Cast includes Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke and Jesse Plemons.

And just like Collins's previous four books — The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes — Sunrise on the Reaping was immediately greenlit by Lionsgate to be adapted into a movie directed by Francis Lawrence, who has directed every adaptation except the first movie.

For a young adult franchise, The Hunger Games is pretty dark. The premise alone is enough to send shivers down the spine, with the powers that be in Panem forcing those beneath them to fight to the death for entertainment. But the evil doesn’t stay in ...