Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the highly anticipated return to Panem arriving only in theaters November 20, 2026. The film marks a major expansion of Suzanne Collins’ universe, revisiting the events leading into the 50th Hunger Games—the infamous Second Quarter Quell.
Creative Team
- Directed by: Francis Lawrence
- Screenplay by: Billy Ray
- Based on the Novel by: Suzanne Collins
- Produced by: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Francis Lawrence
Cast
Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Whitney Peak, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Synopsis
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping revisits Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, beginning on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games—better known as the Second Quarter Quell. As the Capitol prepares a deadlier, more punishing spectacle, the film traces the lives and choices of those swept into its orbit, revealing new layers of the world that would one day ignite a revolution.

