Hunger Games Prequel Movie Sunrise on the Reaping Debuts Exciting First Visuals, Reveals New Details

‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ is in theaters Nov. 20, 2026

Attention Hunger Games fans: New details have emerged about the highly anticipated next film.

At CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 1, Lionsgate launched the first teaser visuals for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is in theaters Nov. 20, 2026. The film is an adaptation of author Suzanne Collins’ recently released bestseller.

“Forty-eight tributes. One victor,” reads a tagline shared by the studio on Instagram.

Billy Ray, the screenwriter behind the 2012 original Hunger Games movie with Jennifer Lawrence, is returning to write the script for Sunrise on the Reaping.

The film will be directed by Francis Lawrence, who returns after helming the original tetralogy, in which Woody Harrelson played a grownup Haymitch.

Collins’ prequel, which was released March 18, depicts the Capitol’s Second Quarter Quell, set between the events of The Hunger Games trilogy and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The sixth big-screen Hunger Games installment, Sunrise on the Reaping follows the 2023 Songbirds and Snakes adaptation starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler.

The movie adaptation of Collins’ latest book preceded its publication by several months; last June, Lionsgate announced its release date via social media. Adam Fogelson, chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, called Collins, 62, “a master storyteller and our creative north star” in a press release at the time.

“We couldn’t be more fortunate than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator whose talent and imagination are so consistently brilliant.”