The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping official trailer goes back to Panem 24 years before Katniss Everdeen. On the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell, sixteen-year-old Haymitch Abernathy from District 12 is sent into the biggest Games yet, with twice the usual number of tributes. Joseph Zada plays young Haymitch, Ralph Fiennes is President Snow, and Elle Fanning plays Effie Trinket. Jesse Plemons, Kieran Culkin, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Whitney Peak, Glenn Close and Kelvin Harrison Jr. round out the cast. Francis Lawrence, who directed four earlier films in the series, returns. Lionsgate opens it in theaters and IMAX on November 20, 2026, the week before Thanksgiving.