Lionsgate Debuts First Teaser for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Overview

• The teaser arrived Nov. 20 on Lionsgate’s YouTube channel, giving the first on-screen look at Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy.
• The film adapts Suzanne Collins’ 2025 prequel set 24 years earlier, centering on the 50th Hunger Games known as the Second Quarter Quell.
• The ensemble features Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Plemons, Glenn Close, McKenna Grace, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke and Whitney Peak.
• Glenn Close’s unrecognizable transformation as Drusilla Sickle drew strong attention across social platforms.
• Francis Lawrence directs from a Billy Ray screenplay, and early fan reactions to the teaser are largely positive ahead of the Nov. 20, 2026 release.