Overview

• Elle Fanning will portray a young Effie Trinket in the upcoming 'Hunger Games' prequel, taking over the role originally played by Elizabeth Banks.
• The film, 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' explores the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, set 24 years before Katniss Everdeen's story.
• Joseph Zada leads the cast as a young Haymitch Abernathy, joined by Ralph Fiennes as President Snow and Maya Hawke as Wiress, among others.
• Directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence and written by Billy Ray, the movie is based on Suzanne Collins's 2025 bestseller.
• Scheduled for a November 20, 2026 release, the prequel continues to expand the 'Hunger Games' universe and deepen its backstory.