The Hunger Games movies are coming back to theaters ahead of Sunrise on the Reaping
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The full Hunger Games film series is returning to cinemas this summer via Fathom Events, ahead of the release of the next prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, in November. The limited run offers fans a chance to revisit the franchise on the big screen and rekindle interest before the new instalment arrives.
The event runs for five days, from 3 to 7 September, with one film screened per day in release order: The Hunger Games (2012), Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay — Part 1 (2014), Mockingjay — Part 2 (2015) and the 2023 prequel The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Based on Suzanne Collins's novels, the original films starred Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. Sunrise on the Reaping, due on 20 November, expands on Haymitch's experience in the 50th Hunger Games, with Joseph Zada in the lead and a cast including Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin and Ralph Fiennes; Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are also set to reprise their roles.
- All five Hunger Games films return to cinemas 3u20137 September.
- Fathom Events screens one film per day in release order.
- Prequel Sunrise on the Reaping arrives 20 November.
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The full Hunger Games film series, based on Suzanne Collins's novels, follows a dystopian world where young people are forced to fight to the death in a televised contest. The original films starred Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, and the story later expanded with a prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, released in 2023.
A new prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, is due in cinemas on 20 November. It focuses on the earlier life of the character Haymitch, played by Joseph Zada, with a supporting cast including Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin and Ralph Fiennes, while Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are expected to return in their original roles.
Fathom Events, a company that organises special limited cinema screenings, is behind the plan to re-release the five existing films in cinemas this September, one per day over five days, in the order they were originally released. Such re-releases are a common way for studios to build anticipation for an upcoming instalment by giving audiences the chance to see the earlier films on the big screen again.
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