Each few years a novel franchise turns into a sensation, and is rapidly given a e-book to display screen adaptation. Living proof: the Starvation Video games motion pictures, which have returned to theaters due to Suzanne Collins’ prequel books. The newest of those is Haymitch’s prequel Dawn on the Reaping, which is already being developed right into a film. And followers have a principle concerning the forthcoming film that I hope comes true.
What we learn about Dawn on the Reaping is proscribed, however it’s anticipated to be a devoted adaptation of the novel of the identical identify. Whereas it is solid is coming collectively, a fan on TikTok posited an attention-grabbing query about its manufacturing design. It reads:
Since we acquired a Nineteen Fifties-ish period in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will we get a Seventies-ish period in Dawn on the Reaping?
Actually, signal me up. I beloved the retro look of Songbirds and Snakes, and it ought to be attention-grabbing to see how the tech and look of Panem adjustments within the a long time that cross earlier than Dawn on the Reaping. If the fictional nation is following the true world, then perhaps we’ll get some ’70s style within the dystopian prequel.
The tech and styling in Songbirds and Snakes was positively impressed by the Nineteen Fifties, and it was fascinating to see how bare-bones the Starvation Video games have been within the early days. The ending of Songbirds and Snakes noticed Snow take energy as a recreation maker, so issues ought to presumably look extra acquainted in Haymitch’s prequel.
These of us who learn Dawn on the Reaping are buckling up for a grueling film expertise… even when the manufacturing design finally ends up impressed by the Seventies. Haymitch’s story of being chosen for the Starvation Video games is a tragic one, and the sport itself is all the time one stuffed with loss and despair. And it ought to be fascinating to see how its delivered to life on the display screen, particularly since followers assume SOTR is best than the Songbirds and Snakes e-book.
Whereas it stays to be seen what Dawn on the Reaping appears to be like like, the film is in energetic growth. The solid is coming collectively, the place plenty of actors should play youthful model of beloved characters. Whereas we wait to search out out who’s taking part in Woody Harrelson’s protagonist Haymitch, Jesse Plemons was solid as Plutarch, a job made well-known by Phillip Seymour Hoffman within the authentic movies. And extra just lately Kelvin Harrison Jr. was solid a younger Beeetee, taking over the mantle of the position from the good Jeffrey Wright.
Dawn on the Reaping is presently anticipated to reach in theaters on November twentieth, 2026, so it is not a part of the 2025 film launch listing. We’ll simply have to attend for extra information about its rising solid.