The Hunger Games returned to theaters this past weekend with The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and took the top spot on the charts, but it was a far cry from the franchise’s heyday.

The Hunger Games return to theaters with The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes along with Eli Roth’s full-length version of Thanksgiving, Trolls Band Together, Next Goal Wins, Rustin on Netflix and more.

This week on the Everything Actioncast, Zach and Chris talk about the new trailers for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Percy Jackson and The Olympians, two different sides of Nicolas Cage, cinematic classics Bonnie & Clyde and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and more.

Almost a decade since The Hunger Games ended with Mockingjay Part 2 in 2015, we’re returning to Panem for the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, in November.

The first Hunger Games movie turns 10 this week and one of the major ways it was promoted was via its soundtrack album, The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond, which featured the pairing of Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars for the single “Safe & Sound”.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris talk the new title and release date for Venom 2, the Hunger Games prequel movie, Chris Pine taking over from Val Kilmer in The Saint reboot, Nicolas Cage going Lovecraft in Color out of Space, classic video gaming in High Score Girl and more.

DC’s Vertigo imprint is no more, new details about the upcoming reboots of The Stand and Creepshow, Avengers: Endgame is getting new footage starting next week in theaters, Anthony Carrigan will battle Bill and Ted in the upcoming third movie, Halloween 2018 is getting a sequel and more in this week’s News Shotgun.

The Hunger Games saga finally closes out this week with Mockingjay Part 2 on DVD and Blu-Ray along with Daddy’s Home, AMC’s Turn and Fear the Walking Dead and more.