Remember President Snow, the villain from The Hunger Games? Are you ready to cheer him on? The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, a prequel to the book and movie franchise, is coming to the big screen and follows a young Snow as he mentors--you guessed it--a female Hunger Games tribute from District 12.
In case you somehow missed out on The Hunger Games, the books and films follow Katniss Everdeen, a teenager from the poverty-stricken District 12--a portion of the United States set in the dystopian future. In the first book, she competes in a fight to the death against other children from around the country and winds up starting a revolution against Snow.
Now, Francis Lawrence--who directed three of the four Hunger Games movies--will return to bring The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes to life, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the film--and the book it's based on, which will be released on May 19--an 18-year-old Snow will attempt to guide a District 12 child of his own to victory in the 10th annual Hunger Games. For perspective on the timeline here, the first Hunger Games Katniss participated in was the 74th.
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