First announced on June 6, 2024, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is the second prequel in the series after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which was adapted for film in November 2023 and starred Rachel Zegler and Tom Blyth.

Glenn Close and Billy Porter will play Drusilla Sickle and Magno Stift, respectively, in the "Hunger Games" prequel "Sunrise on the Reaping."

It’s not sunset on Sunrise On The Reaping cast announcements just yet. Billy Porter and Glenn Close have both joined the extensive cast of the new Hunger Games film, which also includes Joseph Zada as surviving victor Haymitch Abernathy (later played by Woody Harrelson), Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, and more.