The latest "Hunger Games" movie isn't starving for talented actors, with two more major stars set to join the increasingly stacked cast. Glenn CloseandBilly Porterhave been cast in the upcoming "Hunger Games" prequel movie "Sunrise on the Reaping," Lionsgate confirmed Monday, June 16. Close is set to play Drusilla Sickle, an escort for tributes from District 12, while Porter will play Magno Stift, her estranged husband and a designer. Based on the 2025 novel by Suzanne Collins, "Sunrise on the Reaping" takes place 24 years before the events of the original "Hunger Games" andfollows a mixture of new characters and younger versionsof characters seen in earlier entries. Joseph Zada is set to play Haymitch Abernathy, who was previously portrayed byWoody Harrelson, andElle Fanningwill star as Effie Trinket, played in prior movies byElizabeth Banks.Jesse Plemonsis also stepping in as Plutarch Heavensbee, taking over for the latePhilip Seymour Hoffman, andRalph Fiennesis starring as President Snow, the role played previously by the lateDonald Sutherland. After 17 years and five books,'The Hunger Games' feel as urgent as ever Lionsgate has been gradually revealing more cast members for "Sunrise on the Reaping" in recent weeks, withKieran Culkinpreviously joining as Caesar Flickerman.Stanley Tucciplayed the role in the original "Hunger Games" films. Other actors set to star in the movie includeMaya Hawkeand Mckenna Grace. The casting announcements have received largely positive reactions from fans, many of whom had suggested Fanning and Culkin for their respective roles. Celebrities tell all about aging,marriage and Beyoncé in these 10 bingeable memoirs "Sunrise on the Reaping" will be the latest expansion of the "Hunger Games" franchise on the big screen following 2023's "The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes," another prequel that took place even earlier in the series' timeline. Francis Lawrence is returning as director of "Sunrise on the Reaping," having directed every "Hunger Games" film except the original 2012 movie. 'Sunrise on the Reaping'is a cornucopia of iconic 'Hunger Games' characters: See who With Close and Porter added, here's what the cast of "Sunrise on the Reaping" looks like: Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle Billy Porter as Magno Stift Kieran Culkinas Caesar Flickerman Elle Fanning as Effie Trinket Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus Snow Maya Hawke as Wiress Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy Iona Bell as Lou Lou Molly McCann as Louella McCoy Whitney Peak as Lenore Dove Baird Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner Lili Taylor as Mags Flanagan Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee Latier Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" hits theaters on Nov. 20, 2026. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:'Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping' adds Glenn Close, Billy Porter
