First Teaser for ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Sequel
by Alex Billington
November 20, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Let the 50th Hunger Games begin!” Lionsgate has revealed the first look teaser trailer for their next new epic The Hunger Games sequel – this one is titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. It’s a prequel to the original The Hunger Games stories, but also a sequel to the other recent The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes movie that opened in 2023. This teaser has arrived exactly one year from release – this opens in theaters on November 20th, 2026. Sunrise on the Reaping revisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy 24 years before the events of THG, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. Something big will happen here? This one has an exceptional cast: Joseph Zada as Haymitch, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Ralph Fiennes as President Coriolanus Snow, Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Elle Fanning as young Effie Trinket, Mckenna Grace as tribute Maysilee Donner, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Whitney Peak, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. This also features a different Hunger Games setup up in the mountains which reminds of Midsommar in many ways. Take a look below.
Here’s the teaser for Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, via YouTube:
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is once again directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Francis Lawrence, director of the movies Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, Hunger Games: Catching Fire + Mockingjay 1 & 2 + The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Red Sparrow, Slumberland, and The Long Walk previously. The screenplay is written by Billy Ray. It’s based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins and first published in 2025 earlier this year. Produced by Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Francis Lawrence. Lionsgate will debut Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping in theaters worldwide starting November 20th, 2026 – exactly one year from today. Who wants to watch it?
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