The cast of the new installment of the saga The Hunger Games of Lionsgate, entitled The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapingof the director Francis Lawrencecontinues to grow.
Ben Wang The project has just been added to Interpret Wyatt Callow, Tribute from District 12Variety reported. The young actor is known for his role in the Disney+series, American Born Chinesewhile we have it in cinemas right now with Karate Kid: Legends Next to Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio. Later this year we will see it in The Long Walkwhich adapts Stephen King's novel, and is directed by Lawrence, the director of Sunrise on the Reaping.
The media explains that Wang was signed after an “extensive search worldwide where more than 10,000 proposals were received.”
Wang is a Joseph ass (Invisible Boys, East of Eden), Whitney Peak (4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Gossip Girl), as co -star; McKenna Grace (Scream 7, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog, Civil War), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Genius, Elvis), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things, Maestro, Do Revenge), y Lili Taylor (The Conjuring).
Zada will give life to the tribute of District 12, Haymith Abernathy, Peak to his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird, Grace as Maysilee Donner, another tribute from the 12th district, plemons as a younger version of the main future vigilant and leader of the rebellion, Plutarch Heavensbee, previously interpreted by Philip Seymur Hoffman in Mockingjay Part 1 & 2Harrison Jr. as Beete, Hawke as Wires, former game champion and turned into a mentor of the 12th district, and Taylor as Mags.
The Prequel will be based on the homonymous novel by Suzanne Collins which was published on March 18. The plot It takes place in the world of panem 40 years after the prequel events Ballads of Songbirds & Snakes and 24 years before the saga events starring Jennifer Lawrence.
The story Start in the morning of the harvest of the 50th edition of The hunger games When Haymith was chosen as one of the unfortunate taxes to fight until death. Woody Harrelson played Haymith's role in the original saga next to Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.
Lawrence will direct Billy Ray's script (The Hunger Games, Captain Phillips).
Lawrence has directed all franchise deliveries since The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), including prequel The Ballad of the Songbirds & Snakes (2023).
The novel sold 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first week, three times more what the trilogy sold in its first week Mockingjay.
Lionsgate describes the project like this:
“While The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes developed 64 years before the events of the [películas] original, Hunger games: dawn in harvesting 24 years before Jennifer Lawrence movies in Panem, Starting in the morning of the harvest of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the second vassalage of the twenty -five.”
“Those games are an important event in the canon since the winner was Haymith Abernathythe only winner of district 12 before Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Haymmitch continues to become a mentor, a character in the original films played by Woody Harrelson.”
Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce the project, with Cameron Macconomy as executive producer.
THE FIVE FILMS OF THE FRANCHIA The hunger gamesThey have a combined box office of more than $ 3.3 billion worldwide.
Lionsgate plans the premiere in Cinema of the Sixth Delivery for the November 20, 2026.
Source: https://cine3.com/ben-wang-sera-wyatt-callow-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping/
