Peter Dinklage has been cast as Casca Highbottom, dean of the Academy, in the upcoming prequel film “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” at Lionsgate.
Dinklage will star opposite Tom Blyth as young Coriolanus Snow, and Rachel Zegler as District 12 tribute Lucy Gray Baird in this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel.
The story follows an 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow who is the last hope for his fading lineage in a post-war Capitol. With the tenth annual Hunger Games fast approaching, he is assigned to mentor Lucy.
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 a snake.
In the story Dinklage’s Dean Highbottom is one of the most powerful people in Snow’s life. He’s the austere and vindictive face of the games, setting the rules that will determine every aspect of Coriolanus’ fate.
“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” will debut in cinemas worldwide on November 17th 2023.
Source: THR
