Update: It has now been confirmed that Suzanne Collins’ new Hunger Games novel will be adapted for the big screen. According to Deadline, the US release is set for November 20, 2026. There is no official German date yet. Hunger Games creator Francis Lawrence is currently negotiating the director’s position. The original message follows.
The Hunger Games series blossomed into one of the biggest sci-fi blockbusters that cinema had to offer in the early 2010s. Not only did the four films bring in more than 3 billion US dollars at the global box office, according to The Numbers, they also made Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson mega-stars overnight.
Last year, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a prequel about the later Panem dictator President Snow (Tom Blyth), was released in cinemas, which followed the 2020 film Novel by Suzanne Collins Since then, rumors have been circulating that this will not be the last story we hear from the Hunger Games universe – and they were right. new adventure has now been officially announced.
New Hunger Games book is coming: Sci-Fi prequel about second anniversary ‒ and absolute fan favorite?
As Scholastic reports, Suzanne Collins is publishing a new Hunger Games book. It is to be titled Sunrise of the Reaping tragen, which in English means “The Morning of Harvest” The story will take place 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games book about Katniss Everdeen and will start on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, which is also known as the second jubilee anniversary are known.
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Woody Harrelson as Haymitch in The Hunger Games
Die-hard Hunger Games fans might have already put two and two together. Because the second anniversary featured a champion we already know from the first books ‒ and films ‒. Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) took part in the 50th Hunger Games at the age of 16 and won. This meant that he later became a mentor to the tributes from his home district 12, Katniss and Peeta.
That’s why this is the best news for Hunger Games movie fans
It is not yet clear whether Haymitch will actually be part of the book or whether it will focus on another character instead. However, it is a reasonable assumption, as Haymitch is one of the absolute fan favorites in the Hunger Games universe. Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence has been asked numerous times whether he could imagine making his own prequel about Haymitch. The answer has always been: Yes, if Suzanne Collins writes a Hunger Games novel based on it.
Thus, in this novel, the Basis for a new film adaptation ‒ and even from Panem veteran Francis Lawrence. A concrete announcement may soon await us. After all, the Film adaptation of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes announced, before the book was officially published. So there is hope.
Collins’ novel Sunrise of the Reaping is scheduled to be released on March 18, 2025 move into the bookshelves.