US EditionDeadlier challenges await in first glimpse of ‘Hunger Games’ prequel: see teaser trailer
The film reveals the trauma shaping mentor Haymitch Abernathy and features 48 tributes in the politically manipulated 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell.
- On Nov. 20, 2026 the film adapts Suzanne Collins's 2025 novel, presenting The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as a direct prequel starring Joseph Zada as young Haymitch Abernathy.
- Set 24 years before the original films, the story answers fan demand for a Haymitch Abernathy origin and expands his backstory within the Panem timeline and District 12.
- Casting blends newcomers with franchise veterans as Joseph Zada plays young Haymitch, Woody Harrelson returns via voice-over, and Francis Lawrence directs alongside Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes, and Elle Fanning.
- The Second Quarter Quell doubles the tributes to 48 from the usual 24, ending with Haymitch Abernathy winning but losing Lenore Dove to poison and his home to fire.
- On Thursday Lionsgate released the first teaser trailer, the countdown to the 50th Hunger Games has begun, and fans and commentators are debating the prequel's place in the franchise.
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Josh Hutcherson was trying get the hell out of Los Angeles. For the better part of a decade, the “Hunger Games” star and his girlfriend, Spanish actor Claudia Traisac, had split their time between L.A. and Madrid, but the eight-hour time difference between the cities had grown wearying. So Hutcherson leased an apartment in Brooklyn, […]
Teaser trailer for 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping': A new era of games begins
Lionsgate celebrates with the audience being one year away from the theatrical release of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapingcon the release of a first teaser trailer and first official images. The new installment of the saga The Hunger Games of the director Francis Lawrencereaches the cinemas on November 20, 2026. In our region it is titled The Hunger Games: Harvest Dawn. The film transports us back to the world of Panem, and follows young…
“Let the 50th Hunger Games begin!” This Thursday, November 20th, the saga was surprised to publish the first trailer of the sixth installment of The Hunger Games. The famous franchise will return to the big screen on November 18, 2026 with a new edition of the Games, where risks like fame will multiply for District 12. Published in March 2025, the book Harvest Sunrise recorded record sales, and its film adaptation is already highly expected. For…
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