Overview

• Ralph Fiennes has been officially cast as President Coriolanus Snow, taking over the role previously played by Donald Sutherland and Tom Blyth in earlier Hunger Games films.
• Ben Wang joins the ensemble as Wyatt Callow, a District 12 tribute in the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
• The film, directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence and written by Billy Ray, adapts Suzanne Collins' 2025 novel of the same name.
• Set 24 years before Katniss Everdeen's story, the prequel explores Haymitch Abernathy's victory in the 50th Hunger Games, with Joseph Zada portraying the younger version of the character.
• The movie's star-studded cast includes Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Maya Hawke, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Lili Taylor, with a theatrical release scheduled for November 20, 2026.