Los Angeles (USA) (EFE).- The well-known saga ‘The Hunger Games’ will return to theaters with a new prequel that will premiere in November 2026, the production company announced this Thursday American film Lionsgate.
“Welcome to the Second Quarter Quell. “The Hunger Games: Harvest Dawn – in theaters on November 20, 2026,” the producer indicated in X.
The new prequel will be based on a new novel announced by the writer and screenwriter of the franchise, the American Suzanne Collins, whose release will be in March 2025.
‘The Hunger Games’, travel back in time
This new installment of ‘The Hunger Games’, like the previous one, will go back in time to visit the dystopian world of Panem 24 years before the beginning of the first book in the saga, whose adaptation for the big screen starred Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark).
The novel will begin on the morning of the announcement of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quell of the Twenty-Five.
Competing there was Haymitch Abernathy, played by Woody Harrelson in the original series, known for guiding Katniss and Peeta when they are sent to represent District 12 in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games.
The prequel ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ premiered last November and managed to gross $337 million at the international box office, according to published data. by The Hollywood Reporter. It was the first installment of the saga without the participation of Lawrence and Hutcherson.
It is one of the most successful franchises of all time and has grossed nearly $3 billion to date.
