Overview
- Lionsgate released the first trailer on YouTube for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the next film in the franchise.
- The prequel centers on a young Haymitch Abernathy at the 50th Hunger Games, with the trailer hinting at harsher rules and doubled tributes.
- Joseph Zada leads the cast as Haymitch alongside Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close and Kieran Culkin, with Francis Lawrence returning to direct.
- Filming is active in Germany, including shoots at Berlin’s Tempelhofer Feld, with thousands of extras sought around Cologne and Duisburg.
- Theatrical release is planned for November 2026, with German distributors reporting a 19 November date.