Following the theatrical release of last year’s The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, The Hunger Games franchise is officially receiving another prequel novel titled “Sunrise on the Reaping” from bestselling author Suzanne Collins.
Scholastic announced Thursday that Suzanne Collins has written a fifth Hunger Games book, titled Sunrise on the Reaping, that will be published March 18, 2025.
Revisit to The Hunger games world
A synopsis of the book reads, “Sunrise on the Reaping will revisit the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.”
Collins said her inspiration for the book came from “David Hume‘s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.”
A film adaptation of new upcoming ‘HUNGER GAMES’ book ‘SUNRISE ON THE REAPING’ is officially in the works at Lionsgate.
It takes place during the Second Quarter Quell, won by Haymitch Abernathy.
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“The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative,” she added. “The question ‘Real or not real?’ seems more pressing to me every day.”
Plot of the story
Fans of The Hunger Games will remember that the 50th Hunger Games aka the Second Quarter Quell was won by District 12’s victor Haymitch Abernathy. Woody Harrelson played him in the Hunger Games film series starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Sunrise on the Reaping follows in the book series that began with The Hunger Games in 2008 and continued with the sequels Catching Fire and Mockingjay, released in 2009 and 2010. A prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was published in 2020.
Each book has also been adapted for the big screen, but there’s no word yet on film rights for Sunrise on the Reaping.
Director, production and crew
The whole crew is back to shepherd this new “Hunger Games” movie, including franchise producer Nina Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson for their Color Force banner. Francis Lawrence, who has directed each film since “Catching Fire,” is in talks to return to this one as well. No cast has been announced.
Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien will oversee the production on behalf of the studio. Patricia Laucella and Phil Strina oversaw the rights for the book for Lionsgate. Collins is represented by Jason Dravis from The Dravis Agency and Diane Golden and Sarah Lerner from the law firm Katz Golden Lerner LLP.
Welcome to the Second Quarter Quell.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping – in theaters November 20, 2026. pic.twitter.com/nuRcxtDZ7B
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“The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” starred Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Viola Davis, and Peter Dinklage, and the film grossed $337 million worldwide — well below what the original films made, but still a strong showing for a prequel film.
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