Lionsgate has locked in a number of impartial worldwide distribution companions for The Starvation Video games: Dawn On The Reaping, which begins filming this summer season.
The sixth installment within the billion greenback franchise is because of be launched from November 20, 2026.
Lionsgate will launch the movie in North America and the UK. Worldwide companions embody Leonine (Germany), Metropolitan Movie (France), Infamous (Italy), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Belga (Benelux), Discussion board (Japanese Europe, Israel), Ascot Elite (Switzerland), Pris (Portugal), Empire Leisure (South Africa), Spentzos (Greece), BG Filmcilik (Turkey), Acme (Baltics), Myndform (Iceland), and IDC (Latin America), a 50/50 three way partnership with Lionsgate. Negotiations are ongoing in extra markets.
As we revealed in latest months, a few of the asking costs had been huge right here (the Germany ask ranged between $20M-32M, for instance, relying on different motion pictures being included in a bundle deal). There was additionally robust studio curiosity, together with from Amazon and Sony. Ultimately, the challenge has stayed with the indies, which was at all times a robust risk. It’s the route the opposite motion pictures within the franchise went.
The movie will characteristic an all-star solid together with Glenn Shut, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Jesse Plemons, Billy Porter, and Lili Taylor, alongside rising actors Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, and Ben Wang, amongst others.
Dawn on the Reaping goes again in time 24 years to the 50th Starvation Video games, or the Second Quarter Quell. The protagonist of the novel is the younger Haymitch Abernathy (portrayed by Woody Harrelson within the earlier motion pictures and by Zada on this one), the second male tribute from District 12 to enter the lethal area. The movie is at present in pre-production, and will likely be directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay adaptation by Billy Ray. Producers are Coloration Drive’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson, and government producer is Cameron MacConomy.
Helen Lee-Kim, President, Worldwide for the Lionsgate Movement Image Group, who oversaw the dealmaking, mentioned: “The Starvation Video games is likely one of the really nice franchises within the movement image panorama. It’s a thrill to see our companions who’ve been with us because the starting proceed their collaboration with such enthusiasm and dedication. Their unimaginable response to Suzanne’s storytelling, the extraordinary filmmaking workforce of Francis and Nina, and the electrical solid underscores the movie’s huge international enchantment.”
The upcoming movie is being overseen for Lionsgate by Meredith Wieck and Scott O’Brien.
