Overview

• Maya Hawke has been cast as Wiress, a District 3 victor, in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel, 'Sunrise on the Reaping.'
• The film, set 24 years before the original series, will explore the 50th Hunger Games, featuring a young Haymitch Abernathy as its protagonist.
• Joseph Zada will portray Haymitch, with Whitney Peak as his love interest Lenore, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee, another familiar character from the franchise.
• Francis Lawrence, director of three previous Hunger Games films, will helm the project, with Billy Ray writing the screenplay based on Suzanne Collins’ novel.
• Scheduled for a November 20, 2026 release, the movie continues to expand the political and narrative depth of Panem’s universe.