Here’s the latest available information I can share.
- The next Hunger Games release is a prequel film titled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. It is planned for theatrical release on November 20, 2026.
- The film is based on Suzanne Collins’s upcoming prequel novel Sunrise on the Reaping, which Scholastic plans to publish on March 18, 2025, with the movie following in 2026.
- Filming was reported to begin in 2025, with director Francis Lawrence likely returning to helm the project. No cast has been officially announced yet.
If you’d like, I can pull the most current press releases or trade articles to confirm any changes to the release date or production status.
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The adaptation of Suzanne Collins' next book "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" will be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026.
www.indiewire.comHours after it was announced that Suzanne Collins would publish a second Hunger Games prequel novel, Lionsgate has confirmed a film adaptation is set for late 2026.
www.ign.comIn a move that ironically mirrors the vindictive Quarter Quell callbacks, it seems that studio, Lionsgate will not quite be done with The Hunger Games franchise after Katniss Everdeen’s televised revolution is said and done with this fall’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. It seems that Lionsgate has found a loophole to bring the property back to the box-office arena for more movies with prequels and sequels. – Did you actually think they were going to let things go?
www.cinemablend.comSuzanne Collins' next Hunger Games novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, will get a film adaptation in 2026.
www.gamespot.comA new "Hunger Games" prequel will be released in theaters in 2026.
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www.imdb.comAuthor Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new "The Hunger Games" novel.
www.cbsnews.comFilmmaker Francis Lawrence has confirmed that filming on the next “The Hunger Games” movie is set to commence later this year. Out promoting the forthcoming 4K UHD disc release of 2005’s Constantine, the filmmaker confirms that the project is already deep into pre-production. The book on which it’s based, “Sunrise on the Reaping,” doesn’t hit […]
www.darkhorizons.comLionsgate announced that a new Hunger Games prequel movie, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, will arrive in 2026.
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