Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket is the greatest molding decision ever .

It’s no secret that Suzanne Collins has gifted us one of the greatest book franchises of all time withThe Hunger Games. The series currently consists of three main books and two prequels, with the newest one beingSunrise on the Reaping, which was released in 2025.

Sunrise on the Reapingis the second prequel novel in Collins’s series and is set 24 years before the first book’s events. It tells the story of the 50th Hunger Games, aka the Second Quarter Quell, and notably the Games that Haymitch Abernathy competed in and won.

For years, fans have begged for a book detailing Haymitch’s games, and Collins delivered in every possible way. It’s honestly one of the saddest stories in this entire book series.

And just like her previous four books —The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay,andThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes—Sunrise on the Reapingis already scheduled to be adapted into a film by Lionsgate, with a release date set for Nov. 20, 2026.Francis Lawrencewill direct the movie and Billy Ray will write the script.

Production is set to begin in 2025, which means casting is underway for the beloved characters. So here’s who is playing who, what you’ve seen them in before, and more:

Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy

Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird

Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner

Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee

Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket

Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman

Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier

Maya Hawke as Wiress

Ralph Fiennes as President Snow

Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan

Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow

Molly McCann as Louella McCoy

Iona Bell as Lou Lou

Well, that’s all we know for now! We’ll update this post as more casting is announced.

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