rewrite this title Jennifer Lawrence & Josh Hutcherson Coming Back For ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping’

We’ve confirmed that Hunger Games canon stars Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are returning for Lionsgate’s next prequel The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

While the prequel is set in the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, there’s a scene in the new Suzanne Collins book that jumps forward and involves the characters of Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) and Peeta Mellerk (Hutcherson). Sunrise on the Reaping begins on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. The story centers on 16-year-old Haymitch (Joseph Zada), (he beomes the mentor to Katniss and Peeta), a clever and resourceful boy from District 12, who’s unexpectedly chosen for this edition of the games, featuring a deadly twist: twice the number of tributes, with 48 children sent into the arena to battle for their lives.

Lionsgate didn’t return request for comment.

The news isn’t alarming: Hutcherson has been asked about his return in the new movie while during press tours.

“That’d be cool. No, I know nothing in that world right now,” Hutcherson clarified to Brit + Co back in August. “Hunger Games is amazing, and I’ve loved it for many years and I will love it forever.”

Sunrise on the Reaping hits theaters on Nov. 20, 2026. The pic’s first trailer became Lionsgate’s second biggest trailer launch ever in the studio’s history with 109M views in its first 24 hours, following the studio’s Michael trailer which clocked 116M views in its first 24 hours.

Francis Lawrence, who has directed four out of the five movies in The Hunger Games franchise which have grossed $3.4 billion around the world. The five novels have sold more than 100M copies globally and have been translated into 52 languages. Sunrise on the Reaping sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first week, marking the biggest debut for any title in Collins’ Hunger Games book series. In the U.S. alone, the book sold 1.2 million copies, more than twice the opening sales of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and over three times that of Mockingjay.

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