Overview
- Industry outlets say Lawrence and Hutcherson will reprise Katniss and Peeta in limited appearances, likely framed as an epilogue or flash-forward.
- Sunrise on the Reaping adapts Suzanne Collins’s newest novel and focuses on the 50th Hunger Games with Joseph Zada playing a young Haymitch Abernathy.
- Lionsgate has not confirmed the casting or detailed the scope of the roles despite multiple reports from major trade publications.
- Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a Billy Ray script, with a reported ensemble that includes Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Plemons, Maya Hawke, Glenn Close, Billy Porter, Mckenna Grace, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Whitney Peak.
- Coverage cites a November 2026 U.S. release window with differing dates, recent Berlin filming wrap, and early trailer material that reportedly features Woody Harrelson’s voice.