Lionsgate has released a new trailer for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,’ taking audiences back to Panem for a new chapter in the hugely successful dystopian franchise.
Based on Suzanne Collins’ novel, the film follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada, 24 years before the events of the original The Hunger Games. The story begins on the morning of the reaping for the Fiftieth Hunger Games, otherwise known as the Second Quarter Quell.
As Haymitch is thrust into the deadly arena, the new film will explore a pivotal chapter in the character’s past and reveal more about the events that helped shape the man audiences would later encounter in the original trilogy.
Francis Lawrence, who previously directed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the two-part The Hunger Games: Mockingjay films, returns to direct. The screenplay has been adapted by Billy Ray.
Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce, with Cameron MacConomy serving as executive producer.
‘The Hunger Games’ franchise has already proven to be a major box-office force, with its five films taking in more than $3.3 billion worldwide.
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‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ will be released in cinemas on November 20, 2026.
