The Hunger Games Stage Adaptation Heading to London's West End Fall 2024

The Hunger Games first ever stage adaptation is heading to London's West End in Fall 2024. Suzanne Collins is collaborating on the project, and the show will be based on the first book, according to a press release today.

Conor McPherson, an Olivier Award-winning Irish playwright, has adapted Collins' novel and the movie into the upcoming theatrical production directed by Matthew Dunster.

 "In a world where the truth itself seems increasingly up for grabs, The Hunger Games beautifully expresses values of resilience, self-reliance, and independent moral inquiry for younger people especially," McPherson said in the statement. "This is turbo-charged storytelling of the highest order, and I'm hugely excited to bring it to a new generation of theatergoers and Suzanne Collins' longstanding and devoted fans."

Collins said she was "very excited to collaborate with the amazing team" for the production.

No word on casting the adaptation, which will highlight The Hunger Games reluctant hero Katniss Everdeen, made famous by Jennifer Lawrence on the big screen (not to mention Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, among others).

Dunster said in the release that McPherson's play honors "the voice of Katniss Everdeen so rigorously." The play will follow the 24 young tributes pitted against each other in a televised battle for their lives by the ruthless Capitol and the following Katniss-inspired rebellion.

"This is theatre. It's The Hunger Games in the theatre," Dunster said in the release.

Head to The Hunger Games Onstage for more info and to sign up for updates.

Enter The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Fan Screening SWEEPSTAKES in The Queue App

Download the Queue app and add The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes to your queue for a chance to attend a red carpet Special Fan Screening of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes in Los Angeles on November 13th. Plus, starting Nov. 1, Queue users purchasing a ticket to see the new movie can receive a second ticket for free, available only in the app. 

SWEEPSTAKES & LA EVENT:

Two Hunger Games fans will get a chance to attend the red carpet fan screening of “Songbirds & Snakes” on November 13, 2023. Any U.S.-based user can enter to win:

• Round trip travel + 2 night hotel stay in Los Angeles, CA for two

• Two tickets to the  official Los Angeles Fan Event Screening of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Motion Posters For The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes character posterThere are new motion posters for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes featuring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis, and Jason Schwartzman in their character poster setting. Check them out below:

The Hanging Tree Performed By Rachel Zegler from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Is Now Available!

Rachel Zegler’s performance of The Hanging Tree from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is out everywhere now! We’ve been waiting to hear this version of the song since The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book debuted in 2020.

You can save the song HERE.

And here's a new clip of Lucy Gray writing the song in THE meadow from the movie.

New Bonus Footage from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

We've finally got the official look at the bonus footage from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes featured at the re-release of The Hunger Games in theaters this week! 

In this extended first look at the new film featuring new footage plus Rachel Zegler's rendition of The Hanging Tree, director Francis Lawrence explains how the origin story depicts a young Coriolanus Snow being "groomed to become the man he becomes."

Producer Nina Jacobson says in the clip, "Snow's never met anybody like her [Lucy Gray]. That romance between them makes Snow question everything he believes."

The clip also showcases Zegler's performance of The Hanging Tree, a song Jennifer Lawrence sang in 2014's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 that made its way to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It's just one of several songs from the book that Zegler sings in the new film.

Composer James Newton Howard says, "Hanging Tree is back in a completely different iteration and treatment." Adds director Francis, "Here, we see Lucy Gray coming up with it for the first time."

Dave Cobb is the film's executive music producer, which features tunes inspired by British Isles music and Southern music mashed together for the dystopian setting.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is in theaters on November 17. Rachel Zegler's "The Hanging Tree" single is available Friday, October 20th

New Interviews With The Cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Did the cast of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes read The Hunger Games book series growing up? In new, previously recorded interviews from the set, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, and Josh Andrés Rivera were asked this question. Here are their answers. 

Know Your District - The 10th Hunger Games Mentors In-World Promo For The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Clemensia Dovecote (Ashley Liao) Mentor in the 10th Hunger GamesThe Hunger Games TikTok is posting a series of short clips featuring the Mentors of the 10th Hunger Games, giving us a little insight into each district. The first of these in-world promos are from Clemensia Dovecote (Ashley Liao) on Districts 1 and 5. 

Next up is Lysistrata Vickers (Zoe Renee) on District 3. 

And finally, it’s Festus Creed (Max Raphael) on District 4.

The Hanging Tree by Rachel Zegler from ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Drops Friday Oct 20

The Hanging Tree performed by Rachel Zegler Cover Art

The Hanging Tree performed by Rachel Zegler from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be released as a single this Friday, October 20! 

 You can pre save The Hanging Tree on Spotify or pre add on Apple Music here.