The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping will welcome several new and already famous faces into the fold of the world based on the books by Suzanne Collins.
The film, based on Collins’ newest prequel novel, will tell Haymitch Abernathy’s story. Haymitch competed in the second annual Quarter Quell, the 50th Hunger Games, and each of those anniversary competitions come with an added wrinkle to the Reaping. For Haymitch and his fellow tributes, there were twice the amount of children selected to compete in the arena.
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Haymitch’s story will bridge that of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Collins’ original trilogy, introducing younger versions of many already beloved characters as well as some never seen before. Find the full cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping and their counterparts from previous films below:
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Joseph Zada As Haymitch Abernathy
Image Credit: Everett/Hugh Stewart Joseph Zada won the role of a younger Haymitch Abernathy, whose Hunger Games are the subject of Suzanne Collins’ latest prequel novel. Zada is no stranger to book adaptations, as he recently starred as Johnny Sinclair in Prime Video’s YA hit show We Were Liars, based on the book by E. Lockhart, as well as in Invisible Boys based on Holden Sheppard’s novel.
Harrelson is known for playing Detective Marty Hart in True Detective, Mickey in Natural Born Killers (1994), Larry Flynt in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) and Willoughbey in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
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Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird
Image Credit: Kate Whyte Whitney Peak will play Lenore Dove Baird, Haymitch’s love interest and a descendant of the covey, possibly even Rachel Zegler’s Lucy Gray Baird.
Peak is known for playing Judith in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Stella in Molly’s Game (2017), Gillian in Campfire Kiss (2017) and Alpha Jessica in Home Before Dark. She also played Zoya Lott in HBO’s reboot of Gossip Girl as well as Becca in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022).
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McKenna Grace as Maysilee Donner
Image Credit: Gus Black McKenna Grace will portray Maysilee Donner, a fellow District 12 tribute in the doubled up number of the 50th Quarter Quell games with Haymitch. In the book, Maysilee does have a twin, Merrilee Donner.
Grace is known for playing Mary in Gifted (2016), Esther Keyes in The Handmaid’s Tale, Phoebe Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) and Tonya from 8 to 12 years old in I, Tonya (2017).
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Ralph Fiennes as President Snow
Ralph Fiennes, who is no stranger to villains, will portray President Coriolanus Snow, who was played in the original first four films by the late Donald Sutherland and later in a more recent prequel film centering his origin story based on Collins’ The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Tom Blyth.
Fiennes is most well-known for playing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film franchise. He is also known for portraying Amon Goeth in Schindler’s List (1993), Justin Quayle in The Constant Gardner, M. Gustave in The Grand Budapeste Hotel (2014) and Caius Martius Coriolanus in Coriolanus (2011). He was recently Oscar-nominated for his starring role of Lawrence in Conclave (2024), and he appeared as Dr. Kelson in 28 Years Later (2025). He frequently works with Wes Anderson.
Sutherland, who passed away in June 2024, was known for playing John Klute in Klute (1971) and Mr. Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005) among many more roles.
And Tom Blyth has appeared in HBO’s The Gilded Age as well as Billy the Kid. He will soon star as Alex Nilsen in Netflix’s film adaptation of Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation coming to the streamer in January.
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Kelvin Harrison Jr. As Beetee Latier
Image Credit: Everett/Leon Bennett/Getty Images Kelvin Harrison Jr. will portray a younger version of Beetee Latier, who first appeared in Catching Fire played by Jeffrey Wright. Beetee is an engineer and very smart.
Harrison Jr. recently voiced Taka aka Scar in Disney’s live-action The Lion King prequel Mufasa: The Lion King (2024). He also played B.B. King in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (2022), Tyler in Waves (2019) and Travis in It Comes At Night (2017).
Wright recently appeared as Isaac Dixon in The Last of Us Season 2. He is also known for starring as Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison in American Fiction (2023), as Roebuck Wright in The French Dispatch (2021), as Winston in Broken Flowers (2005) and as Lt. James Gordon in The Batman (2022).
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Jesse Plemons as Plutarch
Image Credit: Everett/Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Jesse Plemons will play Plutarch Heavensbee, portrayed in three of the four first films by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Plemons recently starred as Robert in what’s his Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness (2024). He also appeared as a Soldier in Alex Garland’s Civil War (2024). More recent appearances include Zero Day, in which he played Roger Carlson, and Black Mirror in which he played Robert Daly.
Hoffman is known for playing Truman Capote in Capote (2005), Phil Parma in Magnolia (1999) and Andy in Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007). Hoffman and Plemons worked together on Paul Thomas Anderson’s film The Master (2012) with Plemons playing Val Dodd, son of Hoffman’s Lancaster Dodd.
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Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket
Image Credit: Everett/Kristy Sparow/Getty Images Elle Fanning will take on the bubbly Effie Trinket, portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the four films. Effie coordinated the etiquette training in a way for District 12 in the first four films.
Elle Fanning, sister of actress Dakota Fanning, is known for playing Alice Dainard in Super 8 (2011), Jesse in The Neon Demon (2016), Aurora in Maleficent (2014) and Cleo in Somewhere (2010). She also recently starred as Sylvie Russo in A Complete Unknown (2024), and she is known for playing Catherine in Hulu’s The Great. She will also soon appear in Apple TV+’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
Banks just recently starred in The Better Sister on Prime Video alongside Jessica Biehl. She is also known for playing Melinda Ledbetter in Love & Mercy (2018) and for voicing Wyldstyle in The Lego Movie (2014).
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Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman
Image Credit: Getty Images / Everett Collection Kieran Culkin will take on the role of Caesar Flickerman, who was portrayed by Stanley Tucci in The Hunger Games films.
Culkin is known for his Emmy-winning performance as Roman Roy in HBO’s Succession, and he won an Oscar for his role as Benji Kaplan in A Real Pain (2024). He is the brother of Macauley Culkin, and he appeared in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 as Fuller.
Tucci is known for his roles in films like The Lovely Bones (2009), The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and Julie and Julia (2009). He will return to reprise his role of Nigel in The Devil Wears Prada 2. He also recently appeared as Bellini alongside Ralph Fiennes in Conclave (2024).
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Lili Taylor as Mags
Image Credit: Everett/Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Lili Taylor will portray a younger version of Mags, played by Lynn Cohen in 2013’s Catching Fire. Mags is from District 4.
Taylor is known for playing Anne Blaine in American Crime and Carolyn Perron in The Conjuring. She also recently appeared in the final two episodes of Poker Face Season 2 as SAC Darville.
Cohen is known for playing Lillian House in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Golda Meir in Munich (2005), Mrs. Wierzbowski in Eagle Eye (2008) and Sarah Simkin in The Cobbler (2014).
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Maya Hawke as Wiress
Image Credit: Everett/Getty Images Maya Hawke will portray a younger version of Wiress, who was portrayed by Amanda Plummer in Catching Fire.
Hawke, the daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, is known for playing Robin Buckley in Stranger Things, Heather in Fear Street: Part One – 1994 (2021) and for playing Eleanor in Netflix’s Do Revenge (2022). She also more recently voiced Anxiety in Inside Out 2 (2024).
Plummer is known for playing Lydia Sinclair in The Fisher King (1991), Honey Bunny in Pulp Fiction (1994) alongside Hawke’s mother Thurman, and for playing Abigail Harm in Abigail Harm (2012). She also more recently appeared as Vadic in Star Trek: Picard.
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Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle
Image Credit: Stephane Cardinale / Corbis / Getty Images Glenn Close will portray Drusilla Sickle, the escort to the District 12 tributes before Effie assumed the role. She is married to Billy Porter’s Magno Stift.
Close is known for playing Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction (1987), Marquise de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Nova Prime in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Joan Castleman in The Wife (2017).
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Image Credit: Jeff Spicer/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA Billy Porter will portray Magno Stift, estranged husband to Drusilla Sickle and uninspired fashion designer.
Porter is known for playing Pray Tell in Pose, the Fabulous Godmother in Cinderella (2021) and Taylor in The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000).