“Shocking Reveal: Maya Hawke Cast as Wiress in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping’ – What Secrets Will She Uncover? Fans Are Stunned by This Unexpected Choice in the Epic Prequel. Will She Redefine the Iconic Role? Find Out More!
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EXCLUSIVE: Maya Hawke is the newest addition to the cast of The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Lionsgate‘s adaptation of the bestselling book by Suzanne Collins. The Stranger Things breakout will take on the role of Wiress, former Hunger Games champion-turned-District 12 mentor.
Hawke joins an ensemble led by Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak, who respectively play Haymitch Abernathy and Lenore Dove Baird. Others set include Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee.
The latest installment in Collins’ bestselling dystopian YA franchise was published on March 18. The story revisits the world of Panem 24 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. Our protagonist, 16-year-old Haymitch, is a clever and resourceful boy from District 12 who’s unexpectedly chosen for this edition of the games, which will feature a deadly twist: twice the number of tributes, with 48 children sent into the arena to battle for their lives.
Francis Lawrence has returned to direct from a script by Billy Ray. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing, with Cameron MacConomy exec producing. Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien are overseeing the project for the studio, for whom Robert Melnik negotiated the deals. Slated for release on November 20, 2026, the new film comes on the heels of five Hunger Games entries that have grossed more than $3.3 billion worldwide.
Best known for her role as Robin on Netflix’s Stranger Things, which is expected to return this year for its final season, Hawke recently voiced Anxiety in the global hit Inside Out 2, also taking on roles in prestige projects including Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, father Ethan Hawke’s Flannery O’Connor biopic Wildcat, and Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. Upcoming, she’ll be seen portraying Lucia Joyce, Irish dancer and daughter of writer James Joyce, in a biopic from Aisling Walsh. She’s represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
