With the subsequent prequel in The Starvation Video games hitting theaters on Nov. 20, 2026, at the least one acquainted face is open to returning.
Josh Hutcherson, who originated the function of Peeta Mellark within the 2012 adaptation of Suzanne Collins‘ first novel within the YA collection, not too long ago addressed the potential for reprising the function in Dawn on the Reaping, which has been rounding out its forged in current months.
“That’d be cool. No, I do know nothing in that world proper now,” Hutcherson clarified to Brit + Co. “Starvation Video games is superb, and I’ve liked it for a few years and I’ll adore it endlessly.”
Though the occasions of Dawn on the Reaping are set 24 years earlier than the occasions of The Starvation Video games, the ebook briefly incorporates a grown Peeta and Katniss Everdeen (originated by Jennifer Lawrence) as Haymitch Abernathy (which Joseph Zada is set to take over from Woody Harrelson) recounts the occasions of his Starvation Sport to them.
In March, Collins launched the fifth ebook within the franchise, Dawn on the Reaping, which marks the second prequel after 2020’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. A function adaptation is ready for a fall 2026 launch.
Josh Hutcherson in ‘The Starvation Video games’ (2012)
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The forged additionally contains Whitney Peak as Haymitch’s love curiosity Lenore Dove Baird, Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket, Glenn Shut as Drusilla Sickle, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, McKenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Billy Porter as Magno Stift, Kieran Culkin as Caesar Flickerman, Maya Hawke as Wiress, Lili Taylor as Mags and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow, amongst others.
Hutcherson beforehand portrayed Peeta in The Starvation Video games (2012), The Starvation Video games: Catching Fireplace (2013), The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay — Half 1 (2014) and Half 2 (2015), alongside Lawrence, Harrison and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne.
The actor has beforehand mentioned he “would fortunately play Peeta once more,” including: “I believe Peeta’s an unbelievable individual to get to deliver to life. I’m curious to know what occurs between once they have their household and when the story ends, simply to grasp what occurred on the planet, how they acquired to that place. However I’m down. For those who can discuss to Suzanne Collins and inform her to put in writing a ebook, I’m in. Signal me up.”
