Suzanne Collins gave her readers an enormous present in returning to the world of The Starvation Video games sequence, the primary three books of which she wrote in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for the prequel story of 1 Haymitch Abernathy.
Haymitch, portrayed by Woody Harrelson within the quartet of movies based mostly on Collins’ unique ebook trilogy, was Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark’s (Josh Hutcherson) mentor for his or her two Starvation Video games — the 74th and 75th.
For all the pieces we all know concerning the movie adaptation of Starvation Recreation: Dawn on the Reaping, learn on:
When does the The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping movie come out?
The movie will arrive in theaters November 20, 2026.
Has the Dawn on the Reaping movie began manufacturing but?
The movie continues to be in early rounds of casting.
Who will play Haymitch Abernathy in The Dawn on the Reaping film?
Joseph Zada has been forged in the principle position of Haymitch for the movie. Zada will quickly seem in one other extremely anticipated ebook adaptation, the tv sequence We Had been Liars coming to Prime Video this June. In that present, he performs Johnny Sinclair.
Deadline completely reported Zada’s casting alongside the actress who will play Haymitch’s love curiosity, Lenore Dove Baird.
Who else is within the forged of The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping movie?
Whitney Peak will painting Lenore Dove Baird, Haymitch’s woman and a descendant of the Covey, the nomadic group of performers whom Collins expanded upon in her first prequel story, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
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Lucy Grey Baird (Rachel Zegler), was a member of the Covey.
Deadline additionally completely broke the information of McKenna Grace’s casting as Maysilee Donner, one other District 12 tribute, within the upcoming movie.
Plutarch Heavensbee (portrayed by the late Philip Seymour-Hoffman in Catching Fireplace and Mockingjay Components 1 and 2) will probably be performed by Jesse Plemons, Deadline first reported.
Wyatt Callow and Louella McCoy are the 2 different District 12 tributes that fought within the 50th Starvation Video games alongside Haymitch and Maysilee.Kelvin Harrison Jr. will painting Beetee Latier, who was initially performed by Jeffrey Wright in Catching Fireplace and each components of Mockingjay. Deadline completely reported that Maya Hawke has additionally joined the movie as Wiress, initially portrayed by Amanda Plummer in Catching Fireplace and each components of Mockingjay. Wiress gained her Starvation Video games in a mirrored area, and he or she mentors the 4 District 12 tributes in Collins’ ebook. Lili Taylor will painting Mags, previously performed by Lynn Cohen in Catching Fireplace (2013). Mags hails from District 4, and he or she additionally mentors the District 12 tributes in Haymitch’s Starvation Video games.
Lord Voldemort himself Ralph Fiennes will tackle one other large villain — President Snow — who was portrayed within the first 4 movies by the late Donald Sutherland and within the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes about Snow’s backstory, by Tom Blythe.
Elle Fanning has been confirmed for the position of a youthful Effie Trinket, portrayed by Elizabeth Banks within the unique 4 movies.
THR has completely reported that Molly McCann is about to play Louella, whereas Iona Bell will painting her Capitol-assigned lookalike Lou Lou.
What’s The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping about?
The prequel story focuses on Haymitch’s Starvation Video games. Clearly since he was round to mentor Katniss and Peeta of their first and (sadly) second set of video games, he was a victor of his personal video games, however that didn’t make them any extra grotesque, for his video games have been the 50th set.
Each 25 years, the capitol of Panem, the dystopian nation wherein these tales happen, reinforces what known as the Quarter Quell, that means a particular wrinkle or rule is added to the Starvation Video games earlier than The Reaping ceremony, wherein tribute names are drawn.
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The wrinkle of Haymitch’s video games was that every district was required to ship double the quantity of tributes that yr, so 4 opponents from every district doubled the quantity of gamers within the video games — making it a whopping 48 versus the traditional 24.
For these new to the universe solely, every District of Panem — there are 12 — is compelled to ship two tributes every into the Starvation Video games, a barbaric custom that pits these pairs of normally youngsters collectively in an area to combat till the demise till just one stays. Collins has spoken of the inspiration as gladiator fights and Greek mythology. The 2 tributes, a boy and a woman, are chosen in a Reaping course of which includes slips of paper with names on them in a bowl {that a} Capitol consultant pulls from.
In District 12, particularly, the place Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch AND Lucy Grey Baird are from, candidates can go for further slips of paper with their names on them to get extra meals or provides, as a result of the coal-mining district is a poor one.
Who else is behind the Dawn on the Reaping movie?
Francis Lawrence, who directed The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in addition to Catching Fireplace and each Mockingjay movies, will return to helm this prequel story, penned by Billy Ray, who wrote the script for the primary unique movie’s adaptation.
