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The Sunrise on the Reaping Movie
Lionsgate's sixth Hunger Games film — Francis Lawrence directs a young Haymitch Abernathy through the bloodiest Quarter Quell in Panem's history.
Official trailer · © Lionsgate
Sunrise on the Reaping Cast
The full ensemble announced by Lionsgate.
The 48 Tributes of the 50th Hunger Games
For the Second Quarter Quell, every district sent four tributes — two boys and two girls — instead of the usual two. Below is the canonical roster as named in Suzanne Collins' novel.
These are AI-generated portraits used inside our simulator for in-game immersion only — district-flavored sketches, not canonical likenesses. The film's official visuals are owned by Lionsgate and will be unveiled with the November 20, 2026 release.
Full Canonical Roster
Every named tribute from the novel, grouped by district.
District 1 · Luxury
Career- Panache Barker · MKilled by one of Maysilee's poisonous darts.
- Silka Sharp · FKilled when Haymitch's axe ricocheted off the arena forcefield.
- Loupe · M
- Carat · F
District 2 · Masonry
Career- Alpheus · M
- Camilla · F
- Janus · M
- Nona · F
District 3 · Technology
- Ampert Latier · MNewcomerBeetee's 12-year-old son. Killed by squirrel mutts while sabotaging the arena.
- Dio · FNewcomer
- Lect · MNewcomer
- Coil · FNewcomer
District 4 · Fishing
Career- Urchin · M
- Barba · F
- Angler · M
- Maritte · F
District 5 · Power
- Hychel · M
- Anion · F
- Fisser · M
- Potena · F
District 6 · Transportation
- Miles · M
- Wellie · FNewcomerA sickly tribute Haymitch saves and hides in a tree. Intended to be Haymitch's chosen victor.
- Atread · M
- Velo · F
District 7 · Lumber
- Bircher · M
- Autumn · F
- Heartwood · M
- Ringina · FNewcomerPart of the Newcomer alliance with Haymitch and Ampert.
District 8 · Textiles
- Wefton · M
- Notion · F
- Ripman · M
- Alawna · F
District 9 · Grain
- Ryan · MNewcomerDistrict 9 tributes' flower tokens were laced with explosives by Beetee.
- Kerna · FNewcomer
- Clayton · MNewcomer
- Midge · FNewcomer
District 10 · Livestock
- Buck · M
- Lannie · F
- Stamp · M
- Peeler · F
District 11 · Agriculture
- Hull · M
- Chicory · F
- Tile · M
- Blossom · F
District 12 · Coal Mining
- Wyatt Callow · MNewcomerA self-taught oddsmaker who calculates tribute survival odds.
- Maysilee Donner · FNewcomerTown girl, future owner of the mockingjay pin. Killed by pink mutt birds.
- Haymitch Abernathy · MNewcomerSubstituted in after Woodbine Chance was shot mid-reaping. Wins the 50th Games.
- Louella McCoy · FNewcomerKilled in a chariot crash during the Tribute Parade. Body double "Lou Lou" took her place.
Sunrise on the Reaping Plot Summary
What happens in Sunrise on the Reaping — the spoiler-free overview, with full ending available behind a click.
As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight — and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
District 12, the morning of the reaping
Haymitch Abernathy is 16 — and the reaping falls on his birthday. He brews moonshine to keep his mother and younger brother Sid fed, and slips into the woods to meet Lenore Dove Baird, a Covey girl whose family was forced to settle in District 12. Lenore Dove gifts Haymitch a flint striker shaped like a bird merged with a snake — a quiet act of defiance that will haunt every page that follows.
A Quarter Quell with double the tributes
The 50th Games is the Second Quarter Quell. Per the card President Snow reads aloud, each district must send four tributes instead of two — 48 children to the arena, "as a reminder that two rebels died for every Capitol citizen." It is the deadliest setup in the history of the Games.
The Newcomers vs. the Careers
In training, Haymitch falls in with Maysilee Donner, the oddsmaker Wyatt Callow, and a tiny 12-year-old from District 3 named Ampert — Beetee Latier's son, reaped to punish his father's rebellion. The four form the Newcomers, the first known alliance to challenge the Career pack from the inside.
A win that costs everything
Haymitch wins. But what the Capitol does to the people who loved him — and what he learns about the propaganda machine that runs Panem — is the part of his story Katniss never knew, and the reason a sober Haymitch could never have mentored her.
5 Big Reveals From the Book
Sunrise on the Reaping answers questions Hunger Games fans have been asking for fifteen years. Tap each to expand.
Lenore Dove Baird raised geese in District 12, and used them as a metaphor for their love. Before Haymitch left for the arena she told him, "Just like my geese, I mate for life. And then some. Forever." In the epilogue Haymitch reveals that Katniss bringing him goose eggs after the war is what finally lets him grieve.
Sunrise Characters & Their Trilogy Echoes
Every major Sunrise tribute maps onto a Mockingjay-era character. Suzanne Collins built the prequel as a mirror, not a sequel.
Haymitch first sees Katniss with her braided hair and is hit by how much she looks like Louella. The nickname "sweetheart" carries over without him meaning to.
A sharp-tongued ally Haymitch initially resents and eventually loves like a sister — the same arc Katniss walks with Johanna in Mockingjay.
Ampert is Beetee's 12-year-old son: brilliant, technically gifted, willing to die to end the Games. His death cracks Haymitch open the way Rue's death cracks Katniss.
A District 1 Career who reads as cruel but is, in the end, another child the Capitol fed into the meat grinder. Haymitch reaches the same realization Katniss does at the finale.
A Covey girl whose seditious songs echo Lucy Gray's. The book dances around whether Lucy Gray is her grandmother without ever giving a straight answer.
Same character, decades earlier — already filming with a propagandist's eye and already planting seeds of rebellion. Sunrise shows the through-line from cameraman to Gamemaker.
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