The Next ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Has Found Its President Snow

Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes has officially been cast as President Coriolanus Snow in Lionsgate’s upcoming cinematic prequel in their Hunger Games franchise. In The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Fiennes will portray another YA lit villain by stepping into the shoes of Panem’s infamous dictator. The adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling book includes a stacked ensemble cast that stars Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, and Ben Wang. Fiennes takes over the role from both the late great Donald Sutherland , who portrayed Snow in the original Hunger Games adaptations, and Tom Blyth, who portrayed the younger Snow in the first prequel movie, Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. “We wanted to honor Donald Sutherland by having one of this generation’s greatest actors play President Snow 24 years before Katniss Everdeen entered the arena,” producer Nina Jacobson said in a press release. “Working wi ... Read full article.