The film adaptation of the latest Hunger Games novel, titled 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping', will star Joseph Zada as a young Haymitch Abernathy and Whitney Peak as his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film is set for release in November 2026 and focuses on the 50th Hunger Games, 24 years before the original trilogy. The story explores Haymitch's character at age 16 and his relationship with Lenore, which is significant in the emotional history of Panem.