The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) is a science-fiction action film directed by Francis Lawrence — watch online on iFILM. The story drops into Panem on the morning of the 50th Hunger Games reaping, 24 years before Katniss Everdeen ever raised a bow. The event in question is the Second Quarter Quell, and the rules are harder than anything the districts have faced before.

Joseph Zada plays a young Haymitch Abernathy — District 12's future mentor before the drinking, before the loss, before the walls went up. District 12 hasn't produced a victor in four decades. He goes in without allies, without a strategy, and with everyone expecting him to die fast. Alongside Zada: Mackenna Grace, Elle Fanning, Maya Hawke, Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes and Kieran Culkin fill out a cast strong enough to carry a prequel on its own terms.

Lawrence directed every previous entry in the franchise, so the visual grammar here is familiar — but Haymitch's story hasn't been told before. Stream The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) online on iFILM.