Lionsgate on Tuesday announced that it would adapt Suzanne Collins’ highly anticipated novel The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes, an upcoming prequel, as part of the popular Hunger Games film franchise.
The studio will bring on the same creative team that translated some of the novels to the big screen. Francis Lawrence will direct; Michael Arndt, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, will write the screenplay; Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce; and Collins will executive produce and write the film’s treatment.