# ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ Is Officially Reuniting 3 Fan-Favorite Stars

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-is-officially-reuniting-3-fan-favorite-stars/
- Published: 2026-10-30T11:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T11:15:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-jennifer-lawrence-josh-hutcherson-woody-harrelson-return/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson return.
- The prequel follows Haymitch’s 50th Hunger Games.
- The Quarter Quell doubles each district’s tributes.

## Summary

Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed she will return as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, alongside Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson. Their appearances reunite three stars from the original films and connect the new prequel to the wider franchise.

The film adapts Suzanne Collins’ fifth Hunger Games novel and follows Haymitch Abernathy during the 50th Games, the Second Quarter Quell. Its special rule requires each district to send twice the usual number of tributes. Joseph Zada plays the young Haymitch, with Francis Lawrence returning to direct; the returning characters appear in a story set after the original trilogy’s events.

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