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The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Song Birds And Snakes shared a first look on Tuesday.

Lionsgate gave fans a taste of what is ahead by dropping an image of Rachel Zegler and Tom Blythe in the movie, which will debut in November 2023.

The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes is penned by Susan Collins and is the prequel to the extraordinarily successful Hunger Games franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth.

Songbirds and Snakes first-look: Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth were seen in Lionsgate’s reveal on Tuesday

The film takes place 64 years before Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) becomes a District 12 tribute.

The first-look sneak peek showed Zegler, 21, who will debut in the role of Lucy Gray Baired and Blythe, 27, who will play a young Coriolanus Snow looked to be paired perfectly.

Scheduled to be released globally late next year, the reveal has excited its fans around the world who have anxiously awaited word on the progress of the film.   

The Hunger Games which earned over $3 billion thus far, inspired Collins to take her award-winning tale and write the prequel which hit several best sellers charts upon its release in 2020.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes explores the the early days of the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow, who is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol.

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With the 10th annual Hunger Games on the immediate horizon, Snow is concerned when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. 

After Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. 

Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird, and who is a snake.

What lead up to it all: author Suzanne Collins published the Hunger Games prequel in 2020

Other Hollywood heavyweights have been cast in the upcoming blockbuster to bring Susan Collins’ characters to life.

Viola Davis will play Dr. Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage is Casca Highbottom , Hunter Schafer is Tigris Snow, Josh Andrés Rivera is Sejanus Plinth, and Jason Schwartzman has been cast as Lucretius Flickerman.

Austrian director Francis Lawrence known for his direction of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay parts 1 and 2 is back to direct The Songbirds and the Snakes and is committed to exceeding the expectations of fans world-wide with this film.

A top draw: Zegler at the West Side Story premiere in New York in 2021