Rachel embodies all of those skills - she is the perfect choice for our Lucy Gray,” Nathan Kahane, president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said in a statement. “When you read Suzanne’s book, Lucy Gray’s emotional intelligence, physical agility, and fiercely powerful, determined singing voice shine through.
Zegler will play Lucy Gray, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. The company’s Hunger Games franchise had earned over $3 billion globally when it wrapped up in 2014, and it is now looking to extend the life span with the adaptation of Collins’ latest novel in the dystopian series, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.įrancis Lawrence, who directed three of the four Hunger Games movies - Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part One, and Mockingjay Part Two - is back in the helmer’s seat with franchise producer Nina Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson back as producers. The adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel will debut in theaters worldwide Nov. Lionsgate has cast Rachel Zegler, who played Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, as Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
