Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence learned from his big Mockingjay mistake, and this has likely saved The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Hunger Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, nearly repeated a mistake of the parent series, and the decision to do otherwise has saved the upcoming film. Set 64 years before the events of Katniss' first stint in the Hunger Games arena, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is based on the prequel novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.
Splitting Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes Into Two Movies Wouldn't Have Worked There is certainly a lot to the plot of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, so it would have been easy enough to stretch Snow's story over two films. Ultimately, Lawrence was likely tempted to do so because of the 2-hour-and-45-minute runtime of the upcoming film. However, as seen with the Mockingjay movies, this isn't what audiences want.
Hunger Games Made The Exact Same Mistake With Mockingjay Back when The Hunger Games movies were wrapping themselves up, it was a popular choice for book-to-screen franchises to split their final installments into two parts. It was seen with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, but in these cases, the second part performed exceptionally well at the box office.
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