{"id":385709,"date":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385709\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:02:09","slug":"sunrise-on-the-reaping-reveals-first-footage-of-prequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385709\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise on the Reaping Reveals First Footage of Prequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/hunger-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hunger Games<\/a> prequel movie is gearing up for its big fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/lionsgate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lionsgate_1\" data-tag=\"lionsgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionsgate<\/a> revealed the first footage Friday from its upcoming feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-hunger-games\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-hunger-games_1\" data-tag=\"the-hunger-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hunger Games<\/a>: The Sunrise on the Reaping. Among the castmembers included in the video are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/elle-fanning\/\" id=\"auto-tag_elle-fanning_1\" data-tag=\"elle-fanning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elle Fanning<\/a> as Effie Trinket, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/kieran-culkin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kieran-culkin_1\" data-tag=\"kieran-culkin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kieran Culkin<\/a> as Caesar Flickerman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jesse-plemons\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jesse-plemons_1\" data-tag=\"jesse-plemons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Plemons<\/a> as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/ralph-fiennes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ralph-fiennes_1\" data-tag=\"ralph-fiennes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ralph Fiennes<\/a> as President Coriolanus Snow, Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan, Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/maya-hawke\/\" id=\"auto-tag_maya-hawke_1\" data-tag=\"maya-hawke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maya Hawke<\/a> as Wiress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFrancis Lawrence helms the movie from a script by Billy Ray that adapts author Suzanne Collins\u2019 novel. The film hits theaters Nov. 20 as the latest installment in the franchise that launched with the initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jennifer-lawrence\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jennifer-lawrence_1\" data-tag=\"jennifer-lawrence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>-led The Hunger Games in 2012. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/glenn-close\/\" id=\"auto-tag_glenn-close_1\" data-tag=\"glenn-close\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Close<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/mckenna-grace\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mckenna-grace_1\" data-tag=\"mckenna-grace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mckenna Grace<\/a>, Billy Porter, Ben Wang, Whitney Peak and Iris Apatow round out the cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe book\u00a0Sunrise on the Reaping\u00a0takes place in Panem on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, 24 years before the events in\u00a0The Hunger Games, the first novel that published in 2008. The franchise\u2019s first five movies have surpassed $3.3 billion at the worldwide box office, with the initial four films led by Lawrence as Katniss, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/josh-hutcherson-0\/\" id=\"auto-tag_josh-hutcherson-0_1\" data-tag=\"josh-hutcherson-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hutcherson<\/a> as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter reported late last year that Lawrence and Hutcherson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/hunger-games-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-sunrise-1236447411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">will reprise their roles<\/a> in the new movie. Their most recent entry in the franchise was 2015\u2019s\u00a0The Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2014 Part 2, which ended with the pair married with children. Lawrence earned a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/golden-globes-nominations-2026-nominees-list-1236444421\/\">Golden Globe Award nomination<\/a>\u00a0for her role in\u00a0Die My Love, while Hutcherson recently starred in\u00a0Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNina Jacobson and Brad Simpson produce Sunrise on the Reaping for Color Force, while Cameron MacConomy executive produces. The new feature is a sequel to 2023\u2019s\u00a0The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &amp; Snakes, which starred Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Hunter Schafer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hunger Games prequel movie is gearing up for its big fight. 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