Filming for the next " Hunger Games " film, " Sunrise on the Reaping ," is set to begin in July. Francis Lawrence, who has directed each " Hunger Games " film since "Catching Fire" in 2012, will be returning to direct the upcoming project.

Billy Ray, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Hunger Games" and AMC's iconic Nicole Kidman ad, has been tapped to write "Sunrise on the Reaping."

Sunrise on the Reaping faces a unique challenge as it nears production on the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ newest Hunger Games prequel novel. Set roughly 25 years before the events of the original trilogy and 40 years after Collins’ first prequel,

Lionsgate announced it would be producing a film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' "Sunrise on the Reaping" before the book was even released.

Sunrise on the Reaping hit bookshelves in March 2025, but fans won't have to wait long to see the latest Hunger Games prequel get the movie treatment. Lionsgate ordered the movie The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping at the same time author Suzanne Collins announced the book about Haymitch Abernathy was on the way.

Suzanne Collins' Sunrise On The Reaping novel has only been out in the world for (exactly) two weeks, but since the movie and book were announced at the same time over summer, the production has a head start.