archiveThe Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

After more than a decade away from Panem, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are officially set to reprise their iconic roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Lionsgate’s latest film in the global dystopian franchise. The announcement — confirmed by multiple outlets — marks the pair’s first on-screen return since Mockingjay – Part 2 in 2015, and has ignited excitement among fans of the franchise’s blockbuster run.

Lionsgate has released the debut trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the newest entry in the Hunger...

The Great star Elle Fanning has the odds in her favor. The 27-year-old actress just joined the cast of “The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping” as Effie Trinket. She will play a younger version of the Games’ immaculately-attired stylist role originated by Elizabeth Banks. In Reaping, Effie is designated to be District 12 Tribute Haymitch Abernathy‘s stylist for the 50th Hunger Games a.k.a. the Second Quarter Quell. Newcomer Joseph Zada has been cast in the Haymitch role, previously played by Woody Harrelson. 

The English actor, best known for playing Lord Voldemort in five Harry Potter films, has been cast as President Coriolanus Snow in the upcoming Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping. Fiennes would be the third actor to portray the character after the late Donald Sutherland in the original four films and Tom Blyth in the 2023 prequel Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.