{"id":41888,"date":"2026-04-16T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41888"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:31:47","slug":"lionsgate-debuts-trailer-for-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-opening-november-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/lionsgate-debuts-trailer-for-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-opening-november-20-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Debuts Trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Opening November 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lionsgate has released the first trailer for <em><strong>The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping<\/strong><\/em>, the highly anticipated return to Panem arriving <strong>only in theaters November 20, 2026<\/strong>. The film marks a major expansion of Suzanne Collins\u2019 universe, revisiting the events leading into the <strong>50th Hunger Games<\/strong>\u2014the infamous Second Quarter Quell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) Official Trailer \u2013 Joseph Zada\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fS35YSjopjE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Creative Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> Francis Lawrence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Screenplay by:<\/strong> Billy Ray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Based on the Novel by:<\/strong> Suzanne Collins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Produced by:<\/strong> Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Francis Lawrence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Mckenna Grace, Maya Hawke, Whitney Peak, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping<\/em> revisits Panem 24 years before the events of <em>The Hunger Games<\/em>, beginning on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games\u2014better known as the <strong>Second Quarter Quell<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOLSTICE_2025x3000_1SHT_ARENA_V2_proxy_md.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOLSTICE_2025x3000_1SHT_ARENA_V2_proxy_md.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOLSTICE_2025x3000_1SHT_ARENA_V2_proxy_md.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SOLSTICE_2025x3000_1SHT_ARENA_V2_proxy_md-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019 universe, revisiting the events leading into the 50th Hunger Games\u2014the infamous Second Quarter Quell. Creative Team Cast Joseph Zada,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/lionsgate-debuts-trailer-for-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-opening-november-20-2026\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41890,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41888\/revisions\/41890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}