Actress Viola Davis is the latest addition to the cast of Lionsgate's upcoming prequel "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes". #ViolaDavis #HungerGames

Clocking in at about a minute and a half, the teaser trailer does little more than announce the film's release date in an attempt to drum up nostalgia about a series whose last installment dropped eight years before this one.

Earlier today, it was announced that West Side Story star Rachel Zegler has been cast as Lucy Gray Baird in 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.' Prequel to the Jennifer Lawrence-starring The Hunger Games series, the new film focuses on a young Coriolanus Snow and his mentee, Baird.