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If there's 1 happening I cognize for certain, it's that I volition ne'er beryllium excessively aged to get excited astir The Hunger Games. And this twelvemonth has been filled with truthful overmuch caller Hunger Games hype acknowledgment to Suzanne Collins releasing Sunrise connected the Reaping.
Sunrise connected the Reaping is the 2nd prequel caller successful Collins's series, acceptable 24 years earlier the events of the archetypal book. It tells the communicative of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, and notably the Games that Haymitch Abernathy competed successful and won. For years, fans person begged for a publication detailing his games, and Collins delivered successful each imaginable way. It's honestly 1 of the saddest stories successful this full publication series.
Production took spot implicit the summer, pursuing an unthinkable selling rollout that announced the cast. It was epic, considering we got immoderate caller characters successful the Hunger Games world, arsenic good arsenic younger versions of immoderate beloved characters.
And now, with filming having conscionable wrapped, and precisely 1 twelvemonth distant from its merchandise date, AND connected the 10th day of the merchandise of Mockingjay — Part 2, The Hunger Games dropped archetypal look photos, a trailer, AND a caller poster for Sunrise connected the Reaping. CAN YOU HEAR ME YELLING WITH EXCITEMENT?!
Alright, let's instrumentality this 1 measurement astatine a time. First, here's the authoritative poster, which is simply a beauteous reimagining of the Sunrise connected the Reaping publication cover:
Next up, we've got immoderate first-look photos, starting with Joseph Zada arsenic young Haymitch connected Reaping Day successful District 12:
Then, we've got Haymitch and Whitney Peak arsenic Lenore Dove Baird, sitting successful a tract that Hunger Games cognize each excessively well. And, it looks similar the country erstwhile Lenore gives Haymitch the flint striker connected his birthday:
And our past first-look photograph is of Haymitch and Mckenna Grace arsenic Maysilee Donner successful the arena during the 50th Hunger Games:
Alright, present we've got the archetypal teaser trailer, which shows A LOT. I don't privation to spoil large crippled things for non publication readers, but we spot glimpses of precise pivotal scenes passim the teaser:
We besides get a archetypal look astatine adjacent much characters, similar Glenn Close arsenic Drusilla Sickle, Percy Daggs IV arsenic Ampert Latier, and more.
And, arguably, 1 of the astir important aspects is that we get to spot the actors who are portraying younger versions of iconic characters from erstwhile Hunger Games books and movies.
First up, here's Ralph Fiennes arsenic President Coriolanus Snow, who was antecedently played by Tom Byth and Donald Sutherland:
Jesse Plemons arsenic Plutarch Heavensbee, who was antecedently played by Philip Seymour Hoffman:
And, Elle Fanning arsenic Effie Trinket, who was antecedently played by Elizabeth Banks:
Also, present that we've got our archetypal due look astatine Zada arsenic Haymitch, present helium is side-by-side with Woody Harrelson, who besides narrates the extremity of the teaser trailer:
Alright, that's A LOT of caller Sunrise connected the Reaping content. I'm overwhelmed and excited, and conscionable similar me, truthful is the remainder of the internet, truthful present are immoderate of the champion reactions to the archetypal trailer, too:
the hunger games sunrise connected the reaping trailer doing an facet ratio displacement portion announcing the 2nd 4th quell conscionable similar catching occurrence did erstwhile katniss entered the arena for the 3rd 4th quell. OH THIS IS SO GOOD 🔥 pic.twitter.com/0f4ZrwSn64
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) November 20, 2025Lionsgate / Via x.com
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