The trailer for the film adaptation of the latest Hunger Games book, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, was just released. It opens with an almost unrecognizable Glenn Close as the character Drusilla Sickle being escorted towards a podium.
This latest adaptation of the mega-popular franchise is based on the book of the same name, and follows a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Joseph Zada. Haymitch has been chosen to participate in the 50th annual Hunger Games, along with nearly 50 other children, twice the number of tributes as usual.
In the trailer, we hear Drusilla say, “Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory” as the camera pans over the tributes standing in a circle in a field. A countdown from 10 starts, and we see the young tributes preparing themselves to begin the Hunger Games.
We see Haymitch as he canoodles with his love, played by Whitney Peak, in a time before the Games started, and as he battles other tributes to survive. We also see a few of the other leading actors—like Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, and Jesse Plemons—make an appearance.
The movie will be out in theaters on November 20, 2026.
To read more about the cast and the movie, visit Variety.
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