Maya Hawke Joins ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping’ As Wiress

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, the 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 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. The protagonist, 16-year-old Haymitch, is a clever and resourceful boy from District 12 who’s unexpectedly chosen for this edition of the games,...
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 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. The protagonist, 16-year-old Haymitch, is a clever and resourceful boy from District 12 who’s unexpectedly chosen for this edition of the games,...
- 5/14/2025
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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