Lionsgate has released the teaser trailer for “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping”
The film takes place in the world of Panem, a full 24 years before the events of “The Hunger Games,” starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games/Second Quarter Quell.
The filming begins with the young Plutarch Heavensbee (Jesse Plemons) in District 12, capturing the reaping of the Tributes there when he meets a 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada), a District 12 tribute who competes in the 50th Hunger Games.
Haymitch will one day go on to mentor Katniss Everdeen as she prepares for the 74th Hunger Games.
Other cast members includes Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan, Billy Porter as Magno Stift, Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle, and Ralph Fiennes as President Coriolanus Snow.
Francis Lawrence directs from a screenplay by Billy Ray, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producers.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping opens in cinemas November 20th 2026.
