The anticipated prequel of the young adult series The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes arrives digitally on Tuesday, January 30.

Lionsgate also announced the physical media with 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD a couple of weeks later on Tuesday, February 13.

The package has over 2.5 hours of special features on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray.

The ensemble cast includes Tom Blyth (Benediction), Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Hunter Schafer (Euphoria), Josh Andrés Rivera (West Side Story), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), and Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder). Francis Lawrence returns to the helm from the screenplay written by Michael Lesslie and Michael Arndt based on Suzanne Collin’s novel of the same name.

Here is the official description of the film:

Sixty-four years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes follows a young Coriolanus as he unites with Lucy Gray Baird in the 10^th Hunger Games, and battles his instincts for both good an evil.

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Here are the 4K UHD/Blu-Ray special features:

*Audio commentary with producer-director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson (not included in digital)

*“Predator or Prey: Making The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” eight-part documentary (not included in digital)

-Songbirds & Snakes (The Acting Ensemble)

-Purse as the Driven Snow (The Music of Lucy Gray Baird)

-A Palette of Tactics (On Location in Poland and Berlin)

-Humanity Undressed (Costume, Makeup & Hair)

-To the Victor Go the Spoils (Stunts & Weapons)

-Inner Sanctum (The Post-Production Process)

-Snow Lands on Top (Reflections)

*“The Hanging Tree” song by Rachel Zegler

*A Letter to the Fans

*Theatrical Trailers (4K only)

Here are the DVD features:

*Audio commentary with producer-director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson

*Welcome Back to Panem

*The music of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*The costumes of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*The casting of The Ballad Songbirds & Snakes

*“The Hanging Tree” song by Rachel Zegler

*A Letter to the Fans

Here are the Apple TV special features:

*Finding a different sound: the music of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*Welcome Back to Panem

*The music of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*The costumes of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*The casting of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*“The Hanging Tree” song by Rachel Zegler

*A Letter to the fans

Here are the Amazon Blu-ray exclusive special features:

*Imagining the Retro Future: The Look of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

*The Arc of a Tyrant: Creating Coriolanus Snow in The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

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Source: Lionsgate