The stars (from left) Josh Andres, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Hunter Schafer and director Francis Lawrence on the red carpet at the Zoo-Palast Photo: Jörg Carstensen/dpa
From BZ
“Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence loves filming in Berlin.
“Berlin is a fantastic city,” said the 52-year-old on Sunday before the European premiere of the film “The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” at the Zoo-Palast.
“We got the locations we needed here.” A large part of the film was shot in Germany.
In addition to Berlin, Cologne and Duisburg also became filming locations. The film from the well-known science fiction series “The Hunger Games” takes place 64 years before the events of the previous four films. Lawrence directed three films in the original Hunger Games series. The last part, “The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2,” hit cinema screens eight years ago.
The new prequel is based on the novel “The Hunger Games X – A Song of the Bird and the Snake” by the author of the Hunger Games book series, Suzanne Collins (61). The film will be released in German cinemas on November 16th.