Overview
- Lionsgate has scheduled The Hunger Games: Dawn at the Reaping for theatrical release on November 20, 2026, according to multiple reports.
- Lawrence and Hutcherson will reprise Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in brief appearances, with specific story details kept under wraps.
- Set 24 years before the original films during the 50th Hunger Games, the prequel focuses on Haymitch Abernathy’s formative chapter.
- Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a screenplay by Billy Ray, with Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson producing for Color Force.
- The ensemble includes Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Joseph Zada, Glenn Close, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke and Whitney Peak, and filming included locations in Asturias, Spain, per local reports.