Date: 17th June 2025

Glenn Close and Billy Porter sign up for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.


Glenn Close and Billy Porter have joined the sprawling cast of "Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping."

Glenn Close will play Drusilla Sickle, while Billy Porter will be Magno Stift in the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel.

They’ll joined the previously announced ensemble of Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning and Kieran Culkin.

Based on Suzanne Collins' fifth book in the series, "Sunrise on the Reaping" is set 24 years before the events of the original trilogy. This story starts off during the morning of the 2nd Quarter Quell, meaning 48 children will compete in the game to the death instead of the usual 24. Katniss and Peeta’s mentor Haymitch Abernathy (played by Woody Harrelson in the original trilogy and by Joseph Zada in this upcoming movie) is the main character this time around.

Source: Press Release


 

 

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