It’s no secret that Suzanne Collins has gifted us one of the greatest book franchises of all time with The Hunger Games. The series currently consists of three main books and two prequels, with the newest one being Sunrise on the Reaping, which was released in 2025.
Sunrise on the Reaping is the second prequel novel in Collins’s series and is set 24 years before the first book’s events. It tells the story of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, and notably the Games that Haymitch Abernathy competed in and won.
For years, fans have begged for a book detailing Haymitch’s games, and Collins delivered in every possible way. It’s honestly one of the saddest stories in this entire book series.
And just like her previous four books — The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes — Sunrise on the Reaping is already scheduled to be adapted into a film by Lionsgate, with a release date set for Nov. 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence will direct the movie and Billy Ray will write the script.
Production is set to begin in 2025, which means casting is underway for the beloved characters. So here’s who is playing who, what you’ve seen them in before, and more:
Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy
Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird
Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner
Well, that’s all we know for now! We’ll update this post as more casting is announced.
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