From the districts · this week
Starring our own Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy Sunrise on the Reaping
AU theatrical 19 Nov 2026
Days to the reaping 103
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Giveaway
Win The Hunger Games Luxury Edition boxset — our first-ever giveaway Fifteen years of covering this fandom and we've never given anything away. That ends now — with the foil-edged Australian trilogy boxset and the deluxe mockingjay pin set, for one winner, on Instagram.
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Books · exclusive editions
The Hunger Games: Survival Edition is real — and Australia is locked out of both versions
Scholastic UK and The Works have announced a retailer-exclusive leather-look paperback of the original novel, in stores from the week of 31 August. Target has the same book listed for 1 September in the US. Neither route reaches Australia, and the structure of the two deals is the reason why.
Casting · interview
Why Cooper Hoffman isn't playing Plutarch in Sunrise on the Reaping
Francis Lawrence has addressed the casting a lot of people assumed was coming. The part needed someone who read considerably older — and it went to an actor who once played Philip Seymour Hoffman's son.
Rerelease · AU
All five Hunger Games films return to cinemas in September
One film a night from 3 September, with a Sunrise on the Reaping sneak peek attached in the US. We're confirming whether Australian sessions get the footage.
Now open · The Reaping
Giveaway No. 01 is live: the Luxury Edition boxset.
Our first-ever giveaway is open now on Instagram. One winner takes the foil-edged Australian trilogy boxset and the deluxe mockingjay pin set. Follow, comment your District, tag a friend, share to your Story — that's the whole entry. Closes Thursday 13 August, 11:59pm AEST.
How to enter Free · Worldwide 15+ · T&Cs
The AU calendar
Weeks to release 15 WEEKS
In cinemas AU 19 NOV
US opening 20 NOV
Tickets on sale TBC
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The vault
Everything else out of Panem
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