But folks should let Suzanne Collins cook.
We imagine that many fans and readers will have a knee-jerk reaction to the news:anotherHunger Games prequel?
And this time about a young Woody Harrelson?!
Prequel stories are rarely compelling, because the ending is predetermined, goes the newly current thinking.
MeanwhileThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesplayed and played with small week-on-week drops.
That leggy performance led to a global haul of $337 million.
Hence a Haymitch Abernathy movie.
And to be fair, they did it once already.
Still, the actual Hunger Games battle royale comprises a tiny portion of the movie.
Her victory, in fact, would hardly qualify for action movie spectacle.
(It also honestly does it with better writing and acting.)
Obviously that approach will not be available toSunrise on the Reaping.
Can that work as an interesting prequel for audiences who already know how this kind of story goes?
Well find out whenSunrise on the Reapinghits book stores in 2026, and the movie shortly thereafter.
