The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Movie

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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.

Who's Involved:

Elle Fanning, McKenna Grace, Billy Ray, Lili Taylor, Francis Lawrence, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Ben Wang, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Plemons, Cameron MacConomy, Whitney Peak, Molly McCann , Joseph Zada, Iona Bell

Release Date:

Friday, November 20, 2026 Nationwide

N/A   NOT AVAILABLE MPA
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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

... Haymitch Abernathy

 

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... Maysilee Donner

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... Plutarch Heavensbee

Bugonia, American Made  

... President Snow

28 Years Later, Conclave  

... Mags

Fear Street: Prom Queen, The Conjuring  

... Wyatt

Karate Kid: Legends, The Long Walk  

... Beetee

O'Dessa, Mufasa: The Lion King  

... Wiress

Inside Out 2, Maestro  

... Effie Trinket

Predator: Badlands, Maleficent  

... Caesar Flickerman

A Real Pain, Lymelife  

... 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.

Screenwriters

Billy Ray

Producers

Nina Jacobson
Brad Simpson

Production Company

Color Force

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Production: What we know about The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping?

Key Facts

  1. Screenwriter Billy Ray worked on the original Hunger Games film. 2025-04-02

Filming Timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 2024 - December: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

    Shooting starts in 2025.

  3. 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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