Lionsgate has released the first trailer for “ The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping ,” the latest installment in the “Hunger Games” franchise. The film will be released in theaters on Nov. 20, 2026.
“Sunrise on the Reaping,” based on the 2025 book of the same name, is set 24 years before the first film and follow a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) who is selected to compete in the 50th Hunger Games. Since the Games are the second Quarter Quell, which takes place every 25 years, each district of Panem must send twice the tributes to the capital. Here, 48 children will fight to the death to win the Hunger Games.
The footage is the first look at Zada in the role, which was originated by Woody Harrelson in the original “Hunger Games” series.
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