The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes in 2023, it seems the mid-2020s Hunger Games resurgence is only growing stronger. The series’ creator, Suzanne Collins, is now working on a fifth book, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,

Joseph Zada is set to star as the younger version of Haymitch, who was portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the original “Hunger Games” films. “Sunrise on the Reaping” takes place 24 years before the events of the first “Hunger Games” movie, when Haymitch is 16.

Meet the cast of 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping', the upcoming prequel centered on a young Haymitch Abernathy. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence, is set to hit theaters next year.