According to Deadline, the promo for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping shows Joseph Zada (We Were Liars, The Speedway Murders) playing a young Haymitch Abernathy. The original role was played by Woody Harrelson (Zombieland, The Edge of Seventeen). The promo features actors and actresses discussing Haymitchs’ character and clips are distributed throughout.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel focusing on Haymitch at 24 years old as he appears in the 50th Hunger Games. The action film will also be starring Ben Wang (Karate Kid: Legends, The Long Walk), Billy Porter (Cinderella, Anything’s Possible), Elle Fanning (All the Bright Places, We Bought a Zoo), Glenn Close (101 Dalmatians, Hook), Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad, Kinds of Kindness), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Waves, Mufasa: The Lion King), Kieran Culkin (Home Alone, Father of the Bride), Lili Taylor (To The Bone, Fear Street: Prom Queen), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Do Revenge), McKenna Grace (Regretting You, Gifted), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and others.
The film is an adaptation based on The Hunger Games series released by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes). The screenplay was written by Billy Ray (Secret in Their Eyes, Color of Night) and Michael Lesslie (Hamlet, Macbeth). The film will be directed by Francis Lawrence (Water for Elephants, The Long Walk).
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