Overview
- Iris Apatow and Edvin Ryding join the cast as Proserpina and Vitus, two Capitol University students assigned to prepare District 12 tributes.
- Joseph Zada stars as Haymitch Abernathy, navigating the deadly Second Quarter Quell that forged his legacy.
- Ralph Fiennes reprises President Coriolanus Snow, depicting his iron-fisted rule over Panem decades before the original Hunger Games.
- Francis Lawrence has commenced filming from Billy Ray’s screenplay, continuing the franchise’s exploration of propaganda, authoritarianism and societal submission.
- Suzanne Collins’s Sunrise on the Reaping novel sold 1.5 million copies in its first week, reflecting strong audience anticipation ahead of production.