Peter Dinklage Set to Star in Hunger Games Prequel

It's being reported that "Game of Thrones" alum Peter Dinklage will star in the upcoming prequel to The Hunger Games, titled "Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes".

Dinklage will star opposite Tom Blyth, who is playing the young Coriolanus Snow, and Rachel Zegler, as tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Dinklage is set to play Casca Highbottom, the dean of the Academy.

"I cannot think of an actor more perfectly suited to inhabit the role of Highbottom. As the man credited with conceiving the Hunger Games and the Dean of the Academy,  Casca Highbottom is a character with secrets.  Peter's magnetism, intensity and dark humor will infuse him with the intelligence, depth and pathos that the role demands," said franchise producer Nina Jacobson.

Director Francis Lawrence said, "Dean Highbottom is 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." 

Dinklage is best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister on HBO's "Game of Thrones", for which he won 4 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series.

"Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes" is set for a November 17, 2023 release.