00:00Get excited, Hunger Games fans! A new novel and a new film are coming!
00:05Author Suzanne Collins and her publisher Scholastic revealed early Thursday morning
00:09that the fifth book in the series, titled The Hunger Games Sunrise on the Reaping,
00:13will be released on March 18, 2025.
00:16Now, Lionsgate is unveiling plans for a film based on the novel.
00:20The screen adaptation has Francis Lawrence in talks to direct.
00:23He's directed four previous Hunger Games films, Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part 1,
00:27Mockingjay Part 2, and the most recent movie in the series,
00:31last year's The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,
00:34which grossed nearly $340 million at the box office.
00:38At the November 2023 premiere of that film,
00:40Lawrence said this when asked about Collins writing more Hunger Games books.
00:44I would love for her to write more. I don't know if she needs to write more.
00:47I mean, part of what's great about Suzanne is Suzanne, you know,
00:51gets inspired and comes up with, like, a thematic idea
00:54and then builds the stories around that.
00:57And so if she gets inspired, I'd be super excited to jump back in and do something with her again.
01:02The original four installments in the film franchise, starring Jennifer Lawrence,
01:05earned nearly $3 billion at the box office.
01:09As for Sunrise on the Reaping,
01:10the story will take place 24 years before the events of the first Hunger Games novel,
01:15starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games,
01:18also known as the second quarter quell.
01:20Those games are noteworthy given that the victor was Hamish Abernathy,
01:23who was played by Woody Harrelson in the Hunger Games movies.
01:27There's no word yet on casting for the film,
01:29but Lionsgate has set a wide theatrical release on November 20, 2026.
01:34For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:36For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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