Viola Davis To Play The Villain in 'The Hunger Games' Prequel

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Viola Davis is the latest star to join The Hunger Games prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

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The 57-year-old actress will star as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul in the upcoming flick, opposite Rachel Zegler, 

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 Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman and Peter Dinklage.

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 Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman and Peter Dinklage.

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The Lionsgate movie is based on the 2020 book of the same name, which takes place decades before the adventures of Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games.”

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Davis is a Tony winner for “Fences” and “King Hedley II,” an Oscar winner for “Fences” and an Emmy winner for “How to Get Away With Murder

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