Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the latest in the Hunger Games franchise. The film will be released in theaters on Nov. 20, 2026.

Sunrise on the Reaping, based on the 2025 book of the same name, is set 24 years before the first film and follow a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) who is selected to compete in the 50th Hunger Games.

Sunrise on the Reaping stars Elle Fanning as a younger version of Effie Trinket, who was originally played by Elizabeth Banks. Ralph Fiennes plays President Coriolanus Snow, previously portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original films and Tom Blyth in the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes prequel. Kieran Culkin will play Caesar Flickerman, the TV host of the Hunger Games, played by Stanley Tucci in the original films. Jesse Plemons will play a younger version of Plutarch Heavensbee, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the Mockingjay films. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Glenn Close, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Billy Porter, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Molly McCann, Iona Bell and Percy Daggs IV are also among the cast.

Sunrise on the Reaping is directed by Francis Lawrence, with a screenplay written by Billy Ray. Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson return as producers for the film.