Lionsgate hasโ unveiled the first trailer for “The Hunger โGames: Sunrise on the reaping,” offering a first lookโค at Joseph Zada as a โฃyoung Haymitch Abernathy. The film,โ slated for release on November 20, 2026,โ delvesโ into the โคbackstory of the fan-favorite character and expands the world of Panem.”Sunrise on โthe Reaping” is basedโ on the forthcoming 2025 novel of theโ same name and is set 24 years before theโข eventsโ of the original “Hungerโฃ Games”โ trilogy. The story โฃcenters on Haymitch’s participation in the 50th Hunger Games, a special Quarter Quell โedition โwhere each district must submit twice the usual number of tributes – totaling 48 children competing for survival.This installment โคpromises toโฃ reveal the โฃorigins ofโ Haymitch’s cynicism and โskills, shaped by the brutal experience.
The trailer marks the firstโ public โคglimpseโ of Zada in the roleโข previously embodied โby Woody Harrelson. Alongside โขZada,โฃ the film boasts a star-studded cast including Elle Fanning as a young โEffie Trinket โ(originally played by Elizabeth Banks), Ralph Fiennesโ as President โCoriolanus Snow (previously Donald Sutherland and Tom Blyth), and Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman (formerly Stanley Tucci). โJesse โPlemons โwill portrayโ a younger Plutarch heavensbee (originally Philip โขSeymour Hoffman), with additional cast members Kelvin Harrison jr., Glennโ Close, Mayaโ Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Billy Porter, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Molly McCann, Iona Bell, and Percy Daggs IV.Francis โLawrenceโค returns to โฃdirect, with a screenplay penned by Billyโฃ Ray.Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson are producing the film.
