The next Hunger Games movie is titled Sunrise on the Reaping and is planned for a November 20, 2026 release in theaters. This follows Suzanne Collins’s upcoming prequel novel of the same name, published in 2025, with Lionsgate adapting it for the screen. The project is being developed under the Color Force banner, with Francis Lawrence potentially returning to direct. For the latest updates, I can monitor announcements from Lionsgate and major entertainment outlets as dates are officially confirmed.[3][5][7]
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Author Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new "The Hunger Games" novel.
www.cbsnews.comThe adaptation of Suzanne Collins' next book "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" will be released by Lionsgate on November 20, 2026.
www.indiewire.comFilmmaker Francis Lawrence has confirmed that filming on the next “The Hunger Games” movie is set to commence later this year. Out promoting the forthcoming 4K UHD disc release of 2005’s Constantine, the filmmaker confirms that the project is already deep into pre-production. The book on which it’s based, “Sunrise on the Reaping,” doesn’t hit […]
www.darkhorizons.comLionsgate announced that a new Hunger Games prequel movie, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, will arrive in 2026.
www.digitaltrends.comThe movie will be based on the novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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www.imdb.comInspired by an 18th century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new 'The Hunger Games' novel.
www.ctvnews.caThe next movie in the "Hunger Games" franchise has producers trying to cast a younger version of Woody Harrelson's' character.
entertainmentnow.comIn a move that ironically mirrors the vindictive Quarter Quell callbacks, it seems that studio, Lionsgate will not quite be done with The Hunger Games franchise after Katniss Everdeen’s televised revolution is said and done with this fall’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. It seems that Lionsgate has found a loophole to bring the property back to the box-office arena for more movies with prequels and sequels. – Did you actually think they were going to let things go?
www.cinemablend.comHours after it was announced that Suzanne Collins would publish a second Hunger Games prequel novel, Lionsgate has confirmed a film adaptation is set for late 2026.
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