00:00Come on, they'll love it.
00:08Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson are returning to The Hunger Games.
00:12The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the pair who starred as Katniss Everdeen and Peter Malark in the original Hunger Games films
00:18will reprise their roles in the forthcoming prequel movie The Hunger Games Sunrise on the Reaping.
00:24No details have been disclosed, but the pair will likely appear in a flash forward.
00:28Since the story takes place 24 years before the events in the first Hunger Games book-end film.
00:41Sunrise on the Reaping begins in Panem on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games,
00:46which saw a young Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in the original films, become the victor.
00:51Haymitch, of course, goes on to be Katniss and Peter's mentor.
00:54Lawrence and Hutcherson's most recent entry in the franchise was 2015's The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2,
01:01which ended with the pair married with children.
01:03As for their involvement in the new film, Lionsgate did not respond to a request for comment.
01:07The franchise's first five films, including 2023's The Battle of Songbirds and Snakes,
01:12have collectively surpassed $3.3 billion at the worldwide box office.
01:17The Hunger Games' Sunrise on the Reaping is set to be released in theaters on November 20th, 2026.
01:22Let's the 50th Hunger Games begin!
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01:32This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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