After the franchise success of The Hunger Games, Collins wrote a prequel book titledThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It’s set 64 years before the events of Katniss’s story during the 10th annual Hunger Games.
Lionsgate also developed the prequel novel into a movie with Rachel Zegler in the lead as Lucy Gray Baird. As the movie also sees success at the box office, will Collins develop a sequel or another Hunger Games book?
Could Songbirds and Snakes get a sequel installment?
Suzanne Collins hasn’t revealed plans to write another book in the Hunger Games series and no plans to develop a sequel to The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
According to producer Nina Jacobson, if Collins has no plans to develop a sequel for Songbirds & Snakes or another Hunger Games book, they will leave the franchise as is.
In an interview with Polygon, shesaid, “If [Collins] had a story in this world with something she wanted to talk about, something to explore, then great. But if not, better to leave a franchise as something people feel fondly about rather than crank out a sequel for the sake of a sequel.”
“Do I think she will write more books in the world? I do, and I hope she will. Do I have any idea what they’ll be? Not really!” she also revealed.
Jacobson added that Collins doesn’t write for the paycheck, but instead writes when she has a story to tell. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes left the possibility of more ventures into unexplored areas of the franchise. For now, fans will have to wait and see when inspiration strikes the writer.
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Gabriela Silva was a Senior TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Netflix originals, K-Drama, and Disney+ shows. She also has bylines at ScreenRant, Pop Br, and Showbiz Cheat Sheet.
