{"id":150471,"date":"2025-11-20T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/150471\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:00:10","slug":"first-trailer-released-for-new-hunger-games-film-as-fans-have-never-been-more-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/150471\/","title":{"rendered":"First trailer released for new Hunger Games film as fans have &#8216;never been more excited&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first trailer has been released for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.<\/p>\n<p>The latest instalment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/05\/20\/entertainment\/hunger-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iconic franchise<\/a> is a prequel set 24 years before Katniss Everdeen first burst onto the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise on the Reaping is based on the 2025 book of the same name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Hunger-Games-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1713212\"  \/>The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping releases in cinemas next year. Pic: Murray Close<\/p>\n<p>It will be released in cinemas on November 20, 2026 \u2013 exactly one year from the first trailer\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows a young Haymitch Abernathy who is selected to compete in the 50th <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/07\/29\/entertainment\/who-is-mia-carragher-hunger-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunger Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haymitch is being played by Joseph Zada in this prequel, with his older version played by Woody Harrelson in the original films.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Hunger-Games-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1713213\"  \/>The trailer has given fans plenty of excitement. Pic: Murray Close<\/p>\n<p>In the 2026 movie, 48 children will fight to the death to win the Hunger Games.<\/p>\n<p>It also stars Elle Fanning as a younger version of Effie Trinket, who was originally played by Elizabeth Banks. <\/p>\n<p>Ralph Fiennes stars as President Coriolanus Snow, previously portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original films and Tom Blyth in Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/The-Hunger-Games-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trailer\" class=\"wp-image-1713211\"  \/>Joseph Zada plays a young Haymitch Abernathy. Pic: Murray Close<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Culkin will play Caesar Flickerman, the TV host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2025\/07\/15\/entertainment\/tv\/hunger-games-sunrise-reaping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hunger Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The character was played by Stanley Tucci in the original series.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Plemons will play a younger version of Plutarch Heavensbee, who was Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Mockingjay films.<\/p>\n<p>The all-star cast also features Kelvin Harrison Jr, Glenn Close, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Billy Porter, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Molly McCann, Iona Bell and Percy Daggs IV.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise on the Reaping is directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Billy Ray.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer has filled Hunger Games fans with excitement and it is spreading across social media.<\/p>\n<p>One X user wrote: \u2018I\u2019ve never been more excited for a film ever, the book was such a masterpiece I\u2019m gonna be a wreck next year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u2018Obsessed by Glenn Close just having as much fun as she can while traditional prestige roles don\u2019t come. The movie looks exciting and what a relief to see a colourful blockbuster.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A third shared: \u2018They say you can\u2019t predict the future but I KNOW what I am doing exactly a year from now.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Yet another commented: \u2018This looks f***ing amazing, genuinely can\u2019t wait.\u2019<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLet the 50th Hunger Games begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping \u2013 in theaters &amp; IMAX November 20, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QrViO2Ss1t\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QrViO2Ss1t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hunger Games (@TheHungerGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHungerGames\/status\/1991506817646805077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 20, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first trailer has been released for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. 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