Mckenna Grace is the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ Sunrise on the Reaping, Deadline reports.
Collins’ novel, published last month by Scholastic, is the latest installment in her hugely popular dystopian Hunger Games series, which began in 2008 with The Hunger Games and continued with Catching Fire and Mockingjay. A prequel to the series, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, was published in 2020.
Sunrise on the Reaping, another prequel to the original trilogy, has been a runaway bestseller since its March 18 release. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “The twists and heartbreaks captivate despite tragic inevitabilities.”
Grace, known for her roles in films including I, Tonya and The Haunting of Hill House and the series The Handmaid’s Tale, will play Maysilee Donner in the film. She is also part of the cast of the upcoming film Regretting You, based on Colleen Hoover’s 2019 novel.
Grace joins previously announced cast members Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) and Whitney Peak (Gossip Girl).
The film is being directed by Francis Lawrence, who directed four of the five films based on the Hunger Games novels, and written by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass, Captain Phillips). It is scheduled for release on Nov. 20, 2026.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
