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 028
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Music · score
James Newton Howard's Sunrise on the Reaping Score Lists 35 Tracks, Out 20 November The franchise's six-time composer gets a standalone digital score album, listed for the week after the Dave Cobb song soundtrack.
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Marketing watch · AU
Sunrise on the Reaping Will Screen for Fans in London and Italy Weeks Early
A Westfield London fan screening is listed for 28 October and Lucca Comics & Games has confirmed one for 1 November, three weeks before release. Australia's earliest sessions are still 18 November.
Marketing · Activation
Sunrise on the Reaping Cornucopia Experience Opens at Westfield London, Not Australia
Lionsgate and Westfield are running a free, ticketed Hunger Games activation in London from 30 October, with a clip shown nowhere else. Nothing has been announced for Australian Westfields.
Cast & creative
Zada 'Was Not on the Radar': How Sunrise on the Reaping Found Its Haymitch
Francis Lawrence and Nina Jacobson walk USA Today through the casting of all 14 principals, from the Sydney unknown who had to be put 'through the wringer' to the email Glenn Close sent them.
19 November · Australia first
Sunrise on the Reaping reaches Australian cinemas a day before the US.
Roadshow opens the sixth Hunger Games film nationally on Thursday 19 November. Cast, filming locations and the story so far are on the film hub.
The film hub Roadshow Films · Release details
The AU calendar
Weeks to release 4 WEEKS
In cinemas AU 19 NOV
US opening 20 NOV
Tickets on sale TBC
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