Summary
TheHunger Gamesseries is set to continue with a new book titledSunrise on the Reaping. The multimedia franchise is based on the young adult novel series of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It kicked off with the trilogyThe Hunger Games,Catching Fire, andMockingjay, which were published between 2008 and 2010. Those titles were adapted into a quartet of movies, withMockingjaysplit into two movies in a similar vein to the split-up finales of theHarry PotterandTwilightmovies, released once a year between 2012 and 2015.
Half a decade after the film series ended, Collins released theprequel bookThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakesin 2020. The story, which followed the younger years of Panem’s President Coriolanus Snow, was adapted into a movie in 2023 starring Tom Blyth in the lead role, which was originated onscreen by Donald Sutherland. Now, the new prequelSunrise on the Reapingis set to extend the franchise on the page, and while many announcements about the book are yet to come,quite a few details are already known.
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Sunrise On The Reaping’s Release Date
The New Hunger Games Book Comes Half A Decade After The Last One
TheAssociated Pressannouncement of the new novel revealed thatSunrise on the Reapingwill be published on June 11, 2025. This is almost exactly five years after the publication ofThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which was released on July 30, 2025. It is also nearly a decade and a half after the last of the originalHunger Gamesbooks,Mockingjay, was published on June 09, 2025.
Sunrise On The Reaping Story & Title: What Is It About?
The New Book Will Also Be A Prequel To The Hunger Games
Collins has not yet revealed which characters will be central to the story of her new novel. However, she revealed quite a few details about the setting and inspiration forSunrise on the Reaping. This includes the fact that it is another prequel toThe Hunger Games, though it is not set directly after the events of 2020’sThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It will take placeroughly 40 years after that prequel and 24 years before the originalHunger Gamesnovel.
Collins will use the story to examine the nature of propaganda…
The novel willkick off with the Reaping for the Fiftieth Hunger Games, presumably following the goings-on of the games as well. Although this timeline has not been covered before in the novels, as the most recent Quarter Quell before Katniss' second Hunger Games, it has previously been mentioned in the original trilogy. Drawing inspiration from philosopher David Hume, Collins will use the story to examine the nature of propaganda, who holds the power to control the narrative and establish truth, and the “easiness with which the many are governed by the few.”
Which Hunger Games Characters Can Return In Sunrise On The Reaping
Haymitch Abernathy Will Almost Certainly Return, Among Others
Although no returning characters have been officially confirmed forSunrise on the Reaping,quite a bit is already known about the Fiftieth Hunger Games. For instance, it has already been revealed in the original trilogy that the gimmick for the second Quarter Quell is that twice as many tributes were sought in the Reaping, resulting in 48 competitors entering the arena. Two of the competitors from District 12 were Katniss' future mentor Haymitch Abernathy and a female tribute named Maysilee Donner.
Haymitch was the winner of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, though his use of the arena’s force field to defeat his final opponent embarrassed The Capitol, resulting in the murders of his mother, brother, and girlfriend.
It seems more or less certain that Haymitch and Maysilee will be in the book, as well as an older Coriolanus Snow, who wasPresident of Panem by that point in the storyline. However, there are quite a few other characters who are the right age to possibly appear and who have not been confirmed to have died before the Fiftieth Hunger Games. This includes Hunger Games host Caesar Flickerman, Snow’s cousin Tigris, Tenth Hunger Games victor Lucy Gray Baird, District 13 leader President Coin, and older former victors seen inCatching Fireincluding Mags, Beetee, and Wiress.
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Katniss' mother may also appear, as she was friends with Maysilee Donner. However, none of the tributes from the originalHunger Games, including Katniss, Gale, and Peeta, were alive during the time of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, so they are unlikely to appear inSunrise on the Reaping. There are alsoquite a few characters who were alive during that time but are unlikely to appear, as they would have probably been children or teenagers, but not ones who participated in the Hunger Games. This includes District 12’s Capitol escort Effie Trinket, gamemaker Seneca Crane, and stylist Cinna.
$78 million
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$865 million
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$160 million
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes(2023)
$100 million
$337.4 million
The film adaptation of the newHunger Gamesnovel was announced on the same day as the book. TheSunrise on the Reapingmovie, which is scheduled to premiere on July 29, 2025,will be helmed by returning director Francis Lawrence, who joined the series withCatching Fire. WhileSongbirds and Snakeswas the lowest-grossing movie in the franchise by far, followed by the second most recent title,Mockingjay - Part 2, both movies still performed solidly at the box office, which could indicate that a new movie may work well if it has a tidier budget like the original movie.
Source:Associated Press
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games is a multi-movie franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. The films are based on the young adult dystopian book series by author Suzanne Collins. The first film was released in 2012, followed by Catching Fire in 2013, Mockingjay Part 1 in 2014, and Mockingjay Part 2 in 2015. In 2023, the fifth film in the series was released, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
