Production for "The Hunger Games" and its sequels was a huge affair, with a casting process alone that went on for months. And honestly, the movies would have looked totally different if these actors had been cast.

The odds were certainly in our favor as it was just announced that Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson will be reprising their roles as Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the prequel film, Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

Sunrise on the Reaping hit bookshelves in March 2025, but fans won’t have to wait long to see the latest Hunger Games prequel get the movie treatment. Lionsgate ordered the movie The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping at the same time author Suzanne Collins announced the book about Haymitch Abernathy was on the way.

Plemons joins the cast as a young version of Plutarch Heavensbee. Plutarch, originally portrayed by the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Plutarch Heavensbee, is the Head Gamemaker for the 75th Hunger Games and a commander in the rebellion against the Capitol. Looks like we finally get to see more of his origin story.

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The new "Hunger Games" movie, "Sunrise on the Reaping," stars a young Haymitch, originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson.