{"id":303560,"date":"2025-11-20T17:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/303560\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:06:16","slug":"the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-first-look-this-prequel-is-already-a-wild-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/303560\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping\u2019 first look: This prequel is already a wild ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Get ready, set and\u2026wait a year for the latest \u201cHunger Games\u201d action to commence.\n <\/p>\n

\n Lionsgate released the teaser trailer for \u201cThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping\u201d on Thursday, and it was a glimpse into the origin story of Haymitch Abernathy, a character played in earlier films by Woody Harrelson.\n <\/p>\n

\n Joseph Zada plays a younger version of Haymitch in this prequel, which takes place twenty-four years before the events of \u201cThe Hunger Games.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The new film starts on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, and the action is intense almost from the start.\n <\/p>\n

\t\tThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) Official Teaser \u2013 Joseph Zada
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\n Based on the beloved book series by Suzanne Collins,<\/a> the film franchise has become enormously popular globally.\n <\/p>\n

\n In addition to Zada, the new movie stars Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close and Billy Porter among others.\n <\/p>\n

\n Ralph Fiennes will portray President Coriolanus Snow. Tom Blyth played a younger version in 2023\u2019s \u201cThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes\u201d and the late Donald Sutherland originated the role in \u201cThe Hunger Games\u201d in 2012. He went on to play the character in 2013\u2019s \u201cThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire\u201d and \u201cThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2013 Part 1\u201d in 2014 and Part 2 in 2015.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sutherland died in June 2024 following a lengthy illness.<\/a> He was 88.\n <\/p>\n

\n Directed by Francis Lawrence \u201cThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping\u201d hits theaters on November\u202f20,\u202f2026.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get ready, set and\u2026wait a year for the latest \u201cHunger Games\u201d action to commence. Lionsgate released the teaser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-303560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}