We're Getting Haymitch's Hunger Games! New Hunger Games Book 2025 - Sunrise on the Reaping 

Definitely no Lucy. They left her ending with a mystery and an assumption that Snow might have killed her. It would ruin that ending to bring her back. Not worth it to the story. It needs to remain a question we don't have an answer for.

Lets not forget that katniss mother mentioned in catching fire that Maysilee was one of her classmates and friends.

I never expected suzanne collins to return to this series after mockingjay, but i'm so glad she did

I NEED more of Snow and Tigeress's relationship downfall!!!!

im pretty sure that the parent descended from a covey is katniss's dad bc he was the one who taught katniss the hanging tree song

I think it would be pretty cool if the last scene of the movie was drunk Haymitch walking towards the cart where Katniss and Peeta are in the train - the moment were we see him first in the Hunger Games.

I can imagine the ending of the movie version will mirrored The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes, where on that movie, the ending wrapped by Donald Sutherland voice "It's the thing we've loved most, that destroyed us". But in this movie, it will end by Woody Harrelson's voice saying "Remember who the real enemy is"

I just want to see Kiefer Sutherland acting as President Snow, he looks so much like his father, it would be perfect!!!

I'd imagine Gail's and Peta's parents might make appearance in passing cause they seem like they would be around age as Haymitch and Katniss's parents.

If Cinna were to show up, he'd be a kid, since he was fairly young in The Hunger Games and it's stated that it's his first year as a stylist in that one. However, Tigris could conceivably appear as a stylist.

a young haymitch fan cast that kind of blew me away was louis hofmann because he really resembles woody harrelson and as someone who thoroughly enjoyed dark, louis is an impeccable actor!!!

Katniss’s dad is the one descended from the covey. When he sings, the birds stop to listen.

today guess what i found in my front yard? A white rose. The crazy part is that i never water that rose and it just keeps coming back. Crazy.

What if this book is from Plutarch Heavensbee point of view and how he learns propaganda and his inner dialogue about the atrocities of the Capitol

Im so excited i cant wait to see how the arena looks omg omg omg its gonna look so cool

I definitely want to see his victory tour

I really hope Suzanne Collins breaks the mold here and dumps us immediately into the games with Haymitch. Like chapter 1 or 2. Then the last half of the book is the aftermath and his life in the year afterwards and his first year as a mentor. It would be something we haven’t seen before in this universe.

I predict Tigris plays a huge part in these games, and what she does as a stylist may finish off that fracture with Snow.

donald sutherlands son would be INSANEEE as snow 😭😭 visually perfect casting omfg

Another bold prediction I’m putting out there is that Maggs plays a huge role in Haymitch’s games. The endearing way that he spoke about her as being a really great lady is not lost on me, and there seems to be a unique feeling there. Perhaps she has to act as a surrogate mentor for district 12 because 12 technically doesn’t have a winner. The special addition to the quarter quell will be that previous winners must act as mentors.

I’m pretty sure katnisses mom was best friends with the girl that haymitch is in the games with (I forgot her name )so I think we will see her either before or after the games saying thanks to haymitch for staying with her as she died or her crying and saying bye to her friend

Maybe Tigirs will be his stylist and they become friends and what Snow does to his family ends up playing a part in why Snow and Tigris fall out. Would be nice to see what went down between those two.

Hunter Doohan as Haymitch

idk i felt like the last movie dropped the ball on the philosophical moments in the book, so i hope the next one is able to actually stay focused on the themes of hume and (it sounds like) social constructionism. for me, the arenas, the games, and even a lot of the characters are just set dressing. what’s really gripping abt these stories is how relevant they are to our lives in the 21st century, and how they’re able to build on ideas from centuries past, in a setting centuries in the future, while still feeling like it all applies to today. i felt like the movie adaptations of catching fire-mockingjay 2 had that, but ballad of songbirds and snakes got lost in the set dressing.

I prefer this so much than the last book/movie, because the last book was set a lot lot of years before the original trilogy, so in this new book I'm sure we're going to get concepts we already now. And I wish this won't be written from Haymitch's point of view, i want to see a rebellion being crushed after this games, just like happened in District 11 after Rue was unalive

I really like how the background is decorated.

Oh my gosh!!! We might meet Katniss’ father and have a little more regarding his love story with her mother! 🤩🤩 I’m so excited for this book and this movie!! It’s literally Christmas in June 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

I have a feeling we’re going to see it not from Haymitch’s perspective & not from Snow’s perspective. I feel like the most interesting tie would be from Katniss’ mom’s perspective or the D12 escort since Haymitch would have not necessarily had a mentor due to Lucy Gray not being around… but also they would have had to have someone who could have potentially helped them but what that would have looked like being a Capitol citizen helping someone from the poorest district. That kind of fits the brief of what Suzanne was getting at.

Theory maybe chaf becomes a mentor for him once he gets to the capital because 11 and 12 are both underdogs and chaf feels bad that 12 has no mentor

Maybe we get to meet Katniss's dad!!!

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS!!!!

I could imagine that what’s going on right now in Gaza could be part of the reason as to why she’s writing the book. The original trilogy was heavily inspired and influenced by her fathers experiences in Vietnam and of her experience growing up as a „military brat“. I remember that part of the events happening in mockingjay derive from multiple war zones - I wouldn’t be surprised if she’d incorporate tactics of the ongoing propaganda and mirror it

I’m still waiting for a sequel like what happened in panem after the hunger games were crushed

I hope we get information about the first quarter quell

It would be pretty cool if the last scene of the movie, Haymitch visit Carine after giving birth… Haymitch ask the baby’s name… and she said ‘Katniss… Katniss Everdeen…’ THE END

I’m so excited for the visuals. That arena is supposed to be super gorgeous like everything was poisonous but looked super beautiful, and just the thought of seeing what they create is so exciting

when I tell you I’m so HYPED I LOVE HAYMITCH OMG

I'm so excited!! I literally can't wait!!

PLEASE I NEED IT!! Can’t wait to reread the books for the 4th time before this one comes out :)

Omg OMGGGGG. His story and the original meaning of the mocking jay pin is my favorite

I was honestly quite surprised to see suzanne go the haymitch route. Since the games were explored in the books already and the way fans demand certain games it feels like they did not get the point of the books. I anticipate her taking a different approach than people think and certainly recent events will have had some part in inspiring it, especially with how similar it has been to her original inspiration

I think Katniss´s dad is the one who is descended from Maud Ivory, as he is the one who has the beautiul singing voice and knows the songs. Also Katniss´s mom is from the town, I think she is the daughter of the pharmacist, she is also the best friend Maislie Donnor.I think she has to be in the story as well.

I think her dad was a descendant of the covey because he had a beautiful singing voice and sang her the hanging tree song

Why is no one thinking of Tigris? I feel like she definitely might’ve been a stylist earlier on and struggled with the morality of the games and what snow is doing and that might be the submission and control aspect, why she later doesn’t align herself with Snow I don’t know I just really want more Tigris 😂

I love the idea of Keifer S as President Snow, what an honor. Looking forward to this one.

After recently rereading the original trilogy, I was reminded that Katniss' father was the one who taught her "The Hanging Tree". Her mom thought it was too dark and made them stop singing it but Katniss remembered all the words. So probably Dad was a descendant of the Covey?

I think the book and the movie will not go too far from the year of the 50th hunger games I think sometimes it is good to let the fans fill in the gaps with their own imagination. It makes the fans part of the story. As far as casting for the movie goes, I have cousins who work in the film industry. I don’t know too much but I do know that with the movie being released in late 2026, they would have already casted and possibly started filming. Massive NDAs would have been signed by everyone on the project and we won’t get those details until marketing starts.

All I need is Johanna and finnick story and THEN my life is completely 😭💖I’m so excited again !!!!! Have all the books and movies and best BELIVE im getting both for haymitch story 😭💗

I love your casting 😊.

This is how I learnt this news!

I also wanna see a young Effie 😍

I hope they take more direction from the first movie than the rest. I think that one is the most impactful in terms of how the director did it!

Ive seen walker scobell mentioned which would be interesting. Unfortunately we're sort of restricted to a young version of the movies casting as opposed to how the characters looked in the books

won't we literally see Ceaser Flickerman? I hope he doesn't get recasted 😭

We know so much about this game I'm kinda curious what the is left to tell.

Honestly, as a huge fan of THG (it is my absolute favourite book series and it means the world to me to an extent that not many things do) I am very lukewarm about this book. My unpopular opinion is that I think these books, if they continue to be published, will lessen the quality of the series. I liked that a lot of things were shrouded in mystery and that allowed space for fans to create their own headcanons and so many amazing fanfictions were born out of that. I think with a series like this that has stewed in people's minds for a decade, having new information is overwhelming. I will always prefer my headcanons elaborated over many years to what we are given 15 years later. I have not seen many people with this opinion so if anyone feels the same let me know. I am not a Ballad hater, in fact I think it was a great exploration of the themes promised when the book was announced. Its flaws reside not in the fact that Snow was the main character (I supported that when so many were outraged because they demanded Haymitch or Finnick), but in the amount of fan service that was in the story. Trying to explain and connect everything (i.e The Hanging Tree, Mockingjays, Tigris and Snow being related...) to what we already know makes the world feel incredibly small. I still think it was not needed and adds nothing to the original series. Nothing can convince me that these are not being written to be turned into movies. Now since this book is coming out and there is nothing I can do about it, I will probably still read it because I am giving SC the benefit of the doubt and I am sure she will weave in the philosophycal themes in an interesting way. What I hope is explored is the aftermath of the Games and the life of a victor which we did not get to see we K & P. Also how the Capitol uses propaganda to brainwash specifically children into watching the Games. I believe this would be the "Golden Age" of the Games because the majority of people watching would have grown up with them and it would be normalized. I hope we have multiple povs, maybe one from a Gamemaker. What I absolutely do not want is a strong focus on the Games themselves. We already know what happened, and I don't want to see them be sensationalized in a movie again because that defeats the purpose of this series. What I think would be cool but probably will not happen is if, since it's called Sunrise on the Reaping (I actually love that title) and it opens on the 2nd QQ reaping, it also ends in a flash forward on the morning of the 74th reaping, since it changed everything for Haymitch also. If she tries to come out with a ✨️connecting✨️ revelation that Haymitch is actually Katniss' uncle or that Maysilee Donner wrote Deep In The Meadow I will throw the book across the room.

I hear The Ballad movie was pretty rough and I hope this new one brings back the greatness

I am soooo happy

i think the ending will be older haymitch waiting for who he has to mentor and someone says katniss everdeen

I never expected to say this because I dont usually enjoy fan service just for the sake of it but OMG I NEED THIS WHOLE THING TO BE FAN SERVICE

Ngl I really want the book to be from the girlfriends pov, and then maybe switch to haymitch pov after she dies, it'll be a lot but it would be cool

OH MY GOD I NEED IT NEOW

I have a little memory of haymitch saying that he had a old mentor in could be Lucy

i think the new book might be from coin's perspective although, i'd love to read a book from haymitch's pov

we might also get some info on the 1st quarter quell

Wasn't maysilee good friends with katniss's mom?

I want a new actor who's actually a teenager for haymitch. The Hunger games has such a big fandom that people will go see the movie no matter what. Why not use this chance to boost a young actors career?

Can’t wait to see more youths unalive each other ✨

I wanna see Peta and Katnesses parents’ love triangle!!!

someone on RU-vid created a skit about Haymitch hunger games and I think the actor in that would be perfect

I would love to get some of katniss’ parents but even more than that, I would love if this story shed some light on Plutarch and some first interactions with haymitch. My ultimate dream would be one more book after this one about Plutarch’s story and how he joined the rebels and ultimately recruited haymitch. Sunrise on the Reaping could plant some really great seeds for that story.

HAYMITCH GAMES

What about Walker Scobell? I do believe he’s younger than 18 (as of now) or Christopher Briney? Though I agree that Kiefer Sutherland as snow would be a dream cast tho.

David hume was a british philosopher for anyone who likes that kind of thing if you read him or hobbs leviathan you will get some great insight into society and how control and the state work.

When i heard this news i jumped and screamed

Jj looks like the guy who played HA in the fan made 50th games on YT

My theory that I will protect with my life is that the perspective of the new novel will be of a career, who is spoon fed propaganda and the illusion of false hope and real vs not real with the honour of winning just for Haymitch to win in a way that breaks the rules and makes the career realise (similar to Cato) that everything was a lie.

We NEED Violet McGraw in a Hunger Games! Young Nellie from Hill House and the niece from M3GAN. Edit: actually, she makes a good young Katniss' Mom. At first, I really wanted her IN the games but now, that's what I want.

We apparently already know the whole story, i can live qithout the details. This is a movie for the fans, I wished more authors did these.

Coin could be Lucy and Snow's granddaughter. Coin is described as being 50ish. She could be late forties. There is 65 years between the 10th and 75th hunger games. 65-48= 17. Lucy's child could have had Coin at 16. the math works.

Francis Lawrence is confirmed to be the director for SOTR. Also, what are those book behind you with the matching spines? The ones next to the hardcover of Songbirds and Snakes.

yay ❤

​ @theegreatkatsby do you think we get a lucy gray easter egg?

11:10 - Katniss’ mom isn’t from the Seam, there’s not a chance she’s descended from the Covey

I LOVE DREW STARKEY!! But i think the actor of JJ from OBX is SUCH a good match!

I'm so excited about this book, I think the film will be set out like songbird and Snakes, in parts, I wonder if we will see Haymitch having to go on the victory tour and I wonder who they'll cast, hopefully get Tom Blyth back and age him up for Snow again, as for Haymitch, I think maybe Austin Butler or timothee chalamet would be a good choice

Okay hear me out what about walker scobell as young haymitch?? Maybe??

We just need a book on finnick now

Middle age tigress

I think Haymitch is going to be the main character.

I mean Mags won the year after Lucy 10:25

I’ve heard people saying Tom Glynn Carney because he does look a lot like woody but he is 29 so idk but he’s a great actor in house of the dragon and looks quite young in that show so he could be good but i think it would be better if they get a lesser known actor like they did with tom Blyth who wasn’t a big movie star yet

I personally think the book is going to tell us that it wasn't the force field being used that got Snow mad at Haymitch. It was just the fact that he's from district 12. I think any winner from district 12 would piss him off because of what happened with Lucy Gray. If Maisalee had won even in a completly different fashion methinks Madge wouldn't have been born because Snow would have killed her family instead of Haymitch's. And had it been the career girl who used the Force Field to win I think she'd have been praised for being resourceful.

This may be far fetched but i think Suzanne should make the main character katniss’ mother cuz she was rlly good friends with maysilee and katniss sees her with maysilee during the reaping

Why not switch between snow and haymitch? Make it a trilogy of snow books?

All we want now is a louder voice for a joanna mason hunger games since she and haymitch has a great alliance its not so far off.... imagine a joanna mason hunger games: Seeds of Wrath Let's not forget a Finnick: The Rising of the Tides Also a Mags: Dawn of a new Era Annie: Swept to Depravity Ennobaria: Birth of Blood And many many mooore

I need Katie Douglas to play a role! I don’t care what! Shes so tiny, young looking and talented she can pull off teenager hands down.

Yes but the Hunger Games movie messed up the story and significance of the mockingjay pin.

I’m confused, how do you know all of this about haymitch’s games when he book hasn’t come out yet?

Donald Sutherland passed away this past Thursday in Florida.