The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Watch and Stream the Official Movie Trailer Now. Available Soon on Digital and On Demand. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Cast Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, in the upcoming action-adventure film based on the novel by American author Suzanne Collins. Coriolanus Snow is chosen to be a mentor to Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12, during the 10th Hunger Games.