The Hunger Games: Song of the Birds and Snakes "is a drama film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Tom Bryce. The film is adapted from the prequel novel of the same name published by Susan Collins in 2020. The story takes place roughly 64 years before The Hunger Games. It tells the story of 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow being selected as the mentor of the 10th Hunger Games and becoming a" life and death "community with Lucy Gray Baird, a poor girl from District 12.