Lionsgate Drops 'Origins' Featurette for Sunrise on the Reaping
The behind-the-scenes piece looks at the prequel's place in Panem's timeline and how the cast plays younger versions of familiar characters.
Lionsgate has released a behind-the-scenes special feature titled "Origins" for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, according to Bleeding Cool. The studio's featurette centres on the film's prequel element and on how the cast approaches younger versions of characters audiences already know.
The piece also sets out where those returning characters sit in Panem's timeline in this film. Francis Lawrence directs The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray.
The film is scheduled for release on November 20, 2026.
The story is set twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, beginning on the morning of the reaping for the Fiftieth Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell.
Lawrence has directed all but one of The Hunger Games films. In June 2024, Rachel Zegler publicly asked for Sunrise on the Reaping to be made, and the success of The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes was cited as silencing doubters about demand for prequels.
Quick answers
When is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping released?
The film is scheduled for release on November 20, 2026.
Who directs The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping?
Francis Lawrence directs, from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray.
What is the 'Origins' featurette about?
It focuses on the film's prequel element and how the cast approaches younger versions of familiar characters, and highlights where returning characters are in Panem's timeline.