It seems we have another familiar face in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping While the casting for the new characters has to be good for obvious reasons, the casting for the younger versions of beloved characters needs to be right on the money, or the fandom will reject it wholesale Now, it wouldn't[...]
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According to a press release sent out by Lionsgate, Maya Hawke has been cast as Wiress, a former Hunger Games champion-turned-District 12 mentor in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Wiress was previously portrayed by Amanda Plummer in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. We also got another short video announcing the casting on social media.
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Lionsgate teased at CinemaCon that they were deep into the casting process for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping , which was probably code for "we have the people we want, we just need the ink to dry on some contracts." That wouldn't be too surprising considering the release date for the next film, fall next[...]
Back in June, the announcement for the new book Sunrise on the Reaping came with the announcement that Lionsgate had already locked down not only the rights to another Hunger Games book but also a release date for the film. The movie isn't out until 2026, but the book is out next year, and Scholastic has dropped[...]