'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' casts its two leads

The newest installment of the biggest dystopian franchise, 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping', just made an announcement for the casting of the two leads, with Joseph Zada ('Invisible Boys') and Whitney Peak ('Gossip Girl') starring as Haymitch Abernathy and Lenore Dove respectively.

So far, 'The Hunger Games' is one of the biggest franchises that have come from juvenile dystopian books, with every one of the installments getting a live action adaptation announcement even before known how the public will react to the book, and 'Sunrise on the Reaping' was no exception.

But even though the news about the movie were out there from months ago, and even the premiere date, for November 2026, the casting process was taking its sweet time until now, finally, that we know the two faces that will be bringing these characters to life.

The story will happen in between the original trilogy and the prequel, 24 years before we get to know Katniss Everdeen, and we will follow Haymitch, Katniss's coach, when it's his turn to be tribute and go through the games.

Last movie 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', starring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth, was a complete success for the franchise and amassed great reviews by everyone, so expectations for 'Sunrise on the Reaping' are especially high with the book gathering inmense praise online by fans of the franchise.

Lionsgate will be distributing the film globally, and the exact date is November 20, 2026.

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