Close will play Drusilla Sickle, while Porter will be Magno Stift in the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, hitting theaters Nov. 20, 2026.

The new "Hunger Games" movie, "Sunrise on the Reaping," stars a young Haymitch, originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson.

It’s not sunset on Sunrise On The Reaping cast announcements just yet. Billy Porter and Glenn Close have both joined the extensive cast of the new Hunger Games film, which also includes Joseph Zada as surviving victor Haymitch Abernathy (later played by Woody Harrelson), Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, and more.