Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson Set to Return in Hunger Games Prequel 'Sunrise on the Reaping'

Overview

• The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Variety say the pair will appear in Sunrise on the Reaping, following an initial item by The Insneider, with exact roles kept under wraps.
• Lionsgate has not responded to requests for comment on the casting reports.
• Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a screenplay by Billy Ray, with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson producing for Color Force.
• The film follows a teenage Haymitch Abernathy during the 50th Hunger Games, set 24 years before the original story, with Joseph Zada in the lead.
• The ensemble features Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Whitney Peak and Kelvin Harrison Jr., as early marketing logged 109 million trailer views and the new novel sold about 1.5 million copies in its first week.