The real hunger game? Watching actors pretend to eat raw meat for two hours.
Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is a feature-length documentary film about the making of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. It is only included with purchases of the film in 4K UHD or on Blu-ray.
Acting
Tom Blyth's unsettling commitment to young Snow's hunger.
Production
Building the Capitol from ruins to glittering dystopia.
Costume
Lucy Gray's rainbow dress: 47 hours of hand-embroidery revealed.
Director
Jon Mefford
Tom Blyth
Self (Coriolanus Snow)
Rachel Zegler
Self (Lucy Gray Baird)
Peter Dinklage
Self (Dean Casca Highbottom)
Jason Schwartzman
Self (Lucretius 'Lucky' Flickerman)
Hunter Schafer
Self (Tigris Snow)
Josh Rivera
Self (Sejanus Plinth)
Viola Davis
Self (Dr. Volumnia Gaul)
Francis Lawrence
Self - Director
Nina Jacobson
Self - Executive Producer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary's title comes from a cut scene where Snow explicitly debates his nature—ironically, the making-of kept what the film discarded.
This 150-minute feature is only available on physical media, making it one of the last major franchise docs locked behind Blu-ray paywalls in the streaming era.
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