In the event you’re in search of one thing that places younger adults via the worst traumatic meat grinder you possibly can probably consider, then there is a large risk that you’ll need to pay particular consideration to The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping.
Creator Suzanne Collins kicked off the YA dystopian development along with her bestselling authentic trilogy again within the 2010s, however has at all times stated that she by no means plans to jot down a sequel. And why would she, when, for a ebook collection that’s so extremely bleak at occasions, the story ends pretty fortunately? That does not imply, nevertheless, Collins wasn’t keen on a prequel exploring Panem, the imaginary nation the place her saga takes place, which is the place her new book-turned-film, Dawn on the Reaping, is available in.
A brand-new trailer for the 2026 film was simply launched, teasing what we are able to anticipate from a movie set only some years earlier than the principle trilogy. Regardless of the awful subject material of trusting youngsters from every of Panem’s 12 impoverished Districts right into a dying sport, this movie seems to be a lot colourful. We see a lush inexperienced area the place a youthful Haymitch and the opposite tributes are in a circle, whereas on the flowery middle, weapons cling from a bizarre construction. It would not look misplaced in a shot from Ari Aster’s 2019 horror sensation, Midsommar.
Whereas most know Haymitch Abernathy as Katniss and Peeta’s mentor within the authentic trilogy, it was Haymitch who was conscripted for the fiftieth Starvation Video games through the second “Quarter Quell,” a particular version of the Starvation Video games with adjustments to the standard guidelines of the macabre spectacle.
The Dawn on the Reaping ebook expanded on Haymitch’s backstory, giving him a very heartbreaking previous and displaying why Katniss’ eventual battle in opposition to the Capitol was so significant within the first place. It additionally touched on different legacy characters, similar to Beetee, who allied with Katniss in Mockingjay.
The Starvation Video games stays one of the crucial beloved ebook collection of all time, and Dawn on the Reaping was well-beloved by critics and followers alike. We will not wait to see how the movie will reside up when it hits theaters on Nov. 20, 2026.
