Jason Schwartzman Joins the Flickerman Family as Lucky in 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'

Jason Schwartzman has just been added to the growing cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Jason will play the role of Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, a weatherman with Capitol News Network, whom Dr. Gaul taps to host the 10th Annual Hunger Games. Lucky is a relative of the one and only Caesar Flickerman, originally played by Stanley Tucci in the Hunger Games films. I’m not sure there is a more perfect casting - Jason and Stanley Tucci definitely look like they’re related IRL. 

 Schwartzman joins Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer, and Josh Andres Rivera, among others, in the prequel to the original Hunger Games films, set in the time around the 10th Hunger Games. The film hits theaters November 17, 2023. 

Hunter Schafer Joins The Cast of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' as young Tigris

Euphoria star Hunter Schafer has officially joined the cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! This casting has been rumored for a while and we’ve all been crossing our fingers that the rumor was true. PERFECT CASTING! Or should we say purrrfect?

Hunter will play Tigris Snow, Coriolanus’s kind cousin and closest confidante. We can only hope her role is expanded from what was on the page. 

The cast already includes Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera as Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird and Sejanus Plinth, plus an ever-growing group of exiting newcomers. 

Welcome, Welcome! 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' Has Cast The 2nd Round Of Tributes, Mentors & More!

The cast of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes keeps growing, and Nick Benson, Laurel Marsden, Lilly Cooper, Luna Steeples and Hiroki Berrecloth are the latest additions to the ensemble. 

Nick Benson will play Jessup, the tribute from District 12 alongside Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird. Laurel Marsden will play Mayfair Lipp, the troublemaking daughter of District 12’s mayor and Billy Taupe’s girlfriend. Lilly Cooper will play Arachne Crane, mentor to Brandy, the female tribute from District 10. Luna Steeples will play Dill, the female tribute from District 11. Hiroki Berrecloth will play Treech, the male tribute from District 7.

Josh Andrés Rivera Cast as Sejanus Plinth in 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'

Josh Andrés Rivera will be returning to work with his West Side Story costar and real-life girlfriend Rachel Zegler (Lucy Gray Baird) as fan favorite Sejanus Plinth in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, based on the prequel novel by Suzanne Collins, takes place within the Hunger Games universe, set roughly 64 years before the first book in the original trilogy during the 10th Hunger Games. Sejanus is one of Coriolanus Snow’s classmates, close friends (?), and a reluctant mentor along side him in the Games. Sejanus isn’t Capitol-born. His father, a domineering munitions magnate from District Two, bought his way into Capitol high society. Sejanus feels like an outsider, both at home and in the Capitol. 

‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ hits theaters November 17, 2023. 

Casting News! Tributes & Mentors Cast For 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has reaped its first round of tribute and mentor characters! As you know, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes place within the Hunger Games universe, set roughly 64 years before the first book in the original trilogy.

Jerome Lance will play Marcus, the District 2 tribute who is mentored by (and has some history with) Sejanus Plinth. Ashley Liao (best known for Fuller House and Physical) will play Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s classmates and mentor to District 11's Reaper, who gets herself into a very slippery situation early in the festivities. Knox Gibson will play Bobbin, male tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing (Mare of Eastown) will play Coral, the female tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain will play Felix Ravinstill, the mentor to the female tribute from District 11, Dill.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes will be released in theaters on November 17, 2023.