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A new era of The Hunger Games is coming, and soon enough, star Whitney Peak will be stepping into the arena. Set 24 years before the original trilogy, the next franchise installment (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping) is based on Suzanne Collins' newly released prequel novel of the same name The novel centers on Haymitch[...]

Lionsgate has been filling out the main cast for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping for the last month or so They have dropped some new and familiar faces to portray these characters that fans are so attached to A role in a film like this can be the thing that really helps a new[...]

If memory serves, fans enjoyed Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman, and Tucci knew what role and what movie he was in. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has been filling out the main and supporting cast for the last month or so, and this is another one of those casting decisions that they needed to[...]

The cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping gained quite a few new cast members today, including one of the big ones This is one, however, that was rumored a couple of weeks ago, so it's not that big of a surprise, but fans seemed into the casting Now it has been confirmed that[...]

Well, we've officially crossed another one of the big casting announcements for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping off the list There are still a few more that fans are eagerly awaiting, but the end of the road for this cast might be approaching even sooner than we think President Coriolanus Snow is a character[...]

The cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping just picked up another new face, and this is an actor who is about to have one hell of a 2025 with two major feature films set to come out Ben Wang is the latest to join the cast Sunrise on the Reaping as Wyatt Callow, District[...]

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[...]

The Hunger Games casting blitz has started again We got a bunch of casting announcements last month, but then things went quiet, and now they are up again Considering that production is set to begin shortly, it isn't surprising that the main and supporting cast are filling in According to a press release sent out by[...]

The cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping slowly continues to grow as the week goes on, proving my point that this cast is probably locked in and they are just drip feeding us the names for the drama of it Nothing wrong with a little drama We are three names deep into this[...]

We are getting another entry in The Hunger Games, both in book and movie form. The book, titled The Hunger Games: Sunruse on the Reaping, is coming out in just a couple of weeks, and the movie is set to be released in late 2026, right around the same time as the previous film. Director Francis Lawrence is also[...]

After seeing a younger version of President Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, many wondered if the star attached to the role might appear once more (with a few modifications, of course). However, while speaking to Variety about the potential to reprise his role in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,[...]

The Hunger Games franchise will continue to expand in the near future with the upcoming prequel, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, set to hit theaters in November 2026 Directed by longtime franchise filmmaker Francis Lawrence, the film will delve into the backstory of fan-favorite character Haymitch Abernathy, who Woody Harrelson originally portrayed in the original[...]

No one was really that surprised when it was announced that Suzzane Collins was writing another prequel book for The Hunger Games. The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes sold very well and was well received by fans The movie took off like a rocket and managed to be one of the rare prequel movies, pulling in people who[...]

No one should be surprised that another installment in The Hunger Games is coming out. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes book sold pretty well and was critically well-received The movie did exceptionally well finding an audience outside of existing fans despite seeming like it would be completely unapproachable While at CinemaCon this year, Lionsgate hinted that[...]

While promoting her role as Livia Cardew in Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a prequel to the original films based on the Suzanne Collins franchise, Thiemann spoke to Bleeding Cool about what it was like to join the franchise with returning director Francis Lawrence, if she did any prepping, and[...]

For some reason, many people were surprised when The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes started doing very well at the box office Aside from the strike throwing a wrench into promoting this film, the hype throughout 2023 was pretty high Many people liked the book when it came out during quarantine because[...]

Anyone who's seen The Hunger Games films remembers just how diabolical President Snow can be So, in the new prequel film, fans finally get to see how he morphed into a character that's one of the most hated in the franchise Now, the film's director is revealing his thoughts on Snow's particular perception of the[...]

When The Hunger Games franchise initially gained popularity with younger audiences, the film's intentionally somber track "The Hanging Tree" became a highly favored soundtrack moment — even earning an oddly reinterpreted club remix How unexpectedly versatile! For the new film The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, audiences have officially received another chance[...]

The newest chapter of Lionsgate's The Hunger Games franchise, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has taken us back to the origin of the titular event, along with introducing a new hero and an essential backstory to a familiar face And yes, they do have strong chemistry But after witnessing the undeniable spark presented between[...]

There's been a lot of engaging fan speculation about The Hunger Games universe, considering that the franchise spans several generations, and the newest entry (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) aims to shed light on some of its earliest, most impactful years that would eventually lead to the mainstream story But in[...]

As you can tell by the title of this article, this will be delving into some slight spoilery details regarding The Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, so if you want to remain unscathed, now's your last chance to click elsewhere But for those of you who did stay, it's time to discuss the[...]

As a fan of the original Suzanne Collins novels, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes star Dakota Shapiro was ready to tackle that challenge as Billy Taupe, the one-time love interest of Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) Lucy serves as the protagonist set 64 years before the events of the 2012 original[...]

The book that The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes is based on has been out since late 2020, but plenty of people haven't read the book but have every intention of seeing the movie Star Rachel Zegler has shared her opinion on the ending her character got, but we will throw up[...]

While The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes has that agreement, it also felt like they still weren't doing much to promote the movie So we'll have to see as we head into the final week before the release of this film There will be a lot of competition for people's time next weekend,[...]

Since its cinematic launch, The Hunger Games franchise has become a young adult staple, generating billions between its box office totals, book sales, and merchandise throughout its vast history According to a producer of every Hunger Games film, the franchise is poised to return in the shape of a prequel that will offer a new[...]

One of the most popular aspects of The Hunger Games universe is the actual "games" that feel like a higher-stakes version of competition series like Big Brother and Survivor, except for the notion that death is a planned outcome in The Hunger Games, obviously Regardless, the unavoidable bloodshed has become a franchise staple, so fans are[...]

We should expect that the marketing for The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes will go into high gear now that they have a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement and the cast can promote the movie However, the digital marketing for this film is also not slowing down anytime soon as well Today, we got a[...]

According to Variety, The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes has been given an interim agreement since Lionsgate is not part of the AMPTP, so that this agreement can be reached. Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes[...]

We've been praising the marketing for The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes because some of it has been leaning into the concept of propaganda and what that would look like in this universe by releasing in-universe videos It's made for some marketing on the video front, and now it looks like they are[...]

It seems pretty evident that in a movie titled The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, music would play an essential part of the story, but it goes much deeper than that For those of us unfamiliar with the source material, a new and pretty long behind-the-scenes featurette released by Lionsgate spotlights how[...]