âThe Hunger Games,â Suzanne Collinsâ hit dystopian-teen series, returns to the big screen with its sixth installment: âSunrise on the Reaping.â Lionsgate, which green lit the film prior to the bookâs publication, released the movie’s first official teaser trailer, bringing audiences a never-before-seen version of Panem.Â
âSunrise on the Reapingâ is a Prequel
âSunrise on the Reapingâ is the second prequel in the âThe Hunger Gamesâ franchise, taking place 24 years before the events of âThe Hunger Gamesâ and 40 years after âThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.â A film adaptation of the latter novel released in 2023, featuring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth as Lucy Gray Baird and a young President Coriolanus Snow during the 10th annual Hunger Games.Â
In âSunrise on the Reaping,â Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in the original trilogy, enters the arena for the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the second Quarter Quell. A typical reaping takes 24 teenaged tributes away from the 12 Districts and puts them into the arena, but this special version of the Games reaps twice as many. Throughout the harrowing story, Katniss and Peetaâs eventual mentor finds himself facing not just his fellow tributes, but the powerful, shadowy figures operating behind Panemâs closed doors.Â
Joseph Zada, seen in Amazonâs We Were Liars, plays Haymitch. Harrelson can be heard in a voiceover, in which he ominously proclaims: âI think these games are going to be different.â
âSunrise on the Reaping” Features a Brand New Cast
âSunrise on the Reapingâ brings several new characters into the âThe Hunger Gamesâ series but also features many familiar faces. Acting alongside Zada are major names starring as iconic characters like Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow.
Other newcomers to the âThe Hunger Gamesâ cinematic universe include Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl) as Haymitchâs girlfriend Lenore Dove and Ben Wang (The Long Walk), Mckenna Grace (Regretting You) and Molly McCann (Vivarium) as fellow District 12 tributes Wyatt, Maysilee and Louella.
Francis Lawrence returns to direct his fifth âThe Hunger Gamesâ film. Helming the movies since âCatching Fire,â Lawrence has made a niche for himself in the âteen death gameâ genre. The filmmaker directed an adaptation of Stephen Kingâs dystopian horror âThe Long Walkâ earlier this year. âSunrise on the Reapingâ began filming this summer and remains in production.
âSunrise on the Reapingâ arrives in theaters on November 20, 2026.
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