‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping’: Surprise Teaser Trailer Shows Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes, Joseph Zada, Elle Fanning, McKenna Grace, Whitney Peak & More

One year before the film’s 2026 release, Lionsgate has released a surprise teaser trailer and first look images (scroll down) for The Hunger Games: Sunrise On Reaping.

It’s a good-looking first glimpse at the the latest installment in the hit franchise, which will be released on November 20, 2026. Pic features an all-star cast including Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Billy Porter, and Lili Taylor, alongside rising actors Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, and Ben Wang, among others.

The film revisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

Francis Lawrence directs from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson produce. Cameron MacConomy executive produces.

The five films in the franchise have taken in more than $3.3BN at the box office.Sunrise on the Reaping sold 1.5 million copies in its first week on sale in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The 1.2 million copies sold in the U.S. are twice the first week sales of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and three times the first week sales of Mockingjay.

Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird and Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Photo Credit: Murray Close

Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Photo Credit: Murray Close