Overview
- Multiple outlets report the prequel, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, with Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson expected to make brief appearances that have not been detailed by the studio.
- The story focuses on the 50th Hunger Games and a teenage Haymitch Abernathy, portrayed by Joseph Zada.
- Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a script by Billy Ray, with Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson producing for Lionsgate.
- Reported casting includes Elle Fanning as a young Effie Trinket, Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, and Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, alongside Kelvin Harrison Jr., Glenn Close, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Billy Porter, and Whitney Peak.
- A U.S. theatrical release is reported for November 2026, with trade coverage differing on the exact date, citing either November 19 or 20.