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15-05-2025
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Lili Taylor Joins "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" As Mags
Yara Sameh Lili Taylor has been cast as Mags in Lionsgate's new 'Hunger Games' prequel 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' an adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins. She joins previously announced cast members Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Maya Hawke as Wiress, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee. Mags, previously portrayed by Lynn Cohen in 'Catching Fire,' is a former Hunger Games champion-turned-District 12 mentor. Taylor is a three-time Emmy nominee who will next be seen in the second season of Marvel's 'Daredevil: Born Again' as well as Netflix's 'Fear Street: Prom Queen.' She can also be seen starring in the mystery drama 'Outer Range' on Amazon. In the literary space, this spring, Taylor released her debut book, 'Turning to Birds,' a love letter to birding and the art of seeking peace in unexpected places. The film adaptation of 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' will be released on Nov. 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. Color Force's Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson will produce. Cameron MacConomy will executive produce. Published on March 18, 'Sunrise on the Reaping' revisits the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of 'The Hunger Games,' starting on the morning of the reaping of the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. 'Sunrise on the Reaping' sold 1.5 million copies in its first week on sale in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The 1.2 million copies sold in the U.S. are twice the first week sales of 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' and three times the first week sales of 'Mockingjay.' The five films in the franchise have taken in over $3.3 billion at the box office. Meredith Wieck and Scott O'Brien are overseeing the project for Lionsgate. Robert Melnik negotiated the deal for the studio. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War
Express Tribune
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Lili Taylor joins 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' as Mags ahead of 2026 release
Lili Taylor has joined the cast of Lionsgate's upcoming film The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Mags, a former champion from District 4 and later mentor in the Games. Taylor steps into the role originally portrayed by Lynn Cohen in Catching Fire. The new film, based on the latest novel by Suzanne Collins, is set for release on November 20, 2026. Taylor joins an ensemble cast that includes Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Maya Hawke as Wiress, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee. The film is directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Billy Ray. Producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson return alongside executive producer Cameron MacConomy. Taylor is a three-time Emmy nominee and will soon appear in season two of Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again, Netflix's Fear Street: Prom Queen, and Amazon's Outer Range and The Conjuring. She recently released her debut book 'Turning to Birds,' reflecting on her passion for birding. Sunrise on the Reaping explores events twenty-four years before the original Hunger Games storyline, beginning with the morning of the reaping for the Fiftieth Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. The novel was published on March 18, 2025, and achieved significant commercial success with 1.5 million copies sold in its first week across the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Hunger Games franchise has grossed more than $3.3 billion at the global box office. Meredith Wieck and Scott O'Brien are overseeing the project at Lionsgate, with the deal negotiated by Robert Melnik.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Conjuring' fame Lili Taylor roped in for 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping'
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Actress Lili Taylor has joined the cast of the upcoming film ' The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping ', an adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins, reported Variety. She will play the role of Mags in the film. The 'Conjuring' actress joins the previously announced cast members Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy, Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird, McKenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Maya Hawke as Wiress and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee. Lili Taylor's character, Mags, was previously portrayed by Lynn Cohen in 'Catching Fire'. As per the previous instalments, Mags is a former Hunger Games champion-turned-District 13 metro. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play this game for 3 minutes, if you own a mouse Undo Mags, previously portrayed by Lynn Cohen in "Catching Fire," is a former Hunger Games champion-turned-District 12 mentor. The film adaptation of ' The Hunger Games : Sunrise on the Reaping' will be released on November 20, 2026, reported Variety. Francis Lawrence will direct from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. The film adaptation will be directed by Francis Lawrence. 'Sunrise on the Reaping' revisits the world of Panem twenty-four years before the events of 'The Hunger Games,' starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, reported Variety. As for Lili Taylor, she is a three-time Emmy nominee who will also next be seen in the second season of Marvel's 'Daredevil: Born Again' as well as Netflix's 'Fear Street: Prom Queen.' According to the outlet, the actress is also in talks to join the cast of the mystery drama 'Outer Range' on Amazon. Apart from being an actress, Taylor is also an author who released her debut book, 'Turning to Birds,' a love letter to birding and the art of seeking peace in unexpected places, earlier this year. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mark Hamill Makes Teenagers Compete in a Life-Or-Death Marathon in The Long Walk Trailer
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways The first trailer for The Long Walk has been released. The Long Walk is a new dystopian horror movie that is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Starring Cooper Hoffman, Mark Hamill, and more, the film will be released in United States theaters this coming September. Check out The Long Walk trailer below (watch more trailers and clips): What happens in The Long Walk trailer? The Long Walk trailer sees a number of teenagers forced to walk for miles on end without stopping. The annual contest only stops when there's one person left standing — and those who don't win face deadly consequences. The official synopsis for the movie reads, 'From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King's first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Pts. 1 & 2, and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), comes The Long Walk, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?' In addition to Hoffman and Hamill, the cast of the movie includes David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, and Judy Greer. The script comes from JT Mollner. Lawrence serves as a producer on the movie alongside Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, and Cameron MacConomy. 'Anything that has a contest with death as the stakes and some sort of big prize if you win can be connected in some way,' Lawrence recently told Vanity Fair. 'But in The Hunger Games, everybody's competing in a very different kind of way. There are alliances and you are trying to kill one another. Here, you're not actually trying to kill one another. It's a very different dynamic, in terms of relationships.' The Long Walk will be released in United States theaters on September 12, 2025, from Lionsgate. The post Mark Hamill Makes Teenagers Compete in a Life-Or-Death Marathon in The Long Walk Trailer appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Everything We Know About The ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways Suzanne Collins gave her readers a huge gift in returning to the world of The Hunger Games series, the first three books of which she wrote in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for the prequel story of one Haymitch Abernathy. Haymitch, portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the quartet of films based on Collins' original book trilogy, was Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark's (Josh Hutcherson) mentor for their two Hunger Games — the 74th and 75th. More from Deadline For everything we know about the film adaptation of Hunger Game: Sunrise on the Reaping, read on: When does the The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping film come out? The film will arrive in theaters November 20, 2026. Has the Sunrise on the Reaping film started production yet? The film is still in early rounds of casting. Who will play Haymitch Abernathy in The Sunrise on the Reaping movie? Joseph Zada has been cast in the main role of Haymitch for the film. Zada will soon appear in another highly anticipated book adaptation, the television series We Were Liars coming to Prime Video this June. In that show, he plays Johnny Sinclair. Deadline exclusively reported Zada's casting alongside the actress who will play Haymitch's love interest, Lenore Dove Baird. Who else is in the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping film? Whitney Peak will portray Lenore Dove Baird, Haymitch's girl and a descendant of the Covey, the nomadic group of performers whom Collins expanded upon in her first prequel story, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), was a member of the Covey. Deadline also exclusively broke the news of McKenna Grace's casting as Maysilee Donner, another District 12 tribute, in the upcoming film. Plutarch Heavensbee (portrayed by the late Philip Seymour-Hoffman in Catching Fire and Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2) will be played by Jesse Plemons, Deadline first reported. Wyatt Callow and Louella McCoy are the two other District 12 tributes that fought in the 50th Hunger Games alongside Haymitch and Maysilee. More familiar characters who will prominently feature in this story are of course President Snow (portrayed by the late Donald Sutherland in the first four Hunger Games films and later Tom Blythe in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks in the original four Hunger Games films), Beetee (Jeffrey Wright in Catching Fire and both parts of Mockingjay) and Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci's commentator and celebrity personality from the first quartet). What is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping about? The prequel story focuses on Haymitch's Hunger Games. Obviously since he was around to mentor Katniss and Peeta in their first and (unfortunately) second set of games, he was a victor of his own games, but that did not make them any more gruesome, for his games were the 50th set. Every 25 years, the capitol of Panem, the dystopian nation in which these stories take place, reinforces what is called the Quarter Quell, meaning a special wrinkle or rule is added to the Hunger Games before The Reaping ceremony, in which tribute names are drawn. RELATED: New 'Hunger Games' Novel From Suzanne Collins Coming In 2025 The wrinkle of Haymitch's games was that each district was required to send double the amount of tributes that year, so four competitors from each district doubled the amount of players in the games — making it a whopping 48 versus the normal 24. For those new to the universe entirely, each District of Panem — there are 12 — is forced to send two tributes each into the Hunger Games, a barbaric tradition that pits these pairs of usually children together in an arena to fight until the death until only one remains. Collins has spoken of the inspiration as gladiator fights and Greek mythology. The two tributes, a boy and a girl, are selected in a Reaping process which involves slips of paper with names on them in a bowl that a Capitol representative pulls from. In District 12, specifically, where Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch AND Lucy Gray Baird are from, candidates can opt for extra slips of paper with their names on them to get more food or supplies, because the coal-mining district is a poor one. RELATED: Josh Hutcherson 'Would Happily' Reprise 'Hunger Games' Role, Tells Suzanne Collins To 'Write A Book' Who else is behind the Sunrise on the Reaping film? Francis Lawrence, who directed The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes as well as Catching Fire and both Mockingjay films, will return to helm this prequel story, penned by Billy Ray, who wrote the script for the first original film's adaptation. Best of Deadline Sign up for Deadline's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
