Lionsgate is moving quickly with signings for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reapingthe new installment of the saga The Hunger Gameswhich will be directed by Francis Lawrence.
The study has already found its new president Snow, with the signing of the Oscar nominee, Ralph Fiennesfollowing in the footsteps of Donald Sutherland, who played the ruthless dictator of Panem in the saga starring Jennifer Lawrence. Tom Blythe gave life to a younger version of Callus Snow in the prequel of 2023, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The information was reported by THR.
This will be a New antagonistic role in Fiennes filmography. The versatile actor has played villains in films such as Schindler’s Listand the popular franchise Harry Potterwhere he characterized Lord Voldemort.
Fiennes joins a cast that includes 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), Lili Taylor (The Conjuring), y Ben Wang (Karate Kids: Legends, The Long Walk).
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, Taylor as Mags, and Wang as Wyatt Callow, Tribute of District 12.
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.
On the signing of Fiennes, Jacobson declared a press release:
“We wanted to honor Donald Sutherland with one of the best actors in this generation to play President Snow 24 years before Katniss Everdeen entered the scene. Working with Ralph has been on my desire list since it traumatized me for life in the Schindler list. It is really exciting to welcome the hunger games.”
Fiennes has been nominated for the Oscar three times, being the most recent of these edition for its leading role in the drama Conclave. Later we will see it in 28 Years Later by Danny Boyle, y The Choral the nicholas HTTNER.
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/ralph-fiennes-presidente-snow-the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping/
