Hunger Games prequel 'Sunrise on the Reaping' gets first trailer
moviesApr 13, 20261239
Lionsgate released the official trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, revealing the Second Quarter Quell and casting Joseph Zada as a young Haymitch among the tributes. The trailer identifies the event as the 50th Hunger Games and requires each district to send twice as many tributes, effectively doubling the field. The teaser repeats the tagline 'Twice the number of tributes, twice the glory' and emphasizes the larger scale and spectacle of this Quell. The film is a prequel focused on Haymitch's origin in Panem before Katniss's era, setting up expanded backstory for the original trilogy.
Key Highlights
Joseph Zada plays young Haymitch, chosen as a tribute in the trailer.
Trailer labels the event the 50th Hunger Games, the Second Quarter Quell.
Quell forces each district to send twice as many tributes, doubling the field.