LOS ANGELES, California — The countdown to the 50th Hunger Games has begun. “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” the next installment in the Hunger Games saga, released its first teaser trailer Thursday, giving fans a first look at the brutal tournament.

The teaser opens on a haunting scene of dozens of young tributes standing in a clearing, as a commanding voice declares: “Twice the tributes. Twice the glory.” With this single line, studio Lionsgate signals that each district is forced to send double the number of contestants.

According to People , at the heart of the story is a younger version of Haymitch Abernathy, best known from the original trilogy as the cynical mentor to Katniss, portrayed here by newcomer Joseph Zada.

SYFY said the teaser suggests he is about to be thr

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