The Hunger Games Star Jennifer Lawrence Is ‘100 Percent’ Down to Play Katniss Everdeen Again

Jennifer Lawrence volunteers as tribute!

During a recent interview with Variety, the 32-year-old actor was asked if she’d ever be interested in reprising her role from The Hunger Games franchise, based on the hyper-popular dystopian YA novels by Suzanne Collins. From 2012 to 2015, Lawrence brought the bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine Katniss Everdeen to life on film, securing herself a permanent spot on Hollywood’s A-list. Of course, the 2013 Academy Award for best actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook didn’t hurt, but I digress. 

Would Lawrence ever want to return to Panem? “Oh, my God—totally!” she told Variety over Zoom. “If Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.” Looking off-camera, she added, “My producing partner just clutched her heart.”

With Lawrence on board, it’s looking like the odds of a true Hunger Games revival are ever in our favor. I mean, what studio would turn down the opportunity to bring back a franchise that grossed nearly $3 billion?

In fact, Lionsgate is already producing The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which is scheduled to hit theaters in November 2023. The film stars Tom Blyth as young Coriolanus Snow opposite West Side Story’s Rachel Zegler, who plays yet another disenfranchised District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray Baird. The prequel also stars Viola Davis and Euphoria‘s Hunter Schafer.

Check out the official synopsis:

“Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy, Snow and Lucy’s race against time to survive will ultimately reveal who is a songbird and a snake.”