The Best Dystopian Sci-Fi Franchise Drops Perfect First Look at 'Stranger Things' and 'Succession' Stars in New Prequel

Posted 2026-04-10 21:30:03

With just over seven months left until The Hunger Games franchise returns to theaters with the prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, Lionsgate is asking viewers to "remember." A new video has been released that looks back on the history of the deadly games, from the 10th iteration featuring a young Coriolanus Snow and depicted in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, to the fateful "76th" competition that never came to be after the death of President Coin. At the very end, however, it flashes back to the days of the 50th games with a preview of what's to come when a young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) competes. Included in the footage from Francis Lawrence's latest installment is the first official look at a few characters from the original trilogy, directly compared to their past selves.