The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping movie production status is currently Pre-Production
April 2, 2025 • Key talent and film crew being hired; budgeting, preparing and planning of production schedule; approving final shooting script. Bill Ray will adapt Suzanne Collins’ newest bestseller The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. The film still has 2026 release date - so presumably he's pretty far along.
Set in the Hunger Games universe, the book returns to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games.
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Release Date:
Friday, November 20, 2026 Nationwide
Plot: What's the story about?
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.
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Who stars in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping: Cast List
Joseph Zada ... Haymitch Abernathy
Whitney Peak ... Lenore Dove
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McKenna Grace ... Maysilee Donner
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Jesse Plemons ... Plutarch Heavensbee
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Ralph Fiennes ... President Snow
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Lili Taylor ... Mags
Fear Street: Prom Queen, The Conjuring
Ben Wang ... Wyatt
Karate Kid: Legends, The Long Walk
Kelvin Harrison Jr. ... Beetee
O'Dessa, Mufasa: The Lion King
Maya Hawke ... Wiress
Inside Out 2, Maestro
Elle Fanning ... Effie Trinket
Predator: Badlands, Maleficent
Kieran Culkin ... Caesar Flickerman
A Real Pain, Lymelife
Molly McCann ... Louella
Herself
Who's making The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping: Crew List
A look at the The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Francis Lawrence last directed The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Slumberland. The film's writer Billy Ray last wrote Richard Jewell and Terminator: Dark Fate.
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Production: What we know about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping?
Key Facts
- Screenwriter Billy Ray worked on the original Hunger Games film. 2025-04-02
Filming Timeline
- 2025 - April: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Bill Ray will adapt Suzanne Collins’ newest bestseller The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. The film still has 2026 release date - so presumably he's pretty far along.
- 2024 - December: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Shooting starts in 2025.
- 2024 - June: The film was set to Development status.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Release Date: When is the film coming out?
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is coming out as a nationwide release in 2026 on Friday, November 20, 2026.
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