What can we expect from the new Hunger Games movie?

The film franchise inspired by the works ofSuzanne Collins It’s about to get bigger! This is because, on June 6, a new Hunger Games feature film was confirmed, a plot scheduled to premiere on the big screen on November 20, 2026, featuring the character Haymitch Abernathy as the main protagonist. See the ad!

With this in mind, RECREIO has gathered below everything that fans of the saga can expect from the new title, answering questions about the story and the figures that will be portrayed in it; check out!

When and where will the film be set?

The new project will be inspired by an unpublished book that will be released in March 2025: “Sunrise on the Reaping”, which Collins said he was inspired by the British philosopher and historian David Hume to write it, more specifically, in his idea “of implicit submission” and, in his words, “the ease with which the many are governed by the few”.

The story delves deeper into the use of propaganda in the power of those who control the narrative and the ease with which the many are ruled by the few. The question ‘real or not real?’ it seems more urgent to me every day”, declared the writer.

In the post promoting the book, it is stated that the work will be set in Panem twenty-four years before the events of the original trilogy, and 40 years after the previous prequel to The Hunger Games, “The Song of Birds and Snakes”starting on the morning of the harvest of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the second Quaternary Massacre, that is, the event that takes place every 25 years and selects twice as many tributes for the bloodthirsty arena, this is also the story that will be adapted for the cinemas.

What topics will be covered?

In addition to exploring the 50th edition of the competition and the second Quaternary Massacre, in the release about the book, the author also revealed that the new title “brings complexity, perspective and revelations to a piece of Hunger Games history that readers wanted to know about more”, implying that information already known about Haymitch will be deepened.

In this case, audiences can expect to see how he became the only survivor among 48 tributes, what action Haymitch took in the arena that led to his family being murdered, and how all of this aligned with him becoming the District’s sole mentor. 12 for years took its toll on him, causing him to become the never-sleeping alcoholic seen in the original trilogy.

Besides Haymitch, who will be in the film?

It will also be possible to see some characters presented in previous titles, such as President Snow, who in this story will be responsible for ordering Haymitch’s family members to be killed.

Another character is Maysilee Donner, mentioned in “Catching Fire” and one of the female tributes from District 12. She, who is the original owner of the Mockingjay used by Katniss (which later became a symbol of the resistance), formed an alliance with Haymitch during the Quaternary massacre. The duo’s alliance was ended when there were only five tributes left, as Maysilee did not want to have to kill Haymitch. She died shortly after breaking the pact, when she was attacked by controlled animals in the arena, and Haymitch held her hand until her last breath of life.

Still, other names are speculated, such as Caesar Flickerman, who is expected to appear as the host of the 50th Hunger Games and Mrs. Everdeen, Katniss’ mother. This is because Maysilee Donner was her friend, making it likely that the matriarch of the Everdeen family will appear at some point in the plot.