The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping Adds Four More Characters

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping adds more additions to its impressive cast.

Yesterday, The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping announced four characters from District 12, and today we have yet another casting announcement. Scot Greenan and Grace Ackary are joining the film as Burdock Everdeen and Asterid March, the parents of Katniss, the hero of the original films. Melody Chikakane Brown has been cast as Hattie Meeney, a woman from District 12 who brews white liquor with Haymitch Abernathy. Finally, Jefferson White is Mr. McCoy, the older brother of Louella McCoy. The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping is currently in production in Europe.

THE CAST

They join previously announced cast members Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, McKenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close, Billy Porter, and Kieran Culkin.

The Lionsgate film is based on Suzanne Collins’s bestselling novel. It was published on March 18 and received wide acclaim. The book sold 1.5 million copies in its first week of release in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Notably, the 1.2 million copies sold in its first week in the U.S. are twice the first-week sales of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. These sales are also three times those of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.

STORY

The story takes place 40 years after the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. This prequel focuses on a young Coriolanus Snow, 24 years before the events of the original tale, as led by Katniss Everdeen. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is scheduled for release in cinemas on November 20, 2026. This new prequel tells the events of the second Quarter Quell (the fiftieth Hunger Games). In this event, the fan-favourite character Haymitch Abernathy is the lead.

DIRECTION

Francis Lawrence, who directed all the films in the franchise except the first, returns to the director’s chair. Billy Ray, who co-wrote the screenplay for the first film, is also making a comeback. The producers are Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson from Color Force, while Cameron MacConomy serves as an executive producer.

Stay tuned for more casting news and announcements for The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping.