‘Dawn on the Reaping’ Film: ‘Starvation Video games’ Prequel Solid, Launch Date

The discharge of Suzanne Collins’ “Dawn on the Reaping” marked a brand new daybreak within the “Starvation Video games” franchise.

The guide, which hit cabinets on March 19 and offered greater than 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first week, is the second prequel to Collins’ immensely fashionable dystopian collection, following the 2020 launch of “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.”

“Dawn on the Reaping” takes place a number of many years earlier than the occasions of “The Starvation Video games” trilogy and facilities on a youthful model of Haymitch Abernathy — performed by Woody Harrelson within the authentic movie franchise — as he fights for survival as a District 12 tribute within the Capitol area.

Like “Ballad,” the most recent installment reveals key lore concerning the world of Panem, and luckily for followers, it is also getting tailored for the massive display screen.

This is all the things we all know concerning the film, from a launch date to the solid.

Some spoilers forward for “Dawn on the Reaping.”

‘Dawn on the Reaping’ would be the sixth ‘Starvation Video games’ film

Previous to the guide’s launch, Lionsgate introduced that it was turning the story right into a characteristic movie.

The information of the forthcoming film was shared simply hours after Collins introduced in June 2024 that she was publishing one other “Starvation Video games” story.

On the time, Deadline reported that the movie, “The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping,” can be launched on November 20, 2026.

Francis Lawrence, the filmmaker who helmed each film within the collection besides the 2012 authentic, will direct the film from a script tailored by Billy Ray.

Nina Jacobson and her producing accomplice Brad Simpson are confirmed as returning to supply the prequel below their Coloration Power banner.

The day earlier than “Dawn on the Reaping” was revealed, Jacobson spoke to Selection concerning the coming adaptation. She instructed the outlet her staff has “a fantastic draft” of the script nonetheless in progress and that that they had “established our places” for manufacturing.

“We’re very far alongside for a guide that is solely going to come back out tomorrow,” she stated on the time.

The movie is in early manufacturing, however most of its principal solid members have been introduced

“Dawn on the Reaping” is ready to characteristic an enormous solid. The Starvation Video games that Haymitch is reaped into characteristic double the variety of tributes competing. Collins additionally introduces readers to characters in District 12 who’ve connections to the opposite books within the collection. Plus, the novel consists of appearances from “Starvation Video games” favorites like Effie Trinket and Plutarch Heavensbee.

Lionsgate has been revealing the movie’s solid on social media, displaying snippets of the characters’ introduction within the novel bursting into flame to disclose the actor portraying them.

The “Dawn on the Reaping” solid to date consists of:

• Haymitch Abernathy: Joseph Zada
• Lenore Dove Baird: Whitney Peak
• President Snow: Ralph Fiennes
• Effie Trinket: Elle Fanning
• Caesar Flickerman: Kieran Culkin
• Plutarch Heavensbee: Jesse Plemons
• Beetee Latier: Kelvin Harrison Jr.
• Wiress: Maya Hawke
• Mags Flanagan: Lili Taylor
• Maysilee Donner: Mckenna Grace
• Wyatt Callow: Ben Wang
• Louella McCoy: Molly McCann
• Lou Lou: Iona Bell

The movie’s star, Zada, is a relative newcomer with only a handful of roles to his identify. In March, Jacobson instructed Selection that her staff was trying to Woody Harrelson, who performed Haymitch within the authentic “Starvation Video games” trilogy, for inspiration when casting their subsequent star.

She stated she hoped the actor who landed the function may seize the “mischief” Harrelson delivered to the function with out “impersonating” him.

“You need any individual who very credibly seems like they may very well be a younger model of this character, earlier than the trauma and grief and rage that the fallout of the Video games create,” Jacobson stated. “No one could be Woody Harrelson, however Woody Harrelson.”

Of the roles introduced to this point, Fiennes and Fanning’s castings have arguably generated essentially the most buzz.

Fiennes, who is not any stranger to movie franchises after enjoying Voldemort within the “Harry Potter” movies, shall be providing the third cinematic iteration of President Coriolanus Snow.

Followers adopted Snow as a younger man within the first prequel, through which Tom Blyth portrayed him, and because the growing old villain within the three authentic “Starvation Video games” movies, performed by Donald Sutherland. Snow is the first antagonist in “Dawn on the Reaping,” as he’s within the authentic trilogy, and he makes some chilling appearances within the novel.

Elizabeth Banks performed Effie Trinket, Katniss and Peeta’s handler from the Capitol, within the authentic “Starvation Video games” trilogy, and the character seems as a younger stylist in “Dawn on the Reaping.” Followers had been desperate to see who would step into Banks’ sneakers as a result of her efficiency was so beloved within the movies.

Plemons shall be taking on as Plutarch for Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Jeffrey Wright performed Beetee Latier earlier than Kelvin Harrison Jr. Apparently, each Plemons and Harrison beforehand performed as Hoffman and Wright’s youngsters in different tasks. Plemons was Hoffman’s son within the 2012 movie “The Grasp,” and Harrison was Wright’s son in “Monster,” launched in 2018.

A teaser clip saying the discharge date guarantees that ‘these video games are going to be completely different’

Two weeks after the “Dawn on the Reaping” guide was launched, Lionsgate unveiled the movie’s brand on Instagram in a teaser clip.

The clip consisted of a collection of animated illustrations, beginning with a shot of a volcano. The picture nods to the story’s plot, as a volcanic eruption wipes out most of the tributes in Haymitch’s video games.

Lava from the volcano explodes within the video, forming a hen and a snake image that connects by way of its tail. The striker, which is illustrated on the guide’s cowl, performs an necessary function within the guide, so it is a pure selection for the brand.

As the form of the striker comes into view within the clip, “The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping” seems on the display screen. Then, Harrelson’s voice could be heard saying, “I feel these video games are going to be completely different.”

Followers are hopeful Harrelson, in addition to Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, would possibly seem in “Dawn on the Reaping” to play out the novel’s epilogue.

“Forty-eight tributes. One victor,” the caption of the put up learn. “The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping — in theaters November 20, 2026.”