New Hunger Games book will be adapted for cinema

Just hours after the announcement that the franchise Hunger Gameswritten by Suzanne Collinswill get a new book, Lionsgate announced that the novelty, called Sunrise on the Reaping (Sunrise at Harvestin free translation), will be adapted for cinemas.

The information was confirmed by the studio president, Adam Fogelsonthis Thursday (6). “The film opened up a series of possibilities that Suzanne [Collins, autora da franquia] can follow, and that [a Lionsgate] want to go with her”declared to Variety.

What is the story of the new film?

The new chapter of the franchise is set during the 50th edition of the Hunger Games, which had Haymitch Abernathy – played by Woody Harrelson (Zombieland) in films – as a winner. Years later, he became a mentor for Kat niss ever deen It is Peeta Mellark in the competition.

The 50th edition was also marked by being the second Quartenary Massacre in the history of the Hunger Games, a “commemorative” version of the competition, which brings some changes to the games. In this case, 48 tributes were selected, rather than the traditional 24, requiring districts to deliver four children each.

Although the Hunger Games are an important part of the new book, the idea of Collins is to address the Capital’s control over the inhabitants of Panem, which forces them to hand over their children to slaughter every year:

“With Sunrise on the ReapingI was inspired by the idea of ​​implicit submission of the [filósofo] David Hume and, in his words, ‘the ease with which the many are governed by the few’”the author said to Associated Press.

When Sunrise on the Reaping premiere in theaters?

While the book Sunrise on the Reaping is scheduled to hit bookstores on March 18, 2025, the film adaptation will be released a little later, on November 20, 2026 in North American theaters. Here, the novelty does not yet have a confirmed release date.

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