We’re on the Lionsgate Panel at CinemaCon Las Vegas, and we simply received a primary have a look at the brand new Starvation Video games film, Dawn on the Reaping. In the course of the occasion, director Francis Lawrence, who has additionally directed each film out of the franchise (aside from the primary one) shared with the viewers what is going on on with one of the thrilling upcoming guide diversifications.
Suzanne Collins’ Dawn On The Reaping novel has solely been out on the planet for (precisely) two weeks, however because the film and guide had been introduced on the identical time over summer time, the manufacturing has a head begin. Check out the official animated brand for the 2026 launch:
Together with this superior reveal of the novel’s brand come to life, Francis Lawrence additionally received excited by sharing how the film is extra impressed by the unique trilogy. Whereas he cherished engaged on the final prequel Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, he referred to as this upcoming film a “return to kind,” particularly as a result of it is “a lot later within the timeline” the place the world is “spectacular” and “visible”. Lawrence additionally referred to as it his “favourite guide of the sequence.”
Dawn On The Reaping takes place throughout Haymitch’s video games, which is the fiftieth Starvation Video games, aka the 2nd Quarter Quell. Contemplating Katniss and Peeta had been a part of the 74th and seventy fifth video games, and the occasions of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes tenth Starvation Video games, it makes a number of sense that Lawrence will likely be leaping into the grander visible feast from the unique trilogy. It feels like he is actually excited to get out of the early days of Panem and make one other enormous blockbuster. We’ll be seeing a 40-year bounce from President Snow’s origin story.
Along with Dawn on the Reaping being a “return” to the vibe of the primary films starring Jennifer Lawrence, it is also the Quarter Quell, which is the video games the place twice as many tributes had been plucked from the districts to struggle to the demise. Haymitch Abernathy is a District 12 tribute who should struggle for his life and alongside the way in which he meets all types of names that followers of the unique will acknowledge from the trilogy and prequel.
As somebody who’s in the midst of the novel, Haymitch’s backstory is certainly not what I used to be anticipating and revealed to be rather more tragic and totally different than how we hear about his video games throughout Katniss and Peeta’s video games. In fact, we’re interested by who will likely be solid as Haymitch, particularly after each Cobra Kai‘s Tanner Buchanan was fancast together with Home of the Dragon‘s Tom Glynn-Carney.
There’s additionally been some previous rumors that Chalengers‘ Mike Faist may have been secretly solid to play Plutarch Heavensbee. We anticipate casting to be the following step we’ll hear about so keep tuned!