Sunrise On The Reaping Has Found Its Young Haymitch Abernathy — And Another Very Important Character
Last March, author Suzanne Collins continued to immerse himself in the universe “Hunger Games” by abandoning the novel “Sunrise on the Reaging”, a story that takes place about 24 years before the original novel of “The Hunger Games”. He tells the story of Haymitch Abernathy, 16 Four initial films “Hunger Games”. After the initial trilogy of the novels of Collins, the book is the second consecutive prequel novel, following “The ballad of singing birds and snakes” of 2020.
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In the same way as this last novel being quickly adapted to a cinematographic version in 2023, “Sunrise on the Reaping” was used for the main screen treatment almost a full year even before the publication of the bookAnd the regular director of “Hunger Games” Francis Lawrence will indeed return to direct the film, and the script was written by Billy Ray. As such, the film team behind “Sunrise” began to start the film, and today, the news announced that the film found its young Haymitch in Joseph Zada. That’s not all, however; The role of Lenore Dove Baird, Haymitch’s girlfriend in the novel, will be played by Whitney Peak.
According to a declaration from the Lionsgate co-president, Erin Westerman (via the deadline), Zada and Peak have “the incredible heart, depth and fire” and that after having auditioned hundreds of artists gifted from around the world, these two have stood out. “As this testimony suggests, as the general buzz surrounding young actors, it seems that Lawrence and the” Hunger Games “franchise can be at the forefront and launching young stars. From the public, if the previous films “Hunger Games” are an indication, then they will probably be very impressive in the final film.
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“ Sunrise on the Reaging ” contains a richness of material for young players to chew
If you are not familiar with the series “Hunger Games”, you might believe that the cast of certain young buzzers is simply normal for the successful franchise course. Certainly, Zada and Peak are at a time of their career where they begin to break out; The first is currently at the head of the Australian series “Invisible Boys” and will then appear in the Netflix series “East of Eden” by Zoe Kazan, while Peak is already restarting “Gossip Girl” and “Hocus Pocus 2” under his assets, and followed some funny genre films on the way (a shark film entitled “Shiver” and Thriller Heist “4 Kids Walk in a Bank”). However, even leaving all this aside, the “Hunger Games” films have a long story of absolutely stacked presentations. In addition to helping the stars of list A like Jennifer Lawrence and Jack Quaid Break Out, they also presented heavy -based strikers such as Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Harrelson, who played the adult Haymitch for four films.
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A great reason for this is that, despite the status of novels as a series of young adults, “The Hunger Games” is a remarkably fleshy story, which approaches a variety of convincing subjects for all ages, the least of which are not its political and social allegories. A series that is much closer to George Orwell than “Twilight”, “The Hunger Games” is remarkable for its skilful manipulation of equipment with depth without ever alienating the young audience for which it is intended. As the cover of Nina Starner of “Sunrise on the Reaping” proves, this last prequelle novel goes to Some really dark places and then some,, Fleshing more the sordid history of Panem And its policy and its horrible practices in a way that continues to push the limits. This follows the previous prequel of Collins; “The ballad of singing birds and snakes” was not a simple story of stop or a pale fans service, but a story radically rich in its own right.
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Since it seems that this last episode continues the penchant of the series for wealth, it is not surprising that some promising young actors are impatient to take a cinematographic version. Nor is it a surprise that filmmakers are so eager to launch young exciting performers instead of simple personalities, because these films require stronger things than a simple number of healthy followers. I can’t wait to see what Zada, peak performance, and The rest of the future actors Have their sleeves when “Sunrise on the Reaging” opens on November 20, 2026.
