We’re nonetheless greater than a yr away from the cinematic launch of the most recent Starvation Video games prequel, Dawn on the Reaping, however Suzanne Collins’ novel is about to hit cabinets this March, and due to a brand new excerpt we now have somewhat extra perception into the tragic backstory of Haymitch Abernathy. Portrayed by Woody Harrelson within the authentic trilogy, this new chapter within the epic saga will concentrate on his early years as he is chosen to take part within the fiftieth Starvation Video games, which additionally occurs to be the second Quarter Quell, which means this time round, twice as many tributes are chosen to signify their district.
The excerpt from Dawn on the Reaping comes courtesy of Individuals, and takes place throughout Chapter 1 of the novel. We study that not solely is Reaping Day additionally Haymitch’s sixteenth birthday, however that he has a 10-year-old youthful brother named Sid. He is not anticipating to be chosen to take part within the video games, and as an alternative is concentrated on getting his chores performed in order that he can waste away the afternoon with the love of his life, Lenore Dove.
“I am hoping to complete my work earlier than the ceremony so I can dedicate the afternoon to the 2 issues I really like finest — losing time and being with my lady, Lenore Dove. My ma makes indulging in both of those a problem, since she frequently proclaims that no job is just too onerous or soiled or tough for me, and even the poorest folks can scrape up a few cents to dump their distress on any individual else. However given the twin events of the day, I feel she’ll permit for a little bit of freedom so long as my work is finished. It is the Gamemakers who may destroy my plans.”
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“The second Quarter Quell,” the excerpt later reads as Haymitch goes into the horrors of what he is about to witness. “Twice as many youngsters. No level in worrying, I inform myself, there’s nothing you are able to do about it. Like two Starvation Video games in a single. No method to management the result of the reaping or what follows it. So do not feed the nightmares. Do not let your self panic. Do not give the Capitol that. They’ve taken sufficient already.”
What Does This Imply for the ‘Dawn on the Reaping’ Film?
Like 2016’s The Starvation Video games earlier than it, it seems as if Dawn on the Reaping will attempt to tug on our heartstrings as soon as extra in its opening moments. Followers will recall how the unique movie arrange Katniss and her household – particularly Primrose – to be sympathetic characters we might simply relate to earlier than their world was ripped aside when Primrose was chosen, and her sister volunteered as tribute in her stead.
Dawn on the Reaping appears to be using the same technique, and can present the on a regular basis lifetime of Haymitch and the way a lot he loves Lenore earlier than he is taken from her and his household. As of proper now, casting for the movie has but to be introduced, so we’re unsure who will play this youthful model of Harrelson’s character. Whomever they get will certainly must have a mature sufficient emotional vary to not solely make us fall in love with him in these opening moments, however make the viewers really feel his ache when he is snatched away from the life he is desperately clinging to within the dystopian nation of Panem.
Search for Suzanne Collins’ novel Dawn on the Reaping to hit cabinets on March 18 from Scholastic Books, and the movie adaptation to open nationwide on Nov. 20, 2026 from Lionsgate. Followers seeking to relive the place it began can at present watch The Starvation Video games streaming on Hulu.
- Launch Date
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March 12, 2012
- Runtime
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142 minutes
- Solid
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Liam Hemsworth
, Jeffrey Wright
, Natalie Dormer
, Josh Hutcherson
, Julianne Moore
, Elizabeth Banks
, Robert Knepper
, Donald Sutherland
, Woody Harrelson
, Jennifer Lawrence
, Jena Malone
, Philip Seymour Hoffman