Overview
- Lionsgate named Devon Singletary the winner of its May open casting call for Sunrise on the Reaping.
- An announcement video on The Hunger Games Instagram captured his reaction and showed his first day on set.
- Singletary will play Blair, a friend of Haymitch Abernathy and Burdock Everdeen in the prequel.
- Director Francis Lawrence returns, with production underway and a Nov. 20, 2026 theatrical release set.
- The film adapts Suzanne Collins’ novel and features McKenna Grace, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons, Kieran Culkin, Maya Hawke and Glenn Close.