A four-time Emmy Award-winning actor for his work on the ‘Game of Thrones’ series, Peter Dinklage is in advanced negotiations to co-star in ‘The Song of Birds and Serpents,’ a film that will trace the origins of the events. told in “The Hunger Games”.
According to Deadline, Dinklage will play Casca High Bottom, dean of the Academy, responsible for establishing the rules of the games and main mentor of the villainous Coriolanus Snow, played by Canadian Donald Sutherland in the four films of the franchise.
With a planned release in November 2023 in the United States, the film already has names like Tom Blyth (who will play the young Coriolanus Snow) and Rachel Zegler (in the skin of Lucy Gray Baird).
The direction will be signed by Francis Lawrence, responsible for the direction of the last three films in the series, “Burning on Fire” (2013), “A Mockingjay – Part 1” (2014) and “A Mockingjay – Part 2” (2015) .
Based on the books by Suzanne Collins, the “Hunger Games” franchise hit theaters in 2012 and spawned four films, which have grossed over $3 billion worldwide.
The new film will chronicle the events of the villainous Coriolanus’ life when he was still 18 and tasked with training Lucy for the newly launched games.
“Pop culture fan. Coffee expert. Bacon nerd. Infuriatingly humble communicator. Friendly gamer.”
