'The Hunger Games' prequel teaser released and release date announced

The approximately one-and-a-half-minute video doesn't include any actual footage of the film but offers a chilling look at a gold snake slithering toward a gold bird on a tree while both are shedding snow from themselves, set to haunting vocals and dramatic piano.

"You're invited to return to the Games," the text in the teaser reads.

"In 2023, the world will discover who is a songbird and who is a snake."

At the end of the teaser, the official title of the prequel movie is revealed, which is 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'.

The movie will be in theaters across the nation on November 17, 2023.

Rachel Zegler, who won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her role as Maria Vasquez in Steven Spielberg's musical drama, will star as Lucy Gray Braid.

Tom Blyth has also been cast for the movie to portray the young Coriolanus Snow, the role made famous by Donald Sutherland in the original trilogy.

Francis Lawrence, who directed three of the four 'Hunger Games' movies, 'Catching Fire', 'Mockingjay Part One' and 'Mockingjay Part Two', is back at the helm.