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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Science Fiction · Action · Adventure · 2026

Return to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

“Welcome to the Second Quarter Quell.”

2026 Science Fiction · Action · Adventure 2h 38m

Return to the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Francis Lawrence

Written by

Billy Ray · Michael Lesslie

Joseph Zada

Joseph Zada

Haymitch Abernathy

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

President Coriolanus Snow

Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Plutarch Heavensbee

Whitney Peak

Whitney Peak

Lenore Dove Baird

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Effie Trinket

Mckenna Grace

Mckenna Grace

Maysilee Donner / Merrilee Donner

Maya Hawke

Maya Hawke

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Court is in session

Put The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Spectacle is a valid language.”

It understands that cinema can hit first and explain itself later. Pleasure is not a lesser artistic goal.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Noise filed as personality.”

Momentum and scale cannot indefinitely distract from choices that buckle under a second look.