Jennifer Lawrence instructed Variety in June throughout her “No Hard Feelings” press tour that she is “totally” open to reprising her “Hunger Games” position of Katniss Everdeen ought to the proper alternative come up. She added on the time, “If Katniss ever could ever come back into my life, 100 percent.”

But franchise producer Nina Jacobson and director Francis Lawrence aren’t relying on it. Why? Because Katniss’ story feels full, and it might hinge on “Hunger Games” creator Suzanne Collins eager to revisit Katniss herself. If Collins doesn’t need to crack a narrative about Katniss’ return, then the movie crew gained’t be bringing Jennifer Lawrence again.

“If Suzanne has something to say, then she’ll write a book about it,” Jacobson lately instructed Yahoo Entertainment whereas on the press tour of the upcoming launch of the franchise prequel “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.”

“Honestly, as much as I love Katniss, I think her story is complete,” Jacobson added. “And I think that Suzanne feels that her story is complete. But if that changes, and Suzanne has something she wants to say, and it involves Katniss, then I would be thrilled. But really any chance to be back in this world, and lead with Francis and Suzanne, I would take regardless of who it was about.”

“What I’ve always loved is that Suzanne usually writes these things because she has a thematic idea she wants to explore,” added Francis Lawrence, who directed Jennifer Lawrence in each “Hunger Games” movie sequel. “So I think that if for whatever reason she had some thematic idea that made sense to tell another Katniss story, I’d be in, and then I’m sure Jen would be in. But it really all comes from theme and idea, and Suzanne.”

“The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” is about greater than 60 years earlier than “The Hunger Games,” which means there was by no means an opportunity that Jennifer Lawrence would reprise her star-making position of Katniss. The lead character within the prequel is Lucy Gray Baird, performed by Rachel Zegler. Lucy is a tribute from District 12 who’s mentored by a younger Snow (Tom Blyth) for the tenth annual Hunger Games.

“Katniss was an introvert and a survivor,” Lawrence instructed Empire journal in August in regards to the large distinction between Katniss and Lucy. “She was quite quiet and stoic, you could almost say [she was] asexual. Lucy Gray is the opposite. She wears her sexuality on her sleeve. She really is a performer.”

“She loves crowds,” Lawrence added of Lucy. “She knows how to play crowds and manipulate people.”

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” opens in theaters Nov. 17 from Lionsgate.