JENNIFER LAWRENCE CONFIRMS KATNISS IS BACK

Lionsgate sat on the biggest reveal in its prequel for almost a year. On Wednesday, Jennifer Lawrence handled it herself on Call Her Daddy, confirming that she, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson are all back as Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, in theaters November 20. Reports said as much back in December 2025. The studio never admitted it, and neither Lawrence nor Hutcherson appears in the trailer. The movie is set 24 years before Katniss, following 16-year-old Haymitch (Joseph Zada) through the 50th Hunger Games, with Ralph Fiennes as Snow. The legacy cast is expected to turn up in a flash-forward, which is studio code for do not buy a ticket expecting two hours of Jennifer Lawrence. She said being back was unbelievable because it was the same crew, the same camera guys, the same AD, and that she and Hutcherson didn't walk to the bathroom without their arms around each other. Eleven years later and they still go pee as a unit. Then Alex Cooper asked the question that ran the 2010s internet, and Lawrence said she was Team Gale, "even after he killed my sister." Gale only helped design the bomb that did, a technicality she waved off. Liam Hemsworth is not in this one. Lawrence also skipped the London premiere the same day she blew the secret on a podcast.

Why you should give a shit: Lionsgate guarded this for almost a year and Lawrence gave it away in one podcast answer, so the only mystery left on November 20 is how many minutes of Katniss you actually get for your ticket.