Sunrise on the Reaping the newly announced Hunger Games prequel novel by Suzanne Collins, is being turned into a feature film. The book was published on March 18, 2025, the novel will take place during the Second Quarter Quell, which are the games that Haymitch Abernathy was a part of.
Lionsgate has now announced that this novel will be adapted into a feature film, and scheduled to hit theaters on November 20, 2026.
“Suzanne Collins is a master storyteller and our creative north star,” said Lionsgate Motion Picture Group’s Adam Fogelson. “We couldn’t be more fortunate than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator whose talent and imagination are so consistently brilliant. We know Hunger Games fans worldwide will be spellbound by where Suzanne has focused this next extraordinary story. The Second Quarter Quell is legendary and looms large over the history of the Games, even into the time of Katniss Everdeen a quarter-century later. Like fans around the globe, we are eagerly anticipating this exciting return to Panem.”
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