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Are you ready to return to the world of The Hunger Games? Then good news. The adaptation of Sunrise on the Reaping will hit theaters November 20, 2026. The story takes place in Panem 24 years before The Hunger Games, beginning on the morning of the Second Quarter Quell. It is the 50th Hunger Games, wherein Haymitch Abernathy is a player.
Today, the first official trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping dropped. Check it out:
Among the cast of the latest adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s mega-bestselling YA series are Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, and Lenore Dove Baird as Whitney Peak. Glenn Close will play the role of Drusilla Sickle.
There’s also a gorgeous and haunting new film poster to read every possible meaning into:
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There’s no better time than now to revisit the beloved, prescient YA series than now. The Hunger Games has left an indelible mark on readers for nearly two decades. When Sunrise on the Reaping released last spring, it sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week alone.