The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Gets Logo Reveal & Writer

A new video reveals the logo for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Lionsgate is working on an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ upcoming novel The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Both the book and the movie serve as a prequel to the original Hunger Games series, with the movie dated for November 2026.

At CinemaCon, Lionsgate unveiled the first official logo for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Watch the video here (watch more trailers and clips):

Who is writing The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping?

Per Deadline, it has also been announced that Billy Ray is writing the script for Sunrise on the Reaping. Ray worked on the screenplay for the first Hunger Games movie, which was released in 2012, and earned an Oscar nomination for penning 2013’s Captain Phillips.

He’s also worked on the scripts for movies such as 1997’s Volcano, 2003’s Shattered Glass (which he also directed), 2004’s Suspect Zero, 2009’s State of Play, 2018’s Overlord, 2019’s Gemini Man, 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate, 2019’s Richard Jewell, and more.

The Hunger Games prequel movie is being directed by Francis Lawrence, who has also helmed a number of the franchise’s previous entries. Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing the film, while Cameron MacConomy serves as executive producer.

Sunrise on the Reaping is set 24 years before the events of the original series. It tells the story of how Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in the movies, won the 50th Hunger Games, becoming the only District 12 victor until Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark came along.

No casting for the movie has been announced at this time, meaning it’s unclear if Harrelson will return in any capacity for the film.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will be released in United States theaters on November 20, 2026, from Lionsgate.

Source: Comingsoon.net