Glenn Close And Billy Porter Join ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping’ Star-Studded Cast
The cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping just keeps getting better and better.
Deadline reports Glenn Close and Billy Porter have officially been in cast in the new prequel film, based on the recently released Hunger Games entry from author Suzanne Collins. Close has been cast to play Drusilla Sickle, an escort from the Capitol for the District 12 Tributes. Porter will be playing her husband Magno Stift, the District 12 stylist.
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Sunrise on the Reaping is set 24 years before the events of the first novel during the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, during which a young Haymitch Abernathy (played by Woody Harrelson in the original films) is chosen from District 12 to compete in the Quarter Quell.
Close and Porter will be joining the star-studded cast which already includes Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Ralph Fiennes, Jesse Plemons, Maya Hawke, and more. We Were Liars star Joseph Zada has been cast as a young Haymitch, while Whitney Peak will play his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird.
Producer Nina Jacobson praised the casting announcement, which was made this weekend at CineEurope.
“Glenn Close is a dream Drusilla,” Jacobson said. “She brings so much of her intellect and imagination to each role, creating characters who are unforgettable and iconic. I think Glenn and Francis will have a ball bringing Drusilla from the page to the screen.”
Jacobson recalled their time working with Porter on the critically acclaimed FX series Pose. “Billy is one of those rare performers who can dazzle and devastate in equal measure on stage and screen,” she said.
“Casting this show has felt like winning the lottery every time one of our idols said yes to us, Jacobson said. “To be able to announce Glenn Close and Billy Porter together is an embarrassment of riches that we can all celebrate.”
Francis Lawrence will return to the franchise to direct the new entry.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping is slated to premiere in theaters Nov. 2026.
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