Peter Dinklage is swapping one beloved fantasy series for another.
For eight years, the New Jersey native played Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones. The iconic role earned him an Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Dinklage is now set to feature in another book-to-screen adaptation as he has been cast in the forthcoming prequel to The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was announced back in April 2020, and will be in theatres on November 17, 2023.
The film will focus on Coriolanus Snow as an 18-year-old boy, long before he becomes the tyrannical President of Panem. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, Snow is tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12, whose decision to sing during the reaping ceremony makes Snow believe he can turn the tide in their favor.
Dinklage has been cast as Casca Highbottom, the Dean of the academy, and one of the most powerful people in Snow’s life. “As the austere and vindictive face of the games, he sets the rules that will determine every aspect of Coriolanus’s fate. I’m thrilled that Peter will be bringing him to life,” said director Francis Lawrence who helmed the last three movies in the Hunger Games franchise.
Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler have already been cast as Coriolanus Snow and Lucy Gray Baird, respectively.
