Collins hasn’t definitely said that she won’t write a sequel to “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” she just hasn’t said that she will. “I would love to see Snow’s rise to power because he’s just a great character,” producer Nina Jacobson told People. There are 64 more years of Snow’s life to fill in, but does Collins agree with Jacobson?
In 2020, Collins told Scholastic: “I have two worlds, the Underland (the world of ‘The Underland Chronicles’ series) and Panem (the world of ‘The Hunger Games’). I use both of them to explore elements of just war theory. When I find a related topic that I want to examine, then I look for the place it best fits. The state of nature debate of the Enlightenment period naturally lent itself to a story centered on Coriolanus Snow.”
Collins told the story she wanted to tell in just one book: Snow’s character arc in “Songbirds and Snakes” ends with him realizing the Hunger Games are a microcosm of a dog-eat-dog-world. It’s a conclusion that’s echoed in the film, which is closely faithful to the book.
Jacobson made it clear to Polygon that without Collins involved, there are no more “Hunger Games” movies coming. That being said, money talks. The positive buzz and increased publicity from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” playing in movie theaters could motivate Collins to find a new topic that interests her and continue Snow’s story … or someone else’s.