Washington DC [US], November 24 (HBTV): The makers have released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest instalment in the Hunger Games franchise. The film is slated to hit theatres on November 20, 2026. According to Variety, Sunrise on the Reaping is based on the book of the same name and is set 24 years before the first film, following a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) who is selected to compete in the 50th Hunger Games.
Since the Games are the second Quarter Quell, held every 25 years, each district of Panem must send twice the tributes to the capital. In this edition, 48 children will fight to the death to win the Hunger Games. The first trailer reveals Joseph Zada's look in the film as he participates in the prequel alongside other competitors. Lionsgate shared the trailer on their Instagram handle on Thursday.
The footage is the first look at Zada in the role, originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the earlier Hunger Games series. Sunrise on the Reaping also stars Elle Fanning as a younger Effie Trinket, previously played by Elizabeth Banks. Ralph Fiennes appears as President Coriolanus Snow, a role portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original films and Tom Blyth in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes prequel.
Kieran Culkin will play Caesar Flickerman, the television host of the Hunger Games, played by Stanley Tucci in the original films. Jesse Plemons will portray a younger Plutarch Heavensbee, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Mockingjay films. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Glenn Close, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Billy Porter, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Molly McCann, Iona Bell and Percy Daggs IV are also part of the cast, reported Variety.
Sunrise on the Reaping is directed by Francis Lawrence, with a screenplay written by Billy Ray. Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson return as producers for the film.
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