Benjamin Jones
Inspired by an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Panem for a new “Hunger Games” novel.
Scholastic announced Thursday that “Sunrise on the Reaping,” the fifth volume in Collins’ blockbuster dystopian series, will be published on March 18, 2025. The new book begins with the harvest of the fiftieth Hunger Games, set 24 years before the original “Hunger Games”. Games”, released in 2008, and 40 years after Collins’ most recent book, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes”.
Lionsgate, which has released film adaptations of all four previous “Hunger Games” books, announced Thursday that “Sunrise on the Reaping” will open in theaters on Nov. 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence, who worked on all but the first “Hunger Games” film, will return as director.
The first four “Hunger Games” books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into dozens of languages. Collins apparently ended the series after the publication of “Mockingjay” in 2010, writing in 2015 that it was “time to move on to other lands.” But four years later, she surprised readers and the publishing world by revealing that she was working on what became “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” released in 2020 and set 64 years before the first book.
Collins drew on Greek mythology and Roman gladiatorial games for his previous books, “The Hunger Games.” But for her next novel, she quotes Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.
“With ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and, in his words, ‘the ease with which the many are ruled by the few,'” Collins said in a statement. “The story also lent itself to a deeper dive into the use of propaganda and the power of those who control the narrative. The question ‘Real or not real?’ It seems more urgent to me every day.”
The “Hunger Games” films are a multi-billion dollar franchise from Lionsgate. Jennifer Lawrence played heroine Katniss Everdeen in the film versions of “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay,” the last of which was released in two episodes. Other featured actors included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland.
“Suzanne Collins is a master storyteller and our creative north star,” Lionsgate president Adam Fogelson said in a statement. “We couldn’t be luckier than to be guided and trusted by a collaborator whose talent and imagination are consistently brilliant.”
The film version of “Songbirds and Snakes,” starring Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler, was released last year. This fall, a stage production of “The Hunger Games” is scheduled to open in London.
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