New 'hunger games' book 'sunrise on the reaping' set to become a movie in november 2026

Another _Hunger Games_ movie is on the way. Lionsgate announced June 6 that the newly revealed book from author Suzanne Collins, her fifth in the bestselling series, will get a big-screen

adaptation. "Welcome to the Second Quarter Quell. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping – in theaters November 20, 2026," read a post on Instagram. Francis Lawrence is in talks

to direct the movie after having helmed four previous films in the franchise. The novel, out March 18, 2025, "will revisit the world of Panem 24 years before the events of _The Hunger

Games_, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell," per a synopsis. NEVER MISS A STORY — SIGN UP FOR PEOPLE'S FREE

DAILY NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE BEST OF WHAT PEOPLE HAS TO OFFER, FROM JUICY CELEBRITY NEWS TO COMPELLING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES.  Adam Fogelson, chair of the Lionsgate Motion

Picture Group, said in a press release, “Suzanne Collins is a master storyteller and our creative north star. We couldn’t be more fortunate than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator

whose talent and imagination are so consistently brilliant." "We know _Hunger Games_ fans worldwide will be spellbound by where Suzanne has focused this next extraordinary

story," added Fogelson. "The Second Quarter Quell is legendary and looms large over the history of the Games, even into the time of Katniss Everdeen a quarter-century later. Like

fans around the globe, we are eagerly anticipating this exciting return to Panem." The prequel book _The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes _was released in 2020, and the movie hit theaters

in 2023, starring Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth. That story took place 64 years before the events of _The Hunger Games_. Jennifer Lawrence starred as Katniss Everdeen in four _Hunger Games_

films from 2012 to 2015.