched by the Y.A. franchises that followed.
May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
A Hunger Games Prequel Movie Is Coming to Brighten Our Current Dystopia
It‘s based on Suzanne Collins’s upcoming novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which focuses on the young life of future dictator Coriolanus Snow.
Right on Target
Jennifer Lawrence Says That, Yes, She Has Made Out with Liam Hemsworth
“Liam’s real hot. What would you have done?”
Box Office Rundown
What Happened to Mockingjay Part 2 at the Box Office
The soft box office for Katniss’s final adventure says less about this landmark franchise than the supersize way Hollywood is rolling out its biggest movies.
Movies
Here’s How Many People Katniss Killed: The Hunger Games, by The Numbers
After four movies and many, many arrows fired, we use numbers to break down the saga of the Girl on Fire, from Gale’s jealous looks to Caesar Flickerman’s laughs.
Laying Down The J. Law
Jennifer Lawrence Takes Bourbon Shots on Mockingjay-Premiere Red Carpet
Kissing Cousins
Jennifer Lawrence Explains the Difference Between Kissing Chris Pratt and Her Hunger Games Co-Stars
One of them doesn’t feel like making out with a family member—not that there’s anything wrong with that.