There’s a new “Hunger Games” book and movie coming

NEW YORK (AP) — Inspired by the 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Susan Collins He returns to the devastated, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for a new novel, The Hunger Games.

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 50th Hunger Games, set 24 years before the original “Hunger” novel. “Games” was published in 2008, 40 years after Collins’ last book, “The Song of Songbirds and Snakes.”

Lionsgate, which has released film adaptations of all four previous Hunger Games books, announced later Thursday that Sunrise on the Reaping will hit theaters on November 20, 2026. Francis Lawrence, who worked on all books except the first film “Hunger Games” will return as director.

The first four books in the Hunger Games series have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into dozens of languages. Collins appears to have 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, it stunned readers and the publishing world When revealed She was working on what later became “The Song of Songbirds and Snakes.” Released in 2020 It is set 64 years before the first book.

Collins drew on Greek mythology and Roman gladiatorial games in her previous “Hunger Games” books. But for the next novel, she cites Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume.

“In ‘Sunrise on the Harvest’ I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of ​​implicit subjugation and, in his words, ‘the ease with which the many are ruled by the few,’” Collins said in a statement. “The story also presented an opportunity to delve deeper 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 movies. It is a multi-billion dollar franchise for Lionsgate. Jennifer Lawrence She played the heroine Katniss Everdeen in the film versions of “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire,” and “Mockingjay,” the last of which was released in two parts. Other featured actors include Philip Seymour Hoffman, Josh Hutcherson, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland.

“Susan Collins is a masterful storyteller and our North African creative star,” Lionsgate president Adam Fogelson said in a statement. “We could not be more fortunate to be mentored and trusted by a collaborator whose talents and imagination are always great.”

the Film version of “Songbirds and Snakes” championship Tom Blythe and Rachel Ziegler, It came out last year. This fall, the play “Hunger Games” is scheduled to make its London debut.