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Haymitch gets a backstory in Sunrise on the Reaping trailer
The new Hunger Games prequel follows a young Haymitch Abernathy into the arena 24 years before Katniss.
In brief
The new Hunger Games prequel follows a young Haymitch Abernathy into the arena 24 years before Katniss. Sunrise on the Reaping reveals how Haymitch won his Games and sparked the rebellion that changed Panem. Originally reported by Ars Technica.
Haymitch's origin story arrives
Lionsgate dropped a trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping, showing young Haymitch Abernathy before he became Katniss and Peeta's mentor.
Set 24 years before Katniss
The film follows Haymitch into the arena where he teams up with Maysilee Donner and tries to take down the Games from within.
The Second Quarter Quell
Haymitch competes in the 50th Hunger Games, where each district must send twice as many tributes to fight to the death.
A star-studded cast
Joseph Zada plays young Haymitch alongside Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, and Maya Hawke.
Katniss's parents appear
The film introduces Asterid March, Maysilee's best friend and future mother to Katniss, plus Burdock Everdeen, Katniss's future father.
Laika's Wildwood also coming
Laika Studios released a trailer for its stop-motion film about a girl whose baby brother is kidnapped by crows into a magical forest.
Both films hit theaters soon
Wildwood opens October 23, while Sunrise on the Reaping arrives November 20.
What to remember
Sunrise on the Reaping reveals how Haymitch won his Games and sparked the rebellion that changed Panem.
