Sunrise on the Reaping movie was announced last year, director Francis Lawrence explains why casting only just started.

“Sunrise on the Reaping,” which is based on the 2025 novel of the same name, is set 24 years before the first “Hunger Games” movie. Because it centers on a young Haymitch, most fans assumed that Harrelson would not be involved with the film.

Hunger Games’ fans are already buzzing about which actor could play Young Haymitch Abernathy in ‘Sunrise of the Reaping’