Set 24 years before the originalHunger Gamesand 40 years after the events inThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,Sunrise on the Reapingzooms in on the 50th annual Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) was reaped as one of the four tributes from District 12 to compete in the game.
Zada was castto play the younger version of Haymitch, a role that was popularized by Woody Harrelson. Ralph Fiennes will play President Snow, previously portrayed by Tom Blyth in the prequel and Donald Sutherland in the original quadrilogy. Joining them in the cast are Maya Hawke, McKenna Grace, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Plemons, Ben Wang, and many others.
While none of the previous cast will be returning,Sunrise on the Reapingdoes featurethe return of something familiar.
Sunrise On The Reaping Will Have A Legit Hunger Games Arena Like The First 2 Movies
And It’s Very Deadly
The upcoming movie will finally seethe return of a proper arena, which has been missing sinceCatching Fire.The first twoHunger Gamesinstallments saw Katniss and Peeta competing in the 74th and the 75th Hunger Games, but the rest of the franchise didn’t provide similar conditions.
Taking place in the aftermath of the Third Quarter Quell, the two-partMockingjaysaw the Districts rebel against the Capitol, where the Hunger Games weren’t held in the same fashion as they were before. The fourth installment saw Snow turn the Capitol into an arena.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, on the other hand, took place too early in Panem’s history, where The Hunger Games was still in its developmental stage. None of the factors were present inSunrise on the Reaping.
A young Snow has devoted his intelligence and time to perfecting the system after he served as a mentor in the 10th Hunger Games.By the time Haymitch entered the arena as a tribute, Snow had already become the President of Panem,and much has changed sinceLucy Gray Baird’s game. The arena, in particular, has evolved greatly.
Suzanne Collins' book depicted the arena forthe 50th Hunger Gamesasa breathtaking place with sweet meadows, forests, and a snowcapped mountain. However, from the sting of a butterfly to the stream and the smell of flowers, nearly everything in the arena is deadly, except for rainwater and food from the Cornucopia.
Similar to the 75th Hunger Games,the 50th Hunger Games was enclosed by a field force, which Haymitch used to his advantage to win the game, though not without consequences. WithSunrise on the Reapingfilming very soon, it won’t be long until new images and eventual teasers become available to showcase the beautiful but deadly arena of the Second Quarter Quell.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Cast
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping explores the dystopian world of Panem 24 years prior to Katniss Everdeen’s story. This prequel focuses on the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, known as the Second Quarter Quell, unveiling the origins of crucial events and traditions in the series.
