Elle Fanning Offers Main Manufacturing Replace On The Starvation Video games: Dawn On The Reaping

Releasing in 2026, The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping adapts the novel of the identical title, which tells the story of a younger Haymitch Abernathy throughout the fiftieth Starvation Video games. Its forged consists of Joseph Zada, McKenna Grace, Whitney Peak, Ben Wang, Elle Fanning, Billy Porter, Glenn Shut, and Ralph Fiennes, amongst others. Dawn on the Reaping can be directed by franchise veteran Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Oscar-nominated author Billy Ray.

Set 24 years previous to the occasions of The Starvation Video games, it serves as a prequel to the unique quadrilogy and a sequel to 2023’s The Starvation Video games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. As such, it options youthful variations of most of the grownup characters from The Starvation Video games. This consists of Effie Trinket, who was performed by Elizabeth Banks within the authentic movies and might be performed by Fanning in Dawn on the Reaping.

Effie Trinket holding a glass and smiling in The Hunger Games

Whereas the movie’s theatrical debut is over a 12 months away, Fanning just lately shared an thrilling replace. The actress instructed Collider: “Effectively, I am performed filming it, in order that’s performed.” Total manufacturing on Dawn on the Reaping has not but wrapped, however it’s anticipated to conclude this month.

“Effie’s on the display, which is tremendous cool,” Fanning continued. She then added that “the garments are nice.” Effie as a personality is understood for her eccentric model, indicative of her standing as a citizen of the grotesquely rich Capitol, and Banks’ outfits within the movie sequence are iconic, with a number of being designer items.

Switching gears, Fanning praised the prior movies and the way Effie was portrayed. “I like what Elizabeth Banks did a lot, so I am like, you already know, bow all the way down to her!” the Predator: Badlands star acknowledged. “I hope I could make the followers proud.” Calling the manufacturing “enjoyable,” she additionally praised the movie’s “wonderful” director Francis Lawrence and “nice” forged.

Fanning is not the one forged member to this point to debate the hotly anticipated prequel. Grace shared her response with ScreenRant, stating: “You at all times need to do your finest to carry the whole lot to life for the followers, and do the whole lot that they need to see.” Whereas particulars on how book-accurate the movie might be are scarce, each Fanning and Grace signaled a need to make followers blissful.

The Starvation Video games: Dawn on the Reaping releases on November 20, 2026.