Reddit users react to The Hunger Games: Sunrise On Reaping trailer: When does it come out in the UK?
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on Reaping is the second prequel in the series after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
The Ballad of Songbirds, which starred Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth, came out in November 2023 and the announcement for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (the second prequel in the series) was first announced on June 6, 2024.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping will feature such stars as Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Maya Hawkes. Ahead of the film’s release, Lionsgate has released a surprise trailer.
According to Deadline, “The film revisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell.”
Reddit users have been reacting to the trailer and one wrote: “It's so refreshing to have a book/movie combination like this, with both creatives heavily involved in different ways. Like I look at this trailer and it just feels right as an adaptation.
“While I don't expect Francis Lawrence to always make Hunger Games movies, I'd be very surprised if he isn't a key figure going forward in deciding what other projects can be explored in this world, even if it's just as a producer or story credit.”
Another Reddit user said: “Man I cried watching this. I adored the book(it ripped my heart out and trampled on it multiple times ^^),” whilst another said: “Lionsgate seems to be going all-in on this movie, since The Hunger Games and John Wick are really their only big franchises.
“With the cast and the story they’re going for, I think Sunrise on the Reaping will do better than The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, both with critics and at the box office—just probably not as big as the first two Hunger Games movies.”
When does The Hunger Games: Sunrise On Reaping come out in the UK?
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On Reaping comes out in UK cinemas on November 20, 2026. When Elle Fanning was interviewed by MTV, she said: “It was funny because I think fans made this happen in a way,”and also revealed that"The studio [Lionsgate] said they were getting kind of hounded online, like, ‘Elle needs to play Effie.”